Goostrey in the Domesday Book (1086)

Goostrey appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Middlewich

• Alsager
• Bostock
• Brereton
• Byley
• Clive
• Congleton
• Croxton
• Davenham
• Davenport
• Hassall
• Kinderton
• Lach [Dennis]
• Leftwich
• Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Goostrey 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 Goostrey.

Listed Buildings Near Goostrey

Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Goostrey. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Luke - 0.56 km
• Blackden Hall - 1.1 km

Grade II

• Barn East of Millbank Farm House - 0.27 km
• Brookside Farmhouse - 0.41 km
• The Old Schoolhouse - 0.54 km
• Table Tomb by East Wall of St Luke’s Church - 0.57 km
• Sundial 3 Metres From South East End of St Luke’s Church - 0.57 km
• Church Cottages - 0.65 km
• Swanwick Hall - 0.85 km
• Winterbottom Farmhouse - 0.92 km
• Blackden Manor - 1.26 km
• Farm Building South East of Blackden Manor - 1.3 km

Goostrey Today

Today Goostrey lies within the administrative area of Cheshire East, and the settlement recorded a population of 2,144 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 Goostrey on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Cranage - 2.8 km SW
• Kermincham - 3.6 km SE
• Snelson - 4.2 km NE
• Chapmonswiche - 4.5 km NE
• Sproston - 5.0 km SW
• Nether and Over Peover - 5.0 km NW