Wildboarclough

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Wildboarclough is a village in east Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park. It is famed as being the place where the last wild boar in England was killed. However this is a myth.[1] Bilsborough states that the name arises from the rapid rise in levels of the Clough Brook after a heavy fall of rain, but Mills[2] gives it as a deep valley (i.e. a clough) frequented by wild boar.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bilsborough, Norman (1983). The Treasures of Cheshire. Manchester: The North West Civic Trust. ISBN 0-901347-35-3. 
  2. ^ Mills, A D (1997). Dictionary of English Place-Names (2nd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280074-4. 

Coordinates: 53°12′56″N, 2°1′34″W

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