Axton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Axton, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross
- Aston
- Bagillt
- Bistre
- Blorant
- Bodeugan
- Bodfari
- Broughton
- Bryn
- Bryncoed
- Brynford
- Bryngwyn
- Brynhedydd
- Bychton
- Caerwys
The Meaning of the Name
The name Axton 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 Axton.
Axton Today
Today Axton lies within the administrative area of Flintshire.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Carn-y-chan - 1.0 km W
- Danfrond - 1.0 km N
- Kelston - 1.0 km N
- Rahop - 2.0 km W
- Golden Grove - 2.2 km NW
- Trelawnyd - 2.2 km SW
Heritage Around Axton
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.
© Natalia A McKenzie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Dot Potter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Maggie Cox · 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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