Weobley
Coordinates: 52°09′32″N 2°52′23″W / 52.159°N 2.873°W
| Weobley | |
 Weobley
Weobley shown within Herefordshire |
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| Unitary authority | Herefordshire |
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| 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 |
| List of places: UK • England • Herefordshire | |
- Not to be confused with Weobley Castle in Wales
Weobley is a black and white village in Herefordshire, England.
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.
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 and a primary school with a pioneering system of heating.
In the village is 'the Throne', a large 400 year old box - 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.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Palmer, Mike (10 February 2001). "Taking pride of place". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/4792949/Taking-pride-of-place.html. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
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- Official Website for Weobley, Herefordshire
- Photos of Weobley and surrounding area on geograph
- Remains of castle
- St Peter and St Paul church, Weobley
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