Weobley
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 Sargeants Bros bus in Weobley |
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| Population | 1,255 (2011)[1] |
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| Civil parish | Weobley |
| Unitary authority | Herefordshire |
| Ceremonial county | Herefordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEREFORD |
| Postcode district | HR4 |
| Dialling code | 01544 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | North Herefordshire |
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Coordinates: 52°09′32″N 2°52′23″W / 52.159°N 2.873°W
Weobley is a large village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Formerly a market town, it is today one of the county's black and white villages.
The name possibly derives from 'Wibba's Ley', a ley being a woodland glade and Wibba being a local Saxon landowner. In the Domesday Book the village name was transcribed as Wibelai. It is still pronounced as "Web-ley" (the spelling being similar to nearby Leominster which also does not pronounce the letter 'o' in its name).
In the Saxon period it is known that brewing and glove-making were carried out in the village.
The village has an historic church, the Church of St Peter and St Paul, with a Norman south doorway, a 13th-century chancel and 14th-century tower and a spire that is the second-tallest in the county; castle ruins; a high school (Weobley High School) and a primary school with a pioneering system of heating.
In the village is 'the Throne', a large 400-year-old building - King Charles I spent the night here on 5 September 1645, after the Battle of Naseby during the English Civil War.
It was once incorporated as a borough, sending two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until the Reform Act 1832, (see Weobley (UK Parliament constituency) and once had a borough corporation.
In 2001 the artist Walenty Pytel completed a sculpture of a magpie for the village (a magpie is the village's emblem). The sculpture was commissioned after the village won the Calor Gas/Daily Telegraph Great Britain Village of the Year in 1999.[2]
Governance
Weobley is part of the electoral ward called Golden Cross and Weobley. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 2,985.[3]
References
- ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Palmer, Mike (10 February 2001). "Taking pride of place". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ↑ "Golden Cross and Weobley ward population 2011". Retrieved 30 October 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Weobley. |
- Official Website for Weobley, Herefordshire
- Photos of Weobley and surrounding area on geograph
- Remains of castle
- St Peter and St Paul church, Weobley