The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Blakenhall, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Warmundestrou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Blakenhall 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 Blakenhall.

Listed Buildings Near Blakenhall

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Blakenhall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Blakenhall Farmhouse - 0.23 km
Lake Lodge Gates, Piers and Screen Walls - 1.2 km

Blakenhall Today

Today Blakenhall lies within the administrative area of Doddington and District, and the settlement recorded a population of 131 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 Blakenhall on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Chorlton - 3.0 km N
Walgherton - 3.2 km W
Wybunbury - 3.6 km NW
Hatherton - 4.0 km W
Shavington - 5.0 km NW
Basford - 5.1 km N

Heritage Around Blakenhall

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.

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.

Blakenhall in the Domesday Book (1086)