Place:Wardle, Cheshire, England

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NameWardle
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.11°N 2.583°W
Located inCheshire, England
See alsoBunbury, Cheshire, Englandancient parish in which the township was located until 1866
Eddisbury Hundred, Cheshire, Englandhundred in which it was once situated
Nantwich Rural, Cheshire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1974
Crewe and Nantwich District, Cheshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it was located 1974-2009
Cheshire East District, Cheshire, Englanddistrict municipality and unitary authority covering the area since 2009
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Wardle is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 4 miles to the north west of Nantwich. Nearby villages include Calveley and Haughton. The Shropshire Union Canal and the A51 run side by side across the parish from the north west to the south east. The Barbridge Junction of the canal lies towards the south of the parish, and the Middlewich branch runs east–west through it. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 181.

Until 1866 Wardle was a township in the ancient parish of Bunbury in Eddisbury Hundred. There is a sketchmap of the ancient parish on the Bunbury page. The population of Wardle was 115 in 1801, 178 in 1851, 193 in 1901, and 285 in 1951. (Source:GENUKI)

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