Aston by Budworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Aston by Budworth, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

• Appleton
• Ashley
• Aston [by Sutton]
• Bartington
• Clifton
• Dunham [Massey]
• Eanley
• Grappenhall
• Lymm
• Mobberley
• Northenden
• Norton
• Ollerton
• Tatton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Aston by Budworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Aston by Budworth

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Aston by Budworth. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Aston Park - 0.37 km

Grade II

• Westage Farmhouse and Adjoining Shippon - 1.13 km
• Budworth Heath Farmhouse - 1.17 km

Aston by Budworth Today

Today Aston by Budworth lies within the administrative area of Cheshire East, and the settlement recorded a population of 330 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 Aston by Budworth on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Great Budworth - 1.4 km SW
• Wincham - 3.0 km S
• Antrobus - 3.6 km NW
• Cogshall - 4.1 km W
• Nether Tabley - 5.0 km E
• Winnington - 5.0 km SW