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{{Short description|Village in Cheshire, England}}
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|latitude=53.283
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| post_town = NORTHWICH
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'''Great Budworth''' is a ] and ], approximately {{convert|4|mi}} north of ], England, within the unitary authority of ] and the ceremonial county of ]. It lies off the ], east of ], northwest of ] and southeast of ].<ref name="GM">{{cite map|title=]|publisher=Google|accessdate=11 July 2011}}</ref> Until 1948, Great Budworth was part of the ] estate. '''Great Budworth''' is a village and ] in ], England, {{convert|4|mi|spell=in}} north of ] off the ], east of ], northwest of Higher Marston and southeast of Budworth Heath.<ref name="GM">{{cite map|title=]|publisher=Google}}</ref> Until 1948, Great Budworth was part of the ] estate.

At the ], the population was 339.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04011104|title=Great Budworth Parish|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>


==Etymology== ==Etymology==
According to Sir ], the name Great Budworth comes from the ] words ''bode'' ("dwelling") and ''wurth'' ("a place by water").<ref name="Green1859">{{cite book|last=Green|first=Henry|title=Knutsford, its traditions and history: with reminiscences, anecdotes, and notices of the neighbourhood|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9hI4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13|accessdate=11 July 2011|year=1859|publisher=Smith, Elder, & Co.|page=13}}</ref> According to Sir ], the name Great Budworth comes from the ] words ''bode'' ("dwelling") and ''wurth'' ("a place by water").<ref name="Green1859">{{cite book |last=Green |first=Henry |title=Knutsford, its traditions and history: with reminiscences, anecdotes, and notices of the neighbourhood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9hI4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13 |access-date=11 July 2011 |year=1859 |publisher=Smith, Elder, & Co. |page=13}}</ref>


==Geography== ==Geography==
⚫ ]
Great Budworth is approached from the main Warrington to Northwich road and lies about {{convert|2|mi}} from the town of Northwich. It is situated along a ridge of overlooking two ], Budworth to the west and Pickmere to the east.<ref name="The British architect: a journal of architecture and the accessory arts">{{cite book|title=The British architect: a journal of architecture and the accessory arts|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mbcQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA282|accessdate=16 July 2011|year=1884|pages=282–}}</ref> Great Budworth is approached from the main Warrington to Northwich road about {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}} from Northwich, along a ridge overlooking two ], Budworth to the west and Pickmere to the east.<ref name="The British architect: a journal of architecture and the accessory arts">{{cite book |title=The British architect: a journal of architecture and the accessory arts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbcQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA282 |access-date=16 July 2011 |year=1884|page=282}}</ref>
⚫ ]

It was situated in the hundred of Bucklow and deanery of Frodsham. At {{convert|15|mi}} in length and {{convert|10|mi}} in width, it was considered to be the largest parish in Cheshire, except Prestbury. The parish contained nineteen townships: Budworth, Anderson, Appleton-cum-Hull, Aston-juxta-Budworth, Barnton, Barterton, or Bartington, Cogfoall, Comberbach, Dutton, Little-Leigh, Marbury, Marton, Pickmere, Stretton, Nether-Tabley, Over-Witley, Nether Witley, and Wincham.<ref name="Lysons1810">{{cite book|last=Lysons|first=Daniel|title=Magna Britannia: being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. Containing Cambridgeshire, and the County Palatine of Chester|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=n8U_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA519|accessdate=11 July 2011|year=1810|publisher=Cadell|pages=519–}}</ref> It was situated in the ] and ] of ]. At {{convert|15|mi|spell=in}} in length and {{convert|10|mi|spell=in}} in width, it was considered to be the second largest parish in Cheshire, after ]. The parish contained nineteen townships: Budworth, Anderton, Appleton-cum-Hull, Aston-juxta-Budworth, ], Barterton, or Bartington, Cogfoall, ], ], Little-Leigh, Marbury, Marston, Pickmere, Stretton, Nether-Tabley, Over-Witley, Nether Witley, and Wincham.<ref name="Lysons1810">{{cite book |last=Lysons |first=Daniel |title=Magna Britannia: being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. Containing Cambridgeshire, and the County Palatine of Chester |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n8U_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA519 |access-date=11 July 2011 |year=1810 |publisher=Cadell|page=519}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
The early history of Great Budworth is documented in the ]. It mentions a priest at Great Budworth. In 1130, the ] was given to the ] ] of ]<ref name="Greene2004">{{cite book|last=Greene|first=J. Patrick|title=Norton Priory: The Archaeology of a Medieval Religious House|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=70PACwvVscEC&pg=PA67|accessdate=11 July 2011|date=25 March 2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521602785|page=67}}</ref> by William FitzNigel, ] of Chester and ]. The early history of Great Budworth is documented in the ] of 1086, which mentions a priest at Great Budworth.<ref name=ODOgb>, accessed February 2019.</ref> In 1130, ] was given to the ] ] of ]{{sfn|Greene|2004|p=67}} by William FitzNigel, ] of Chester and ].


