Marbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marbury appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Warmundestrou

• Acton
• Aston
• Aston [juxta Mondrem]
• Audlem
• Austerson
• Baddiley
• Barthomley
• Basford
• Batherton
• Blakenhall
• Broomhall
• Buerton
• Cholmondeston
• Chorley

The Meaning of the Name

The name Marbury is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word burh, a fortified place. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a stronghold’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Marbury.

Listed Buildings Near Marbury

Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Marbury. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Michael - 0.49 km

Grade II

• Churchyard Wall at Church of St Michael - 0.49 km
• Marbury Cottage - 0.51 km
• Lychgate in Churchyard of St Michael - 0.51 km
• Black and White Cottages - 0.55 km
• Outhouse to Swan Inn - 0.57 km
• Marbury Hall - 0.61 km
• Hadley Hall - 0.66 km
• Old Farmhouse at Marbury Hall - 0.72 km
• Gate Lodge to Marbury Hall - 0.92 km
• Church Bridge - 1.16 km
• Wood Farmhouse - 1.28 km

Marbury Today

Today Marbury lies within the administrative area of Marbury cum Quoisley, and the settlement recorded a population of 541 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Marbury on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Wirswall - 1.4 km SW
• Norbury - 2.0 km N
• Tushingham - 3.2 km W
• Bickley - 3.2 km N
• Whitchurch - 4.1 km S
• Wrenbury - 4.5 km NE