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| • | Warburton is a British village and civil parish on the south bank of the River Mersey between Warrington and Manchester, England. Today the village, long part of Cheshire, is still rural although threatened by a growing Manchester. Other nearby towns include Altrincham. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 286.
The area of Warburton had already been inhabited, but saw increased population growth between AD 911 and AD 918, during the reign of Saxon Queen Ethelfleda, daughter of King Alfred and widow of Aethelred, Earl of Mercia. She built fortresses on the banks of the River Mersey in her struggle against the Danes who invaded England in the 10th century. One fortress was erected at a ford and named after the virgin Saint Werberg, who is buried in Chester Cathedral. The community that grew up near the fortress became known as St. Werberg's Town or, as recorded in the Domesday Book, Wareburgtune or Werbergtune. Today the community is known as Warburton. In the reign of Ethelred the Unready (AD 991), of the Danegelt levied on the whole country to buy off the Danes, Warburton's share was ten shillings a year so it must have been a place of some importance.
Warburton has two churches of note. One is timber framed, dedicated to St. Werberg and dates from the 14th century. It is built on the site of an earlier Saxon church 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 appears modern, though the supporting pillars seem old). 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.
Source: [wikipedia: warburton, greater manchester]
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