During the reign of ], Sir Geoffrey de Dutton (sometimes "Geffrey de Budworth") (d. 1248) was lord of the manor. De Budworth was the son of Adam, a younger son of Hugh de Dutton. Peter, grandson of De Budworth and ancestor of Sir Peter Warburton, second Bart. of Arley, moved to ], assumed that name, and was a proprietor of Great Budworth. De Budworth gave a third of his land, including St Mary and All Saints Church, to ] in order to secure perpetual masses for his soul.<ref name="Society1897">{{cite book|author=Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society|title=Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qxy-DMdn3awC&pg=PA95|accessdate=16 July 2011|edition=Now in the public domain.|year=1897|pages=95–}}</ref> After the dissolution, the estate was granted by King ] to John Grimsditch. It was afterwards divided into several parcels.<ref name="Lysons1810"/> The lord of the manor during the reign of ] was Geoffrey de Dutton. He donated to ] a third of his land to endow masses for his soul.<ref name="Society1897">{{cite book |author=Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society |title=Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qxy-DMdn3awC&pg=PA95 |access-date=16 July 2011 |year=1897 |page=95}}</ref> After the ], ] granted the estate to John Grimsditch. It was afterwards divided into several parcels.<ref name="Lysons1810"/>


There may have been a school in Great Budworth as early as 1563, but certainly one existed by 1578.<ref name="CoxHopkins1975">{{cite book|last1=Cox|first1=Marjorie|last2=Hopkins|first2=L. A.|title=A history of Sir John Deane's Grammar School, Northwich, 1557–1908|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Bn67AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA52|accessdate=11 July 2011|year=1975|publisher=Manchester University Press ND|isbn=9780719012822|page=52}}</ref> For centuries, the village was owned by the head of Arley Hall who would collect rent from the villagers.<ref name="Lambert1996"/> ] of Arley Hall paid for restorations and improvements to the church in the 1850s.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.greatbudworthchurch.org/A%20brief%20history.htm |title=A Brief History of Great Budworth Church|accessdate=9&nbsp;September 2007|last=Steele |first=Robert J. |year=2003 |month=May|publisher=St Mary’s and All Saints Church}}</ref> Egerton-Warburton also undertook a "campaign to render it (the village) ] in ] eyes".<ref>Hubbard, p. 92</ref> To this end he commissioned architects including ] and ] to work on buildings in the village.<ref>Hubbard, pp. 79–80</ref> Douglas remodelled the ] in 1875,<ref>Hubbard, pp. 92–93, 246</ref> and restored some of the cottages.<ref>Hubbard, pp. 240, 242, 278</ref> There may have been a school in Great Budworth as early as 1563, but certainly one existed by 1578.<ref name="CoxHopkins1975">{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1=Marjorie |last2=Hopkins |first2=L. A. |title=A history of Sir John Deane's Grammar School, Northwich, 1557–1908 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bn67AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA52 |access-date=11 July 2011 |year=1975 |publisher=Manchester University Press ND |isbn=978-0-7190-1282-2 |page=52}}</ref> For centuries, the village was owned by the head of Arley Hall who would collect rent from the villagers.<ref name="Lambert1996"/> ] of Arley Hall paid for restorations and improvements to the church in the 1850s.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.greatbudworthchurch.org/A%20brief%20history.htm|title=A Brief History of Great Budworth Church|access-date=9 September 2007|last=Steele|first=Robert J.|date=May 2003|publisher=St Mary's and All Saints Church|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823195832/http://www.greatbudworthchurch.org/A%20brief%20history.htm|archive-date=23 August 2007}}</ref> Egerton-Warburton also undertook a "campaign to render it (the village) ] in ] eyes".<ref>Hubbard, p. 92</ref> To this end he commissioned architects including ] and ] to work on buildings in the village.<ref>Hubbard, pp. 79–80</ref> Douglas remodelled the ] in 1875,<ref>Hubbard, pp. 92–93, 246</ref> and restored some of the cottages.<ref>Hubbard, pp. 240, 242, 278</ref>


