Family History Help!
I have recently returned to Australia from a holiday in the UK where I did a bit of delving into my family history. As it transpires, my Grandmother (Elizabeth Davies) was born and raised in Comberbach in the early 1900s/late 1800s. I understand from family members here in Australia that her father was the gardener […]
Drum & Monkey
Drum & Monkey – Heritage Appraisal August 2013 A heritage appraisal carried out by Kathryn Sather & Associates Heritage Conservation Consultants on behalf of the new owners prior to conversion back to a residential property. File size PDF (3.2MB).
Death of Marbury Hall
Marbury Hall A featured article from Cheshire Life (1969) about the demise of Marbury Hall and its last inhabitants. Kindly sent to us by Ian Iosson, it makes fascinating reading. It can be viewed in PDF (1MB) by clicking on the image right.
Paradise Preserved
Great Budworth A featured article from Cheshire Life (1968) about some of the characters living in the village of Great Budworth. Kindly sent to us by Ian Iosson, it makes a fascinating read. It can be viewed in PDF (4.3MB) by clicking on the image right.
One-Place Study
Where family history and local history unite. Lyn McCulloch has registered a One Place Study for Comberbach and advised the village Heritage Group that it’s for us all to contribute to. Lyn tells us that Comberbach is leading Cheshire by being the first community to register with this new world-wide society. Whilst networking […]
The War Memorial
Our Fallen Heroes 1914-1918 [comments and corrections are welcome] CHARLES VICTOR BLAIN Died, age 29, on 3rd September 1916 on the Somme. Served in the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment. Rank: Second Lieutenant Buried in Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France Grave: V111 C5 Son of Annie Butterworth and the late Charles Blain. Charles was the fifth […]
History
The meaning of Comberbach is the ‘Valley of the Sparkling Stream’, and was part of the Manor of Arley; which belonged to the Warburton Family. “Cheshire Charter of 1180″…. In an early Cheshire Charter of 1180, the land was granted to ‘The Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem’ by ‘John The Constable’. It was previously […]