Alsager in the Domesday Book (1086)

Alsager appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Middlewich

• Bostock
• Brereton
• Byley
• Clive
• Congleton
• Croxton
• Davenham
• Davenport
• Goostrey
• Hassall
• Kinderton
• Lach [Dennis]
• Leftwich
• Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Alsager 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 Alsager.

Listed Buildings Near Alsager

Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Alsager. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of Christ - 0.73 km

Grade II

• Church of St Mary Magdalene - 0.06 km
• Alsager War Memorial - 0.34 km
• 21 and 23, Audley Road - 0.67 km
• Pair of Gatepiers C5 Yards From the Western Door of Church of Christ - 0.75 km
• School Buildings and Schoolmasters House - 0.79 km
• Townhouse Farmhouse - 1.0 km
• Bank Farmhouse - 1.15 km

Alsager Today

Today Alsager lies within the administrative area of Cheshire East, and the settlement recorded a population of 13,390 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Alsager on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Odd Rode - 1.4 km NE
• Hassall - 3.6 km NW
• Barthomley - 4.2 km SW
• Wheelock - 5.8 km NW
• Sandbach - 6.4 km NW
• Newbold Astbury - 7.8 km NE