A running pump was the only source of drinking water for the whole community until 1934 when a piped supply was first connected. Until 1948, Great Budworth was part of the Arley Hall estate.<ref name="Boast">{{cite web|url=http://www.cc-publishing.co.uk/Archives/gbudworth.html|title=History on your doorstep – Great Budworth|last=Boast|first=Howard |publisher=Cheshire Magazine|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> A running pump was the only source of drinking water for the whole community until 1934 when a piped supply was first connected. Until 1948, Great Budworth was part of the Arley Hall estate.<ref name="Boast">{{cite web|url=http://www.cc-publishing.co.uk/Archives/gbudworth.html|title=History on your doorstep – Great Budworth|last=Boast|first=Howard |publisher=Cheshire Magazine|access-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>


==Notable landmarks== ==Notable landmarks==
The Grade I listed ] is located in the village. The village is a popular location for films and television including ]<ref name="Lambert1996">{{cite book|last=Lambert|first=Nick|title=Cheshire walks with children|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=y3ZTHzxD-z8C&pg=PA72|accessdate=11 July 2011|date=1 July 1996|publisher=Sigma Leisure|isbn=9781850585602|page=72}}</ref> and more recently in the Natwest advert. ], a ], is nearby.<ref name="Lambert1996"/> Also of note in the area are ] and Cock o' Budworth pubs,<ref name="Lambert1996"/> ], ], ] and ]. The Grade I listed ] is in the village. ], a ], is nearby.<ref name="Lambert1996"/> Also of note in the area are the ] and Cock o' Budworth ]s,<ref name="Lambert1996"/> ], ], ] and ].


===St Mary and All Saints' Church=== ===St Mary and All Saints' Church===
{{main|St Mary and All Saints' Church, Great Budworth}}
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St Mary and All Saints' Church has been designated by ] as a Grade&nbsp;I ].<ref name="images">{{Citation |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139156|title= Church of St Mary and All Saints, Great Budworth|year=2011 |work=The National Heritage List for England |publisher=] |accessdate= 29&nbsp;April 2011}}</ref> It is an active ] ] in the ], the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.<ref>{{Citation|url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/great-budworth-st-mary-all-saints/| title = St Mary & All Saints, Great Budworth| accessdate = 1&nbsp;January 2011| publisher = ]}}</ref> ] includes it in his list of 'best' English parish churches.<ref>{{citation |last =Clifton-Taylor|first =Alec|authorlink = Alec Clifton-Taylor|title =English Parish Churches as Work of Art |publisher =Batsford|year =1974|location =London|page =240|isbn =0 7134 2776 0}}</ref> Richards describes it as "one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture remaining in Cheshire".<ref name="richards"/> The architectural historian ] considered it to be "one of the most satisfactory ] churches in Cheshire".<ref name=pev>{{Citation|last =Pevsner|first =Nikolaus|authorlink =Nikolaus Pevsner|last2 = Hubbard|first2 = Edward|author2-link=Edward Hubbard|series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire |publisher =]| year =2003| origyear=1971| location =New Haven and London| pages = 227–228|isbn =0-300-09588-0}}</ref> In the north chapel is a memorial to ], the 17th-century historian, and in the Warburton Chapel is the ] ] of Sir&nbsp;John Warburton who died in 1575.<ref name="richards">{{citation |last =Richards|first =Raymond|title =Old Cheshire Churches|publisher =Batsford|year =1947|location =London|pages =170–175}}</ref> In the north chapel is an organ which was designed by ] and installed in 1839. St Mary and All Saints' Church is recorded in the ] as a designated Grade&nbsp;I ].<ref name="images2">{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1139156|desc= Church of St Mary and All Saints, Great Budworth|access-date= 26 March 2015}}</ref> It is an active ] ] in the ], the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/great-budworth-st-mary-all-saints/ |title=St Mary & All Saints, Great Budworth |access-date=1 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref> ] includes it in his list of best English parish churches.<ref>{{cite book |last=Clifton-Taylor |first=Alec |author-link=Alec Clifton-Taylor |title=English Parish Churches as Work of Art |publisher=Batsford|year=1974 |page=240 |isbn=0-7134-2776-0}}</ref> Richards describes it as "one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture remaining in Cheshire".<ref name="richards"/> The architectural historian ] considered it to be "one of the most satisfactory ] churches in Cheshire".<ref name=pev>{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Hubbard |first2=Edward |author2-link = Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) |series=The Buildings of England |title=Cheshire |publisher=] |year=2003| orig-year=1971 |pages=227–228 |isbn=0-300-09588-0}}</ref> In the north chapel is a memorial to ], the 17th-century historian, and in the Warburton Chapel is the ] ] of Sir&nbsp;John Warburton who died in 1575.<ref name="richards">{{cite book |last=Richards |first=Raymond |title=Old Cheshire Churches |publisher=Batsford |year=1947 |pages=170–175}}</ref> In the north chapel is an organ designed by ], installed in 1839.


