Pub history

The Bollin Fee

Situated alongside the Bollin river, ‘Wilmslow’ derives from the Anglo-Saxon ‘Wighelmes-hlaw’ – William’s hill or mound. However, the name was applied only to the hillock on which St Bartholmew’s Church has stood, since it was erected in the 13th century by the Fitton family – the original lords of the manor. The manor of Bolyn developed into the township of Bollin Fee; it was not until 1894 that it combined with three other townships to create the new civil parish of ‘Wilmslow’, in Cheshire.