Warburton, Greater Manchester

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Warburton

Coordinates: 53.403° N 2.4558° W Warburton shown within Greater Manchester
Population	286 (2001 Census)
Metropolitan borough	Trafford
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	North West England
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Warburton is a village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, Warburton lies on the south bank of the River Mersey between Warrington and Manchester.

Today the village of Warburton remains predominantly rural. Nearby towns include Altrincham. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 286.

1 History
2 Errata regarding Warbuton
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Some limited evidence has been found of activity on the site of Warburton dating from the Bronze Age, through the Iron Age and Roman periods. The first documented evidence of a settlement called Warburgetune (Warburton) occurs in the Domesday Survey of 1086, and recorded were 2 manors but no church. (The ommission of the church may not be significant as not all pre-Conquest churches or chapels were recorded in the Domesday Survey.) The name has evolved to today's 'Warburton'.

Warburton has two churches of note. One is timber framed, dedicated to St. Werberg and dates from at least the 14th century, possibly earlier. It may be built on the site of an earlier Saxon chapel and is one of the oldest timber framed churches in the United Kingdom. It is rarely used for worship but accessible to visitors who may ask at a house in the village for the key. Nearby are the remains of the old village cross complete with stocks whose wooden restraint are modern, though the supporting pillars are much older. In the "new village", a 19th century parish church is also dedicated to "St Werburgh". Warburton Bridge crosses the Manchester Ship Canal, which runs nearby, but although users must pay to cross, the toll is not charged for crossing the canal. It is in fact charged for crossing the old stone bridge which bridges the dried up bed of the River Mersey. It is one of the few remaining pre-motorway toll bridges anywhere in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Errata regarding Warbuton

It has been suggested that Warburton was the site of an Anglo-Saxon burgh or defended settlement, called Weard byrig, established by Aethelflaed, Queen of the Mercians, in 915AD during the wars with the Vikings. However, it now seems likely this site lay on the Wales/Cheshire border.

[edit] References

Warburton, Norman. "Warburton" the Village and Family," Research Publishing Co. 1970.
“St. Werburhg’s Old Church: Warburton, Cheshire” by Dr Michael Nevell, University of Manchester.
Dr. David Hill, University of Manchester.