Dunham on the Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)
Dunham on the Hill is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ruloe in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Ruloe
- Aldredelie
- Alvanley
- Conersley
- Done
- Eddisbury
- Elton
- Frodsham
- Hartford
- Helsby
- Ince
- Kingsley
- Manley
- Thornton [le Moors]
- Weaverham
The Meaning of the Name
The name Dunham on the Hill is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead 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 homestead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Dunham on the Hill.
Listed Buildings Near Dunham on the Hill
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Dunham on the Hill. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Pear Tree Farm House - 0.44 km
- Rock Cottages - 0.46 km
- Manor Farmhouse - 0.47 km
- Town Farm Farmhouse - 0.48 km
- Smithy Farmhouse - 0.48 km
- Farmbuildings North of Stable Range at Smithy Farm - 0.49 km
- Dunhamhall Farmhouse - 0.49 km
- Stable Range at Smithy Farm - 0.5 km
- Church of St Luke - 0.71 km
Dunham on the Hill Today
Today Dunham on the Hill lies within the administrative area of Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford, and the settlement recorded a population of 501 at the 2011 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 Dunham-on-the-Hill on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Bridge Trafford - 2.2 km SW
- Alvanley - 2.2 km NE
- Wimbolds Trafford - 3.0 km W
- Manley - 3.2 km E
- Helsby - 3.2 km N
- Great and Little Barrow - 3.2 km S
Heritage Around Dunham [on the Hill]
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.
© Roger May · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© VBForever · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© VBForever · 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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