Austerson in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Austerson is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Warmundestrou
- Acton
- Aston
- Aston [juxta Mondrem]
- Audlem
- Baddiley
- Barthomley
- Basford
- Batherton
- Blakenhall
- Broomhall
- Buerton
- Cholmondeston
- Chorley
- Chorlton
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Austerson 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 Austerson.
Listed Buildings Near Austerson
Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Austerson. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Batherton Hall - 0.74 km
- Barn South East of the Former Austerson Old Hall - 0.98 km
- Oakfield - 1.0 km
- Stapeley House - 1.11 km
Austerson Today
Today Austerson lies within the administrative area of Cheshire East, and the settlement recorded a population of 137 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 Austerson on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Austerson
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.
© Roger D Kidd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Roger D Kidd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Peter Bruffell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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