Eddisbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Eddisbury, entered under the hundred of Ruloe in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ruloe

• Aldredelie
• Alvanley
• Conersley
• Done
• Dunham [on the Hill]
• Elton
• Frodsham
• Hartford
• Helsby
• Ince
• Kingsley
• Manley
• Thornton [le Moors]
• Weaverham

The Meaning of the Name

The name Eddisbury is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word burh, a fortified place. 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 stronghold’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Eddisbury

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

Grade II

• Church of St Peter - 0.99 km
• Sundial in the Churchyard of St Peter - 1.0 km
• Delamere School - 1.08 km
• Milepost 70 Metres East of Junction With Stoney Lane - 1.08 km
• The Vale Royal Abbey Arms - 1.12 km
• Stables at the Vale Royal Abbey Arms - 1.14 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Eddisbury

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Eddisbury:

• Eddisbury hillfort east of Old Pale Farm - 0.29 km
• Roman road, Thieves Moss, Delamere Forest - 0.68 km

Eddisbury Today

Today Eddisbury lies within the administrative area of Kelsall.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Willington - 2.8 km SW
• Cocle - 3.2 km W
• Alretone - 4.1 km S
• Ashton - 5.0 km W
• Aldredelie - 5.1 km N
• Kingsley - 5.1 km N