Maghull in the Domesday Book (1086)
Maghull is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 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 Maghull 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 Maghull.
Listed Buildings Near Maghull
Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Maghull. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Maghull Chapel - 0.54 km
Grade II
- Chapel House Farm - 0.44 km
- Former Outbuilding to South of Chapel House Farm - 0.47 km
- The Parish Church of St Andrew - 0.52 km
- Harrison Monument to West of St Andrews Church - 0.54 km
- Sundial Approximately 5 Metres to South of Maghull Chapel - 0.56 km
- Harrison Home - 0.73 km
- Stone Structure Approximately 70 Metres to North-east of Manor House - 0.98 km
- Nos 1-12 Manor House - 1.06 km
- Remains of Ancient Arch at Left Hand Hand End of Left Return of Manor House - 1.07 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Maghull
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Maghull:
- Maghull Manor moated site - 1.01 km
Maghull Today
Today Maghull lies within the administrative area of Sefton, and the settlement recorded a population of 20,785 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 Maghull on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Maghull
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.
© Tom Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Peter Hodge · 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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