Aldredelie in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Aldredelie is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ruloe in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ruloe

• Alvanley
• Conersley
• Done
• Dunham [on the Hill]
• Eddisbury
• Elton
• Frodsham
• Hartford
• Helsby
• Ince
• Kingsley
• Manley
• Thornton [le Moors]
• Weaverham

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Aldredelie is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Aldredelie.

Listed Buildings Near Aldredelie

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Aldredelie. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• The Croft - 0.35 km
• Lychgate to St Johns Churchyard - 0.56 km
• Church of St John - 0.57 km
• Kingsley Hall - 0.72 km
• Castle Hill House - 0.8 km
• Castle Hill Farmhouse - 0.85 km
• Walls and 2 Bridges to Moat at Peel Hall - 1.22 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Aldredelie

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Aldredelie:

• Peel Hall moated site, Kingsley - 1.2 km
• Castle Cob motte - 1.59 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Kingsley - 0.0 km N
• Middle Aston - 3.2 km N
• Aston by Sutton - 4.1 km N
• Frodsham - 4.2 km NW
• Manley - 5.0 km SW
• Alvanley - 5.1 km W