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Mobberley is a semi-rural village and civil parish in Cheshire. It is situated between Wilmslow and Knutsford in the borough of Macclesfield. Mobberley railway station lies on the Manchester to Northwich and Chester line and was opened on 12 May 1862 by the Cheshire Midland Railway which was absorbed by the Cheshire Lines Committee on 15 August 1867. Manchester Airport is located to the north.
According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,546. Mobberley is best known as the home of the Mallory family: George Mallory (1886–1924), a mountaineer who died attempting Mount Everest, and Trafford Leigh-Mallory were both born in Mobberley.
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Mobberley has a cricket club which plays at Church Lane, in Division two of the Cheshire County Cricket league.[1] they have many teams including a First, second and third teams, and a junior section.
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Coordinates: 53°19′N, 2°19′W
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