Wybunbury

Other current and historical names

Wibbenbury
Wimeberie

Built-Up Area: Wybunbury
Parish/Community: Wybunbury
Unitary Authority: Cheshire East
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°2'43"N 2°27'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 369819, 349901
OS Grid: SJ698499
Mapcode Local: GBR 7W.D50X
Mapcode Global: WH9BC.9QS3

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wybunbury within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wybunbury in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wybunbury, par., township, and vil., Cheshire - j par., 18,007 ac., pop. 6270; township, 810 ac., pop. 595; vil., 3 miles S. of Crewe; P.O., T.O.

Wybunbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Warmundestrou hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Chester St John
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Chester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Malbank (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/2½ in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league

British Place Names

Wybunbury, Cheshire East

Wybunbury is a village in Cheshire East

Wybunbury in historic gazetteers

Wybunbury in the Domesday Book