Mobberley

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Village in Cheshire, England

title: "Mobberley" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-cheshire", "civil-parishes-in-cheshire"] description: "Village in Cheshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-cheshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobberley" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Cheshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

FieldValue
official_nameMobberley
countryEngland
static_imageSt Wilfrid's Church.jpg
static_image_captionSt Wilfrid's Church
regionNorth West England
population3,119
population_ref
os_grid_referenceSJ782797
coordinates
post_townKNUTSFORD
postcode_areaWA
postcode_districtWA16
dial_code01565
constituency_westminsterTatton
civil_parishMobberley
unitary_englandCheshire East
lieutenancy_englandCheshire
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| official_name = Mobberley | country = England | static_image = St Wilfrid's Church.jpg | static_image_caption = St Wilfrid's Church | region = North West England | population = 3,119 | population_ref = | os_grid_reference = SJ782797 | coordinates = | post_town = KNUTSFORD | postcode_area = WA | postcode_district = WA16 | dial_code = 01565 | constituency_westminster = Tatton | civil_parish = Mobberley | unitary_england = Cheshire East | lieutenancy_england= Cheshire Mobberley is a village in Cheshire, England; it is sited between Wilmslow and Knutsford. In 2001, it had a population of 2,546, and to 3,119 in 2021.

History

Mobberley is mentioned, as Motburlege, in the Domesday Book 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 to avoid destruction by the building of the second runway at Manchester Airport. 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 was built in 1709.

Mobberley was the home of the Mallory family: George Mallory (1886–1924), a mountaineer who died attempting Mount Everest, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892–1944), who was air commander for the Allied Invasion of Normandy during World War II 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 World War I 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 Women's Institute, 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 (1960) by Alan Garner.

Transport

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Mobberley_railway_station_1.jpg" caption="The railway station entrance"] ::

Mobberley railway station is a stop on the Mid-Cheshire line. Northern Trains operate generally hourly stopping services in both directions between , and ; on Sundays, the service reduces to two-hourly.

Sport

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 second and third teams, and a junior section.

Crown green bowls and snooker are played at the Victory Hall Memorial Club.

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/DaveDee1967_(cropped).jpg" caption="[[Dave Dee]], 1967"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/George_Mallory_1915.jpg" caption="[[George Mallory]], 1916"] ::

Sport

References

References

  1. [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=6158923&c=Mobberley&d=14&e=15&g=429145&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1377978135960&enc=1 Census, 2001]
  2. "Mobberley Parish Council Website".
  3. "Civil Parish population 2011". [[Office for National Statistics]].
  4. "Nether Alderley". [[Cheshire East Council]].
  5. "Manor house is rebuilt brick by brick at new site". [[Macclesfield Express]].
  6. Morgan, Dave. (20 August 2011). "Call to preserve home of mountaineering legend". Knutsford Guardian.
  7. (2004). "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography".
  8. "Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation.
  9. "History". Mobberley Victory Hall.
  10. Garner, Alan. (2010). "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen". [[HarperCollins]].
  11. (10 December 2023). "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". [[Northern Trains.
  12. [http://mobberleycc.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp? Mobberley County Cricket Club.] Retrieval Date: 12 October 2007.
  13. Pennington, Josh. (11 June 2018). "The Queen's Cheshire representative David Briggs talks about his role".
  14. (28 October 2021). "Making it work: An Interview with Sports Lawyer Chris Farnell". Market Watch.

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