History
Wimbolds Trafford 'Winebald's Trafford (= valley ford)'. Elements and their meanings trog (Old English) A trough, a long narrow vessel; used topographically of a hollow. ford (Old English) A ford. pers.n. (Old English) pers.n. Personal name
Wimbold Trafford in the early 1870's was described as:
- WIMBOLDS-TRAFFORD, a township in Thornton-le-Moors parish, Cheshire; 4¼ miles NE of Chester. Acres, 574. Real property, £1,081. Pop., 113. Houses, 18.
Wimbolds Trafford has had some boundary throughout the years. 1888 March 24 — Gained a detached part of Bridge Trafford (133 acres, pop. 0 in 1891) 1963 April 1 — Gained parts of Picton (2 acres, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wervin (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost parts to Picton (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Wervin (under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961)
Wimbolds Trafford has details recorded about it in the Domesday book. Here is some of the recorded data: Total population: 3 households (very small). Total tax assessed: 1 geld units (very small). Taxable units: Taxable value 1 geld units. Value: Value to lord in 1066 £0.5. Value to lord in 1086 £0.1. Households: 2 smallholders. 1 riders. Ploughland: 1 ploughland (land for). Lords in 1066: Guthlac; Leofric. Lord in 1086: Earl Hugh of Chester. Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Earl Hugh of Chester. Phillimore reference: 1,5
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