Cranage in the Domesday Book (1086)
Cranage 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
- Chelford
- Gawsworth
- Henbury
- Hollingworth
- Hungrewenitune
- Kermincham
- Leighton
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Cranage 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 Cranage.
Listed Buildings Near Cranage
Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Cranage. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Swan Farmhouse - 0.2 km
Grade II
- Manor Farmhouse - 0.16 km
- Barn South West of Manor Farmhouse - 0.19 km
- Mile Post 5 Metres South of Byley Lane Junction - 0.41 km
- Rose Cottage - 0.54 km
- Cranage Church of England Primary School - 0.6 km
- Cranage Hall - 0.61 km
- The Old Vicarage Hotel - 0.67 km
- Hollins Farmhouse - 0.75 km
- Hermitage Bridge - 1.17 km
Cranage Today
Today Cranage lies within the administrative area of Cheshire East, and the settlement recorded a population of 1,291 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 Cranage on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Cranage
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.
© Mike Faherty · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Terry Robinson · 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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