Lymm in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Lymm, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

• Appleton
• Ashley
• Aston [by Budworth]
• Aston [by Sutton]
• Bartington
• Clifton
• Dunham [Massey]
• Eanley
• Grappenhall
• Mobberley
• Northenden
• Norton
• Ollerton
• Tatton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Lymm 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 Lymm.

Listed Buildings Near Lymm

Historic England records 32 listed buildings within about a mile of Lymm. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Lymm Cross - 1.07 km

Grade II*

• Lymm Hall - 1.02 km

Grade II

• 8, Booth’s Lane - 0.2 km
• Bridge Over Brook and Dell at Head of Lymm Dam - 0.33 km
• 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19, Church Road - 0.64 km
• Brookfield House - 0.67 km
• Lymm War Memorial - 0.72 km
• Milepost at Ngr 6721 8709 - 0.74 km
• Church of St Mary the Virgin - 0.75 km
• Brookfield Fourways - 0.76 km
• Bridge Over Outfall and Spillway, Lymm Dam - 0.76 km
• Rivington Cottage - 0.85 km
• The Bridgewater Canal Barsbank Lane Aqueduct - 0.88 km
• Trenace House - 0.94 km
• 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, the Grove - 0.96 km
• The Bridgewater Canal, Covered Canal Dock (North of Henry Street) - 1.0 km
• Bridge Over Moat to Lymm Hall and Adjacent Moat Walls - 1.02 km
• 16, Bridgewater Street - 1.02 km
• The Bridgewater Canal Bridgewater Street Aqueduct - 1.04 km
• The Moat House, Including the Cottage at Lymm Hall - 1.04 km
• Stocks at Lymm Cross - 1.07 km
• Travellers’ Rest stone at Lymm petrol filling station - 1.1 km
• Pigeon House Behind Dane Bank House - 1.12 km
• Number 1 With Attached Screen Wall, Steps and Railings - 1.13 km

…and 8 more listed structures in the area.

Scheduled Monuments Near Lymm

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

• Two cockpits 125m west of Lymm Hall - 0.92 km
• Lymm Hall moated site and ice house - 1.01 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• High Legh - 2.8 km SE
• Grappenhall - 4.1 km W
• Warburton - 4.2 km NE
• Appleton - 5.0 km SW
• Millington - 5.4 km E
• Antrobus - 6.7 km SW