Weobley
| Weobley | |
| Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 Broad Street, Weobley | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°9’32"N, 2°52’23"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hereford |
| Postcode: | HR4 |
| Dialling code: | 01544 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Herefordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Herefordshire |
Weobley is a large village in Herefordshire, large by Herefordshire standards at least; one of the county's famed black and white villages. It was once a market town.
The name possibly derives from 'Wibba's Ley', a ley being a woodland glade and Wibba, presumed the name of a local landowner otherwise unknown. In the Domesday Book the village name was transcribed as Wibelai. It is still pronounced as "Web-ley".
In the Saxon period it is known that brewing and glove-making were carried out in the village.
Parish church
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.
About the village
Weobley Castle, now in ruins, stands by the village. Weobley also has a high school and a primary school. 'The Throne' in the village is a large 400 year old box - King Charles I spent the night here on 5 September 1645, after the Battle of Naseby during the Civil War.
Weobley was once incorporated as a borough, sending two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons until the Reform Act 1832, and once it had a borough corporation.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Weobley) |
- Weobley Village
- Pictures of Weobley and the area on Geograph.co.uk
- Remains of castle
- St Peter and St Paul church, Weobley