Eanley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Eanley, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

• Appleton
• Ashley
• Aston [by Budworth]
• Aston [by Sutton]
• Bartington
• Clifton
• Dunham [Massey]
• Grappenhall
• Lymm
• Mobberley
• Northenden
• Norton
• Ollerton
• Tatton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Eanley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade. 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 clearing’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Eanley

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Eanley. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Borrow’s Bridge and Associated Hand-cranked Crane, Bridgewater Canal, Norton - 0.43 km
• Brook House - 0.79 km
• The Old Number One - 0.98 km
• Bridgewater Canal George Gleave’s Bridge - 1.07 km
• Norton Lodge - 1.12 km
• Norton Water Tower - 1.21 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Norton - 1.0 km W
• Dutton - 2.2 km SE
• Halton - 3.0 km W
• Aston by Sutton - 3.2 km S
• Clifton - 4.1 km W
• Middle Aston - 4.1 km S