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

Other Settlements in Warmundestrou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Poole 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 Poole.

Listed Buildings Near Poole

Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Poole. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Lower Hall - 0.48 km
The Church of St Oswald - 0.63 km
Poole Farm House - 0.89 km
Poole Methodist Chapel - 1.13 km
Timber Framed Cottage by Poole Nurseries - 1.15 km
Pinfold 150 Yards North West of Poole Bank - 1.19 km
Poole Bank Farm House - 1.21 km
Timber Framed Barn North of Poole Hall - 1.28 km

Poole Today

Today Poole lies within the administrative area of Cheshire East, and the settlement recorded a population of 159 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 Poole on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Aston juxta Mondrem - 1.0 km E
Cholmondeston - 3.2 km N
Wisterson - 3.6 km SE
Acton - 3.6 km SW
Worleston - 4.0 km E
Wardle - 4.1 km W

Heritage Around Poole

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.

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Poole in the Domesday Book (1086)