Davenport in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Davenport, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Middlewich
- Alsager
- Bostock
- Brereton
- Byley
- Clive
- Congleton
- Croxton
- Davenham
- Goostrey
- Hassall
- Kinderton
- Lach [Dennis]
- Leftwich
- Middlewich
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Davenport 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 Davenport.
Listed Buildings Near Davenport
Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Davenport. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of St Peter - 0.88 km
Grade II
- Private Chapel North West of Swettenham Hall - 0.31 km
- Swettenham Hall - 0.36 km
- Farm Buildings East of Swettenham Hall - 0.42 km
- Grain Drying Kiln South East of Swettenham Mill - 0.9 km
- Swettenham Mill - 0.91 km
- Swettenham Arms - 0.93 km
- Manor Farmhouse - 1.16 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Davenport
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Davenport:
Davenport Today
Today Davenport lies within the administrative area of Brereton.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Kermincham - 1.4 km NW
- Somerford - 1.4 km SE
- Brereton - 2.8 km SW
- Somerford Booths - 3.2 km E
- Marton - 4.5 km NE
- Goostrey - 5.0 km NW
Heritage Around Davenport
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.
© Peter Whatley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Colin Park · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Lyn Haigh · 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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