Hassall in the Domesday Book (1086)
Hassall 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
- Goostrey
- Kinderton
- Lach [Dennis]
- Leftwich
- Middlewich
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Hassall 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 Hassall.
Listed Buildings Near Hassall
Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Hassall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
Grade II
- Haslington Villa - 1.03 km
Hassall Today
Today Hassall lies within the administrative area of Cheshire East, and the settlement recorded a population of 240 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 Hassall on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Wheelock - 2.2 km NW
- Sandbach - 3.2 km N
- Alsager - 3.6 km SE
- Odd Rode - 4.1 km E
- Barthomley - 5.0 km S
- Coppenhall - 6.0 km W
Heritage Around Hassall
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.
© Colin Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Steve Lewin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© J Whatley · 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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