===Houses=== ===Houses===
⚫ ] and its attached cottage (Rose Cottage), designated as a Grade&nbsp;II listed building,<ref name= Goldmine>{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1329888|desc= Goldmine House, Rose Cottage, Great Budworth|access-date= 26 March 2015|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> were built in 1870 for ] of Arley Hall and were designed by the ] architect ].<ref>Hubbard, p.278</ref> Built with brown brick with some timber framing, and clay tile roofs the house faces west. It is a double storied building with two gabled ]. The cottage is simple in form with a dormer and blue brick ].<ref name=Goldmine/>


⚫ ], a Grade&nbsp;II listed pair of cottages, were built in 1867–68, again for Rowland Egerton-Warburton and by Douglas.<ref>Hubbard, p.240</ref> The lower storeys are constructed in brown brick. The upper storeys are ] with ] panels. The roof is in clay tiles. The plaster panels are ] with floral motifs.<ref name=Cottage>{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1329854|desc= Dene Cottages, 1 and 2 Warrington Road, Great Budworth|access-date= 26 March 2015|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
⚫ ] and its attached cottage (Rose Cottage), designated by English Heritage as a Grade&nbsp;II listed building.<ref name= Goldmine>{{Citation |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1329888|title= Goldmine House, Rose Cottage, Great Budworth|year=2011 |work=The National Heritage List for England |publisher=English Heritage |accessdate= 14 July 2011}}</ref> were built in 1870 for ] of Arley Hall and were designed by the Chester architect John Douglas.<ref>Hubbard, p.278</ref> Built with brown brick with some timber framing, and clay tile roofs the house faces west. It is a double storied building with two gabled ]. The cottage is simple in form with a dormer and blue brick ].<ref name=Goldmine/>


⚫ ] in this parish was built by J. H. Smith-Barry Esq., who deposited in it his valuable collection of pictures and statues, afterwards removed to Marbury. Smith-Barry sold it to Henry Clarke.<ref name="Lysons1810"/> Built in 1755 and designed by ], it is a Grade&nbsp;I listed building.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1139129 |desc= Belmont Hall|access-date= 26 March 2015|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> As of 2020 it is occupied by ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cransleyschool.org.uk/ |title=Cransley School |access-date=16 July 2008 |publisher=Cransley School |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607085557/http://www.cransleyschool.org.uk/ |archive-date=7 June 2008}}</ref>
⚫ ] are a pair of cottages, designated by ] as a Grade&nbsp;II listed building. They were built in 186768 for ] of ] and designed by the ] architect ].<ref>Hubbard, p.240</ref> The lower storeys are constructed in brown brick. The upper storeys are ] with ] panels. The roof is in clay tiles. The plaster panels are ] with floral motifs.<ref name=Cottage>{{Citation |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1329854|title= Dene Cottages, 1 and 2 Warrington Road, Great Budworth|year=2011 |work=The National Heritage List for England |publisher=] |accessdate= 5&nbsp;May 2011}}</ref>

