Wilmslow - Administrative History

Administrative History

Wilmslow was one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield Hundred of Cheshire. It was subdivided into the townships of Bollinfee, Chorley, Fulshaw and Pownall Fee. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1866 the townships became civil parishes in their own right. Wilmslow was recreated as a civil parish on 30 September 1894 when Pownall Fee and Fulshaw were abolished. Wilmslow gained the whole of Fulshaw and part of Pownal Fee; the other 1,523 acres (6.16 km2) of Pownall Fee were used to create the new Styal civil parish. The new Wilmslow civil parish was the only parish of the new Wilmslow Urban District. On 1 April 2009 it became part of the Cheshire East unitary authority.