Wilmslow is a town in Cheshire, England. It lies to the south of the city of Manchester between Alderley Edge and Handforth. At the 2001 Census, the population of the town was 30,326.
Wilmslow, like its neighbour Alderley Edge, is famous for its affluence and expensive houses.
The town has a selection of expensive designer shops and cafe/restaurants that attract people living the true "Cheshire lifestyle", such as the numerous Premiership footbal...
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Wilmslow is a town in Cheshire, England. It lies to the south of the city of Manchester between Alderley Edge and Handforth. At the 2001 Census, the population of the town was 30,326.
Wilmslow, like its neighbour Alderley Edge, is famous for its affluence and expensive houses.
The town has a selection of expensive designer shops and cafe/restaurants that attract people living the true "Cheshire lifestyle", such as the numerous Premiership footballers, WAGs, actors and multi-millionaire North-West business people that live in and around the Wilmslow.
It is one of the most expensive and sought-after places to live in the UK outside of central London.
Wilmslow derives its name came from Anglo-Saxon Wīghelmes hlāw = "mound of a man called Wīghelm"
Much about the local Iron Age history of Wilmslow was uncovered with discovery of Lindow Man, in Lindow Moss. Preserved in the peat bogs for 2000 years, Lindow Man is one of the most important Iron Age finds in the country. Despite a campaign to...
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