Cyrchynan in the Domesday Book (1086)
Cyrchynan appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Cyrchynan at 3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Cyrchynan supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 2 smallholders, working 7 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Cyrchynan was worth 20 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 9 shillings – a fall of 55%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.
Resources Recorded at Cyrchynan (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill
- Salthouses: 5
- Woodland: 1 * 0.5 leagues
Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Cyrchynan 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 Cyrchynan.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Bodeugan - 1.0 km E
- Llan Elwy - 1.4 km SW
- Pen-Y-Gors - 2.8 km NW
- Rhuddlan - 2.8 km NW
- Cilowen - 3.2 km S
- Llewerllyd - 4.0 km N
Heritage Around Cyrchynan
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.
© Jeremy Bolwell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Eirian Evans · 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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