Antrobus appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Antrobus 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 Antrobus.

Listed Buildings Near Antrobus

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Antrobus. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Antrobus Today

Today Antrobus lies within the administrative area of Cheshire West and Chester, and the settlement recorded a population of 770 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 Antrobus on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Higher and Lower Whitley - 3.2 km W
Appleton - 3.2 km N
Cogshall - 3.2 km S
Aston by Budworth - 3.6 km SE
Great Budworth - 3.6 km SE
Grappenhall - 5.1 km N

Heritage Around Antrobus

Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.

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Antrobus in the Domesday Book (1086)