⚫ ] in this parish was built by J. H. Smith-Barry Esq., who deposited in it his valuable collection of pictures and statues, afterwards removed to Marbury. Smith-Barry sold it to Henry Clarke.<ref name="Lysons1810"/> Built in 1755 and designed by ], it is a Grade I listed building.<ref>{{Citation |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139129|title= Belmont Hall|year=2011 |work=The National Heritage List for England |publisher=] |accessdate= 16&nbsp;July 2011}}</ref> As of 2011 it is occupied by ].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cransleyschool.org.uk/ |title=Cransley School |accessdate=16&nbsp;July 2008 |publisher=Cransley School }}</ref>


===George and Dragon pub=== ===George and Dragon pub===
] pub]] ] pub]]
], designated by ] Grade&nbsp;II ]<ref name=images>{{Cite web |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1329885|title= George and Dragon Inn, Great Budworth|year=2011 |work=The National Heritage List for England |publisher=] |accessdate= 14 July 2011}}</ref> was initially built as a simple three-] ] inn. In 1875, its restoration was commissioned by Egerton-Warburton. The ] architect, ] carried out the work; he added tall rubbed chimneys, ]ed windows and a steep pyramidal ].<ref name=Hubbard>Hubbard, pp. 92-93</ref> The double storied inn has ] built in brick with a ] ] on the upper storey. It has clay tiled covered hipped roofs. Its other architectural features comprise a projecting two-storey porch with oak post-and-rail fence inscribed with a number of sayings on either side, lateral bay with four-light mullioned window in the lower storey and a three-light mullioned window in the upper storey, a tall rubbed brick chimneystack, and the inn sign located diagonally from the right corner<ref name=images/><ref name=Hubbard/> The inn continues to function as a public house and restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.onionring.co.uk/restaurants/restaurant_info.asp?RID=1536| title = George and Dragon| accessdate = 14 July 2011| publisher = Onionring}}</ref> The ], another Grade&nbsp;II listed building,<ref name=images>{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1329885|desc= George and Dragon Inn, Great Budworth|access-date= 26 March 2015|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> was initially built as a simple three-] ] inn. In 1875, John Douglas was commissioned to restore it by Egerton-Warburton. He added tall rubbed chimneys, ]ed windows and a steep pyramidal ].<ref name=Hubbard>Hubbard, pp. 92–93</ref> The double-storied inn has ] built in brick with a ] ] on the upper storey. It has clay tiled covered hipped roofs. Its other architectural features comprise a projecting two-storey porch with oak post-and-rail fence inscribed with a number of sayings on either side, lateral bay with four-light mullioned window in the lower storey and a three-light mullioned window in the upper storey, a tall rubbed brick chimneystack, and the inn sign located diagonally from the right corner.<ref name=images/><ref name=Hubbard/> The inn continues to function as a public house and restaurant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onionring.co.uk/restaurants/restaurant_info.asp?RID=1536 |title=George and Dragon |access-date=14 July 2011 |publisher=Onionring |archive-date=16 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016114334/http://www.onionring.co.uk/restaurants/restaurant_info.asp?RID=1536 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015 the pub was used as a location in the video game '']'' by developer Baggy Cat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=I visited the town from Contradiction and I took photos! - Contradiction: Spot The Liar!|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/contradiction-spot-the-liar/3030-50336/forums/i-visited-the-town-from-contradiction-and-i-took-p-1776616/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Giant Bomb|language=en}}</ref>


