Dalton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Dalton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

• Ainsdale
• Allerton
• Argarmeles
• Aughton
• Barton
• Bootle
• Childwall
• Downholland
• Formby
• Halsall
• Hurlston
• Huyton
• Ince [Blundell]
• Kirkby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dalton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. 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 farmstead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Dalton

Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Dalton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Ashurst’s Hall - 0.3 km
• Gatehouse Approximately 10 Metres South of Ashurst’s Hall - 0.32 km
• Pigeon Cote Approximately 40 Metres South of Ashurst’s Hall - 0.35 km
• Church of St Michael - 0.39 km
• Ashurst’s Beacon - 0.74 km
• Beacon View - 0.83 km
• Barker’s Farmhouse - 0.99 km
• Stannanaught Farmhouse - 1.17 km
• Prior’s Wood Hall - 1.27 km
• Barn at Lees Lane Nursery - 1.29 km

Dalton Today

Today Dalton lies within the administrative area of West Lancashire, and the settlement recorded a population of 386 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 Dalton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Lathom - 3.2 km W
• Skelmersdale - 3.6 km SW
• Upholland - 4.2 km SE
• Martin - 8.0 km NW
• Hurlston - 9.2 km W
• Up Litherland - 10.0 km W