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==History== Bunbury was reputedly derived from Buna-burh, meaning the "redoubt of Buna". Just prior to the [[Norman Conquest]] of 1066 it was held by a certain Dedol of Tiverton. Its name was written as Boleberie in the Domesday Survey of 1086 and the lord of the fief was Robert FitzHugh. Listed as lying in the [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of [[Rushton, Cheshire|Rushton]] and the county of Cheshire, it had a recorded population of 3 households in 1086, meaning that it was one of smallest 20% of settlements at that time.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|XX0000|bunbury-and-lower-bunbury|Bunbury}}</ref> A Norman family later acquired the surname of De Boneberi, and were linked to Rake Hall during and after the reign of King Stephen. They were allegedly a cadet line of the Norman family of De St Pierre, associated with Hugh "Lupus" Earl of Chester, one of the famous "marcher lords" of the Welsh Marches. Then the fief was governed by the family of [[Hugh Calveley|Hugh Claveley]] that held the manor of Calveley in Bunbury, Cheshire, living in Calveley Hall that came into the possession of the [[Bromley-Davenport|Davenport]] family through marriage in 1369.<ref>Axon, William Edward Armytage (1885β1900). "Calveley, Hugh" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 88. pp. 262β263.</ref> Much later, in the era of the English Civil War and on the date of 23 December 1642 some of the prominent gentlemen of Cheshire met in Bunbury and drew up the [[Bunbury Agreement]]. The terms of the agreement were intended to keep Cheshire neutral during the [[English Civil War]]. It proved to be a forlorn hope because the national strategic importance of Cheshire and the city port of [[Chester]] meant that national interests overruled local ones. Bunbury was a victim of the [[Liverpool Blitz|Blitz]] during [[World War II]]. German aircraft returning from a night raid on [[Liverpool]] in 1940 jettisoned surplus bombs over the village, obliterating Church Row (the houses have since been rebuilt). The blast caused minor damage to the exterior of St Boniface's Church and the immediate area. The original village centre surrounding the church was hit, damaging shops beyond repair.<ref name=thornber>{{citation |url=http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/bunbury.html |title=Bunbury |last=Thornber |first=Craig |access-date=7 November 2008}}</ref> This has largely caused the current centre to evolve in the geographical heart of the village. Four old villages have combined to form the modern-day Bunbury. These are: * Higher Bunbury (centred on the church and the Dysart Arms), * Lower Bunbury (the main part of the village today), * Bunbury Heath (essentially School Lane) and * Bunbury Common (from Higher Bunbury towards Bunbury Locks). The last three have coalesced to form a single village. The River Gowy is a natural division between Higher and Lower Bunbury. Bunbury was used in the autumn of 2014 as the setting for the fictional village of 'Great Paxford' in the ITV drama ''[[Home Fires (UK TV series)|Home Fires]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitcheshire.com/things-to-do/film-and-tv-locations/home-fires |title=Home Fires}}</ref>
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