Northenden in the Domesday Book (1086)
Northenden appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, 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
- Lymm
- Mobberley
- Norton
- Ollerton
- Tatton
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Northenden 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 Northenden.
Listed Buildings Near Northenden
Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Northenden. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Rose Hill - 0.04 km
- Wythenshawe Bus Depot - 0.56 km
- Church of St Wilfrid - 0.69 km
Grade II
- Sundial in Churchyard of Church of St Wilfrid - 0.66 km
- The Old Rectory - 0.69 km
- Churchyard Wall With Gateways to Church of St Wilfrid - 0.7 km
- Northen House - 0.72 km
- Cottage Attached to West End of Northen House - 0.73 km
- Northenden War Memorial - 0.97 km
- Sharston Mount - 1.0 km
- Assembly Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses - 1.19 km
- Gatley Hall - 1.27 km
Northenden Today
Today Northenden lies within the administrative area of Manchester, and the settlement recorded a population of 15,064 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 Northenden on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Northenden
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.
© Saul Beeson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Keith Williamson · 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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