Mobberley is a village in

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

, England, between

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and

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, which in 2001 had a population of 2,546, increasing to 3,050 at the 2011 Census.

Mobberley railway station Mobberley railway station serves the village of Mobberley in Cheshire, England. It is to the north of the village and is managed by Northern Trains. The station is 18½ miles (30 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Mid-Cheshi ...

is on the

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Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

line.

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lies to the north of the village.

History

Mobberley is mentioned, as ''Motburlege'', in the

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of 1086. A priory was located here. The parish church, St Wilfrid's, was mainly constructed around 1245. It was originally dedicated to both St Wilfrid and St Mary although in recent years St Mary has been "dropped". Hill House is a 17th-century black and white timbered framed house that was originally in Woodlane Mobberley. It was the home of the Bacon family. The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on Nursery Lane in

Nether Alderley Nether Alderley is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, on the A34 a mile and a half south of Alderley Edge. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Monk's Heath and Soss Moss. At Monk's Heath crossroads, the A34 crosses the A537. ...

to avoid destruction by the building of the second runway at

. The Grade-II-listed Hanson House, formerly the home of the Riddick family, was similarly relocated due to the runway construction, and is now on Moss Lane, Siddington.

Antrobus Hall Antrobus Hall is a country house in the village of Mobberley, Cheshire, England. It was built in 1709, and a wing was added in about 1760. It was built for John Antrobus, a dissenter from Knutsford. The hall is constructed in brick, and has ...

was built in 1709. Mobberley was the home of the Mallory family:

George Mallory George Herbert Leigh Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. Born in Cheshire, Mallory became a student at Winchester ...

(1886–1924), a mountaineer who died attempting

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, and Air Chief Marshal Sir

Trafford Leigh-Mallory Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, (11 July 1892 – 14 November 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as a Royal Flying Corps pilot and squadron commander during the First World War. Remaining in th ...

(1892–1944), who was air commander for the Allied

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during

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were both born in Mobberley. Their father, The Rev. Herbert Leigh Mallory, was rector of Mobberley. The Victory Hall was built in 1921 as a

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memorial at a cost of £4,500 on a plot of three quarters of an acre given by Mr R O Leycester. It was officially opened on 30 December 1921 and was refurbished in 1992. It is also home to many village organisations including the

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, Village Society and playgroup and is a regular place for locals – and wider – to hold a variety of celebrations and meetings. Mobberley has seen much change in recent years: first the opening of the nearby M56 from Manchester to Chester and then the Second Runway at Manchester Airport. These developments have led to Mobberley becoming largely a dormitory village of Manchester. Mobberley is well served by pubs. Mobberley is mentioned in the opening chapter of the children's fantasy novel ''

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen ''The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley'' is a children's fantasy novel by English author Alan Garner. Garner began work on the novel, his literary debut, in 1957, after he moved into the late medieval house, Toad Hall, in Blackden ...

'' by

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Sports

Mobberley has a cricket club which plays at Church Lane. The first team competes in Division two of the Cheshire County Cricket League; it also has a second and third teams, and a junior section. Crown green bowls and snooker are played at the Victory Hall Memorial Club.

Notable people

* David Briggs,

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(2010–2021), has lived at

Dukenfield Hall Dukenfield Hall is a country house between Knutsford and Mobberley in Cheshire, England. Dukenfield Hall is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is constructed in plum-coloured b ...

in Mobberley since 1987. *

Dave Dee David John Harman, known professionally as Dave Dee (17 December 1941 – 9 January 2009), was an English singer-songwriter, musician, A&R manager, fundraiser and businessman. He was the frontman for the 1960s pop band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, M ...

, vocalist in 1960s hit recording group

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(formerly Dave Dee & The Bostons) * Chris Farnell, sports lawyer, lives in Mobberley. * ACM Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Commander-in-Chief of

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, English mountaineer, who died in his attempt to be the first to reach the summit of

Notes and references

External links

www.mobberley.info.
Retrieval Date: October 12, 2007.
St. Wilfrid's Parish Church Website.
Retrieval Date: October 12, 2007. {{authority control Villages in Cheshire Civil parishes in Cheshire

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