===The 54–57 High Street=== ===54–57 High Street===
The ], a row of four dwellings in High Street ], designated by English Heritage as a Grade&nbsp;II listed building.<ref name=list>{{Citation |url= http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139118|title= Jasmine Cottage, Nos. 55 & 56 and No. 57 High Street, Great Budworth|year=2011 |work=The National Heritage List for England |publisher=] |accessdate= 14 July 2011}}</ref> had been built in the early 18th&nbsp;century, or earlier. In 1870 or just before 1875, they were refaced and partly rebuilt for Rowland Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall by the architect John Douglas.<ref name=images/><ref>Hubbard, p.242</ref> or just before 1875.<ref name=list/> The two outer buildings are houses and the two central buildings are cottages. They are built in brown brick with clay tile roofs, and have two storeys plus attics. Each building has a ], those on the outer buildings being larger than those on the inner buildings, and all are decorated with brick and plaster.<ref name=list/> ] is a row of four Grade&nbsp;II listed<ref name=list>{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1139118|desc= Jasmine Cottage, Nos. 55 & 56 and No. 57 High Street, Great Budworth|access-date= 26 March 2015|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> dwellings in the High Street, built in the early 18th century.<ref name=list/> They were refaced and partly rebuilt for Rowland Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall by John Douglas in 1870 or 1875.<ref name=images/><ref>Hubbard, p. 242</ref> The two outer buildings are houses and the two central buildings are cottages. They are built in brown brick with clay tile roofs, and have two storeys plus attics. Each building has a ], those on the outer buildings larger than those on the inner, all decorated with brick and plaster.<ref name=list/>


==Flora and fauna== ==Flora and fauna==
In the ], Budworth Mere was used as a fish hatchery. Stocked with bream and pike, its reeds breed ]s and ].<ref name="Darling1988">{{cite book|last=Darling|first=Jen|title=West Cheshire Walks|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mIBD5PsVg6EC&pg=PA73|accessdate=16 July 2011|date=1 April 1988|publisher=Sigma|isbn=9781850581116|pages=73–}}</ref> Other avifauna includes ]s and ]s.<ref name="Boast" /> In the ], Budworth Mere was used as a fish hatchery. Stocked with bream and pike, its reeds shelter breeding ]s and ]s.<ref name="Darling1988">{{cite book|last=Darling|first=Jen|title=West Cheshire Walks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIBD5PsVg6EC&pg=PA73|year=1988|publisher=Sigma|isbn=978-1-85058-111-6|page=73}}</ref> Other avifauna includes ]s and ]s.<ref name="Boast" />


==Culture== ==Culture==
The ] is a seasonal ] performed in the village every November which brings together the whole community. It features ], the Black Knight and a Hobby Horse.<ref name="Boast" /> In Great Budworth, the "soul cake" may be a glass of beer or other sustenance; into it comes the devil, or ], now "Belshy Bob".<ref name="Wright1974">{{cite book|last=Wright|first=Peter|title=The language of British industry|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uOS0AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=16 July 2011|year=1974|publisher=Macmillan|page=66}}</ref> The ] is a seasonal ] performed in the village every November which brings together the whole community. It features ], the Black Knight and a Hobby Horse.<ref name="Boast" /> In Great Budworth, the "soul cake" may be a glass of beer or other sustenance; into it comes the devil, or ], now "Belshy Bob".<ref name="Wright1974">{{cite book|last=Wright|first=Peter|title=The language of British industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOS0AAAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Macmillan|page=66}}</ref> The village is a popular location for films and television including '']'',<ref name="Lambert1996">{{cite book |last=Lambert |first=Nick |title=Cheshire walks with children |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y3ZTHzxD-z8C&pg=PA72|access-date=11 July 2011|date=1 July 1996 |publisher=Sigma Leisure|isbn=978-1-85058-560-2|page=72}}</ref> and more recently a ] advert and the 2019 BBC drama '']''.{{citation needed |date=April 2021}}

