Odd Rode in the Domesday Book (1086)

Odd Rode appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Middlewich

• Alsager
• Bostock
• Brereton
• Byley
• Clive
• Congleton
• Croxton
• Davenham
• Davenport
• Goostrey
• Hassall
• Kinderton
• Lach [Dennis]
• Leftwich

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Odd Rode 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 Odd Rode.

Listed Buildings Near Odd Rode

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Odd Rode. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Lawton Mere Cottage - 0.4 km
• Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost to North of Bridge Number 138 at Sj 8083 5691 - 0.51 km
• Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 137 (Hall’s Bridge) at Sj 8159 5622 - 1.02 km
• TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL LOCK NUMBER 49 (HALL’S LOCK) at SJ 81602 56211 - 1.03 km
• Barleybat Hall - 1.06 km
• Tudor Cottage - 1.28 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Alsager - 1.4 km SW
• Hassall - 4.1 km W
• Barthomley - 5.6 km SW
• Wheelock - 6.3 km W
• Sandbach - 6.4 km NW
• Newbold Astbury - 6.4 km NE