Higher and Lower Shurlach in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Higher and Lower Shurlach is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Middlewich
- Alsager
- Bostock
- Brereton
- Byley
- Clive
- Congleton
- Croxton
- Davenham
- Davenport
- Goostrey
- Hassall
- Kinderton
- Lach [Dennis]
- Leftwich
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Higher and Lower Shurlach 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 Higher and Lower Shurlach.
Listed Buildings Near Higher and Lower Shurlach
Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Higher and Lower Shurlach. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
Higher and Lower Shurlach Today
Today Higher and Lower Shurlach lies within the administrative area of Cheshire.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around [Higher and Lower] Shurlach
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.
© Jeff Tomlinson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Colin Wynne-Parle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© john mcguire · 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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