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History of Weobley Village Herefordshire Wibba, son of Creoda, King of Mercia, founded ‘Wibba’s Ley’ as a defensive outpost against the Welsh in the 6th Century. A Ley is a natural clearing in a wood. Wibbelai was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. Here on the borders of Wales, Weobley has with many timber-framed houses, some dating back to the 1400's. Today it is a thriving village community that supports several shops and small businesses. Weobley is one of the best-preserved Tudor villages in the country, with many beautiful timber framed buildings. It is considered the “jewel in the crown” of black and white villages in Herefordshire, England about 10 miles south-west of Leominster and is due south of Pembridge. Of Weobley’s historic houses, is the house where King Charles I stayed in 1645 after his success at taking Hereford which he subsequently lost to the impressive Col. Birch, immortalised in Weobley’s fine Church of St Peter and St Paul. The Church has a fine spire, the second tallest in Herefordshire. Between the Church and The Red Lion is a small building that is all that remains of a medieval hall house and reputed to be the oldest cottage in England. You can see that the timber work is made largely of one huge oak tree cut through the middle. This is a cruck frame and one of two such structures in Weobley. Crucks were made by sawyers who selected an oak tree where the trunk meets a large branch and cut it in half over a saw pit with a double handed saw. The sawyer on the top of the trunk was called the ‘top dog’ and the one in the pit, getting covered in sawdust, was called the ‘underdog’; hence the terms we use today. |
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