Wybunbury is a village (at ) and

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in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 3¼ miles to the south east of

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and 3¾ miles to the south of Crewe. The parish also includes the settlements of Clannor Heath, Daisy Hill, The Flag, Pinfold and parts of Blakelow, Haymoor Green and Howbeck Bank.Genuki: Wybunbury
(accessed 15 August 2007) Nearby villages include

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, Shavington, Stapeley and Walgherton. The A51 runs east–west through the south-western corner of the parish. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,474, reducing to 1,459 at the 2011 Census. Wybunbury was listed in the Domesday Book as ''Wimeberie'' is pronounced "Wimbry" or "Winbry".

Governance

From 1974 the civil parish was served by

Crewe and Nantwich Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007. It contained 69 civil parishes and one unparished area: the town of Crewe. It now fo ...

Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new

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of Cheshire East. Wybunbury falls in the parliamentary constituency of

, which has been represented by Kieran Mullan since 2019, after being represented by Laura Smith (2017–19),

Edward Timpson Anthony Edward Timpson, (born 26 December 1973) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eddisbury in Cheshire at the 2019 general election. He was previously MP for neighbouring Crew ...

(2008–17) and

Gwyneth Dunwoody Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (née Phillips; 12 December 1930 – 17 April 2008) was a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter from 1966 to 1970, and then for Crewe (later Crewe and Nantwich) from February ...

(1983–2008).

Notable features

The leaning tower of the former church of St Chad, also known as the 'Leaning Tower of South Cheshire' and the 'Hanging Steeple of Wimberie', is located in Wybunbury village.Johnston G, Burland J. An early example of the use of underexcavation to stabilise the tower of St Chad, Wybunbury in 1832
(accessed 15 October 2007) The tower is all that remains of a late-15th-century church demolished in 1833. (Later churches, replacing the 15th-century one, were also demolished in 1892 and 1977.) The tower was stabilised using underexcavation by James Trubshaw in 1832; this is the earliest known application of the technique later used on the

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. There are four Commonwealth service war graves of

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in the original churchyard
CWGC Cemetery Report churchyard. and, in the neighbouring churchyard extension, another three from the same war and four from

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.
CWGC Cemetery Report. Churchyard extension. The parish also includes the lowland raised bog of Wybunbury Moss, a National Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Geography and transport

Wybunbury Lane links the B5071 which runs through the Wybunbury parish to London Road ( Stapeley). This lane provides a direct transport link between Wybunbury and the village of Stapeley. Stapeley

Education

Wybunbury Delves C of E Primary School is a

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. Wybunbury Delves is a small school with around 250 pupils. The school is involved with sponsoring a school in Africa. Wybunbury Delves School, Cheshire, England

Wybunbury Delves School, Cheshire, England

History

The village of Wybunbury is recorded as being one of the earliest settlements in Cheshire. It is said to take its name from 'Wigbeorn's manor' or stronghold. It is possible that he built a fortified residence of some sort on a site not far from a source of water. Old maps show the location of a moated site with a drawbridge, Hall Bank near Wybunbury Brook. The outline of the site is still visible today from the top of Wybunbury Tower. Wybunbury was in Mercia, an Anglo-Saxon region in the North-west that was settled on loose tribal boundaries before the country was organised into shires. Wybunbury was already well established before the invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066 and is mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086.

References

External links

Wybunbury Circular Walk (Discovercheshire website)
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