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"TRAFFORD (WIMBOLDS), a township in the parish of THORNTON, second division of the hundred of EDDISBURY, county palatine of CHESTER, 6 miles (N.E.by N.) from Chester, containing 117 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Wimbolds Trafford was a township in Thornton ancient parish, Eddisbury hundred (SJ 4472), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The population was 111 in 1801, 106 in 1851, 90 in 1901, 122 in 1951, and 97 in 2001.
- The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and incorporated into Mickle Trafford & District and Dunham-on-the-Hill & Hapsford..
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- Great Boughton (1837-69)
- Chester (1870-1937)
- West Cheshire (1937-74)
- Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
- Cheshire West (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
- Eddisbury (1828-71)
- Chester Castle (1871-1974)
- Chester (1974-2001)
- Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
- West Cheshire (2012-15)
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- 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).
- 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Mickle Trafford & District and Dunham on the Hill & Hapsford.
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- Chester Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Chester Rural District (1894-1974)
- Chester (1974-2009)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)