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*{{cite book |last=Boyd |first=Arnold |author-link=Arnold Boyd |title=A Country Parish: Great Budworth in the county of Chester |year=1951 |publisher=Collins |oclc=221053881}}
*{{Citation|last=Foster|first=Charles|chapter=The History of the House and the Family|year=1999|editor-surname=Albrighton|editor-first=Tom (ed.)| title=Arley Hall and Gardens, Cheshire|publisher=Jarrold|publication-place = Norwich }} *{{cite book |last=Foster |first=Charles |chapter=The History of the House and the Family |year=1999 |editor-last=Albrighton |editor-first=Tom|title=Arley Hall and Gardens, Cheshire |publisher=Jarrold}}
⚫ *{{citation|last = Groves|first = Linden|title = Historic Parks & Gardens of Cheshire |publisher = Landmark|year = 2004| location = Ashbourne|isbn = 1-84306-124-4}}
*{{cite book |last=Greene |first=J. Patrick |title=Norton Priory: The Archaeology of a Medieval Religious House |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70PACwvVscEC&pg=PA67 |year=2004 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-60278-5 }}
⚫ *{{Citation|last =Hubbard|first =Edward|authorlink = Edward Hubbard|title =The Work of John Douglas |publisher =]|year=1991|location =London|pages =92–93, 240| isbn =0-901657-16-6}}
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⚫ *{{cite book |last=Hubbard |first=Edward |author-link = Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) |title=The Work of John Douglas |publisher=] |year=1991 |isbn=0-901657-16-6}}
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Village in Cheshire, England

Human settlement in England
Great Budworth
The main street
Map of civil parish of Great Budworth within former borough of Vale Royal
Great Budworth is located in CheshireGreat BudworthGreat BudworthLocation within Cheshire
Population339 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSJ6677
Civil parish
  • Great Budworth
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Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORTHWICH
Postcode districtCW9
Dialling code01606
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53°17′38″N 2°30′18″W / 53.294°N 2.505°W / 53.294; -2.505

Great Budworth is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, four miles (6.4 km) north of Northwich off the A559 road, east of Comberbach, northwest of Higher Marston and southeast of Budworth Heath. Until 1948, Great Budworth was part of the Arley Hall estate.

At the 2011 census, the population was 339.

Etymology

According to Sir Peter Leycester, the name Great Budworth comes from the Old Saxon words bode ("dwelling") and wurth ("a place by water").

Geography

Budworth Mere with Great Budworth church in the distance

Great Budworth is approached from the main Warrington to Northwich road about two miles (3.2 km) from Northwich, along a ridge overlooking two meres, Budworth to the west and Pickmere to the east.

It was situated in the hundred of Bucklow and deanery of Frodsham. At fifteen miles (24 km) in length and ten miles (16 km) in width, it was considered to be the second largest parish in Cheshire, after Prestbury. The parish contained nineteen townships: Budworth, Anderton, Appleton-cum-Hull, Aston-juxta-Budworth, Barnton, Barterton, or Bartington, Cogfoall, Comberbach, Dutton, Little-Leigh, Marbury, Marston, Pickmere, Stretton, Nether-Tabley, Over-Witley, Nether Witley, and Wincham.

History

The early history of Great Budworth is documented in the Domesday Book of 1086, which mentions a priest at Great Budworth. In 1130, St Mary and All Saints Church was given to the Augustinian canon of Norton Priory by William FitzNigel, Constable of Chester and Baron of Halton.

The lord of the manor during the reign of Henry III was Geoffrey de Dutton. He donated to Norton Priory a third of his land to endow masses for his soul. After the dissolution of the monasteries, King Henry VIII granted the estate to John Grimsditch. It was afterwards divided into several parcels.

There may have been a school in Great Budworth as early as 1563, but certainly one existed by 1578. For centuries, the village was owned by the head of Arley Hall who would collect rent from the villagers. Rowland Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall paid for restorations and improvements to the church in the 1850s. Egerton-Warburton also undertook a "campaign to render it (the village) picturesque in Victorian eyes". To this end he commissioned architects including William Nesfield and John Douglas to work on buildings in the village. Douglas remodelled the George and Dragon inn in 1875, and restored some of the cottages.

A running pump was the only source of drinking water for the whole community until 1934 when a piped supply was first connected. Until 1948, Great Budworth was part of the Arley Hall estate.

Notable landmarks

The Grade I listed St Mary and All Saints Church is in the village. Arley Hall, a historic house, is nearby. Also of note in the area are the George and Dragon and Cock o' Budworth public houses, 54–57 High Street, Dene Cottages, Goldmine House and Belmont Hall.

