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Village in Cheshire, England

Comberbach

Comberbach

Key facts

population954
instance ofvillage, civil parish
countryUnited Kingdom
located in the administrative territorial entityCheshire West and Chester
All data from the card 14
OS grid reference
SJ644773
Civil parish
Comberbach
Unitary authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county
Cheshire
Region
North West
Country
England
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
NORTHWICH
Postcode district
CW9
Dialling code
01606
Police
Cheshire
Fire
Cheshire
Ambulance
North West
UK Parliament
Tatton

Comberbach , deriving from the late Britonnic, or early Welsh for a "small confluence" is a civil parish and small village in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, between Northwich and Warrington. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 953. The village has a new memorial hall (partly Lottery Funded), a bowling club, one pub - the Spinner and Bergamot, (the Drum and Monkey closed in 2013) - and a post office/village shop. There is a county primary school, a Methodist chapel and an old-fashioned red phone box. Older residents and those who have lived in the village for a long time pronounce the name 'comma-batch', the first 'b' being silent.

Cartoonist John Geering, the artist behind Bananaman, lived here.

Comberbach Mummers perform the traditional Soulcaking Play (a form of mummers play), from 31 October for two weeks. It restarted in the mid-1980s. The mummers meet most Thursday evenings in The Spinner and Bergamot pub.

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