Chelford in the Domesday Book (1086)

Chelford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Hamestan

• Adlington
• Bosley
• Bramhall
• Bredbury
• Butley
• Capesthorne
• Cheadle
• Cranage
• Gawsworth
• Henbury
• Hollingworth
• Hungrewenitune
• Kermincham
• Leighton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Chelford is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word ford, a river crossing. 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 ford’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Chelford

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Chelford. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• The Manor House - 0.52 km
• Church of St John - 0.59 km
• The Lodge - 0.62 km

Grade II

• The Old Vicarage - 0.32 km
• The Ivy House - 0.35 km
• Former tithe barn at the Manor House - 0.49 km
• Church Cottages - 0.56 km
• Chelford Bridge South - 0.61 km
• Weir at Astle Hall - 0.65 km
• Rosebank Cottage - 0.9 km
• Fir Tree Farmhouse - 1.24 km

Chelford Today

Today Chelford lies within the administrative area of Cheshire East, and the settlement recorded a population of 1,518 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 Chelford on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Snelson - 1.4 km SW
• Chapmonswiche - 2.0 km W
• Warford - 3.2 km N
• Capesthorne - 3.6 km SE
• Nether Alderley - 3.6 km NE
• Ollerton - 4.5 km NW