St Mary and All Saints' Church

Main article: St Mary and All Saints' Church, Great Budworth
St Mary and All Saints Church

St Mary and All Saints' Church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of best English parish churches. Richards describes it as "one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture remaining in Cheshire". The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be "one of the most satisfactory Perpendicular churches in Cheshire". In the north chapel is a memorial to Sir Peter Leicester, the 17th-century historian, and in the Warburton Chapel is the alabaster effigy of Sir John Warburton who died in 1575. In the north chapel is an organ designed by Samuel Renn, installed in 1839.

Houses

Goldmine House and its attached cottage (Rose Cottage), designated as a Grade II listed building, were built in 1870 for Rowland Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall and were designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. Built with brown brick with some timber framing, and clay tile roofs the house faces west. It is a double storied building with two gabled bays. The cottage is simple in form with a dormer and blue brick diapering.

Dene Cottages, a Grade II listed pair of cottages, were built in 1867–68, again for Rowland Egerton-Warburton and by Douglas. The lower storeys are constructed in brown brick. The upper storeys are timber-framed with plaster panels. The roof is in clay tiles. The plaster panels are pargetted with floral motifs.

Belmont Hall in this parish was built by J. H. Smith-Barry Esq., who deposited in it his valuable collection of pictures and statues, afterwards removed to Marbury. Smith-Barry sold it to Henry Clarke. Built in 1755 and designed by James Gibbs, it is a Grade I listed building. As of 2020 it is occupied by Cransley School.

George and Dragon pub

The George and Dragon pub

The George and Dragon pub, another Grade II listed building, was initially built as a simple three-bay Georgian inn. In 1875, John Douglas was commissioned to restore it by Egerton-Warburton. He added tall rubbed chimneys, mullioned windows and a steep pyramidal turret. The double-storied inn has bays built in brick with a roughcast rendering on the upper storey. It has clay tiled covered hipped roofs. Its other architectural features comprise a projecting two-storey porch with oak post-and-rail fence inscribed with a number of sayings on either side, lateral bay with four-light mullioned window in the lower storey and a three-light mullioned window in the upper storey, a tall rubbed brick chimneystack, and the inn sign located diagonally from the right corner. The inn continues to function as a public house and restaurant. In 2015 the pub was used as a location in the video game Contradiction by developer Baggy Cat.

54–57 High Street

54–57 High Street is a row of four Grade II listed dwellings in the High Street, built in the early 18th century. They were refaced and partly rebuilt for Rowland Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall by John Douglas in 1870 or 1875. The two outer buildings are houses and the two central buildings are cottages. They are built in brown brick with clay tile roofs, and have two storeys plus attics. Each building has a gable, those on the outer buildings larger than those on the inner, all decorated with brick and plaster.

Flora and fauna

In the Middle Ages, Budworth Mere was used as a fish hatchery. Stocked with bream and pike, its reeds shelter breeding reed warblers and great crested grebes. Other avifauna includes mallards and coots.

Culture

The Soul Cakers Play is a seasonal folk play performed in the village every November which brings together the whole community. It features Saint George, the Black Knight and a Hobby Horse. In Great Budworth, the "soul cake" may be a glass of beer or other sustenance; into it comes the devil, or Beelzebub, now "Belshy Bob". The village is a popular location for films and television including Cluedo, and more recently a NatWest advert and the 2019 BBC drama War of the Worlds.

See also

References

Citations

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  21. ^ Richards, Raymond (1947). Old Cheshire Churches. Batsford. pp. 170–175.
  22. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) . Cheshire. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. pp. 227–228. ISBN 0-300-09588-0.
  23. ^ Historic England. "Goldmine House, Rose Cottage, Great Budworth (1329888)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  24. Hubbard, p.278
  25. Hubbard, p.240
  26. Historic England. "Dene Cottages, 1 and 2 Warrington Road, Great Budworth (1329854)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  27. Historic England. "Belmont Hall (1139129)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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  32. "I visited the town from Contradiction and I took photos! - Contradiction: Spot The Liar!". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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  35. Darling, Jen (1988). West Cheshire Walks. Sigma. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-85058-111-6.
  36. Wright, Peter (1974). The language of British industry. Macmillan. p. 66.

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