Cilowen in the Domesday Book (1086)
Cilowen appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Cilowen at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Cilowen supported a recorded population of 40 villagers, 24 smallholders, working 21 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Cilowen was worth 24 shillings, up from 18 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.
Resources Recorded at Cilowen (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill
- Meadow: 200 acres
- Woodland: 50 swine render
Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Cilowen 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 Cilowen.
Cilowen Today
Today Cilowen lies within the administrative area of Denbighshire.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Cilowen
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.
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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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