Cocle in the Domesday Book (1086)
Cocle is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Rushton
- Alpraham
- Alretone
- Ashton
- Beeston
- Bunbury and [Lower] Bunbury
- Burton
- Clotton
- Iddinshall
- Opetone
- Oulton
- Over
- Peckforton
- Rushton
- Spurstow
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Cocle 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 Cocle.
Listed Buildings Near Cocle
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Cocle. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Kelsall Hall - 0.26 km
- Church of St Phillip - 0.34 km
- Rookery Farmhouse - 0.73 km
- Hallowsgate Farmhouse - 0.76 km
- Lock Up on the End of the Barn at Weldon House - 0.77 km
- Farmbuildings 30 Metres South East of Hallowsgate Farmhouse - 0.77 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Cocle
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Cocle:
Cocle Today
Today Cocle lies within the administrative area of Cheshire West and Chester, and the settlement recorded a population of 3,121 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 Kelsall on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Cocle
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.
© Jonathan Kington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Raymond Knapman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Felix Hemsted · 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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