Lathom in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lathom appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

• Ainsdale
• Allerton
• Argarmeles
• Aughton
• Barton
• Bootle
• Childwall
• Dalton
• Downholland
• Formby
• Halsall
• Hurlston
• Huyton
• Ince [Blundell]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Lathom 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 Lathom.

Listed Buildings Near Lathom

Historic England records 18 listed buildings within about a mile of Lathom. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Lathom House, former west wing - 0.71 km

Grade II

• Ha Ha Bounding East and South Sides of Garden of Former Lathom House - 0.6 km
• Garden Wall Attached to West Wing of Former Lathom House - 0.65 km
• Lathom House Chapel of St John - 0.9 km
• Lathom House Almshouses - 0.92 km
• Stable Block to Rear of Lathom House Almshouses - 0.94 km
• Preston Lodge North With Attached Screen Wall and Gate - 1.09 km
• Preston Lodge South With Attached Screen Wall and Gate - 1.11 km
• Lathom War Memorial - 1.11 km
• Tawd Culvert Approximately 250 Metres West of Spencer’s Bridge - 1.14 km
• The Rookery, With Attached Coach House - 1.17 km
• Lathom Park Church of England Primary School - 1.17 km
• Ormskirk Lodge With Attached Screen Wall and Gate Pier - 1.19 km
• Lathom Lodge and Attached Walls - 1.21 km
• The Croppers - 1.21 km
• Barn Approximately 30 Metres North West of Lowe’s Farmhouse - 1.23 km
• Lowe’s Farmhouse - 1.26 km
• Old Post Office - 1.29 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Lathom

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Lathom:

• Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood - 1.03 km

Lathom Today

Today Lathom lies within the administrative area of West Lancashire, and the settlement recorded a population of 892 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 Lathom on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Skelmersdale - 3.0 km S
• Dalton - 3.2 km E
• Martin - 5.0 km NW
• Hurlston - 6.1 km W
• Up Litherland - 7.0 km W
• Upholland - 7.2 km SE