Poulton Lancelyn in the Domesday Book (1086)
Poulton Lancelyn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Willaston
The Meaning of the Name
The name Poulton Lancelyn is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. 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 farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Poulton Lancelyn.
Listed Buildings Near Poulton Lancelyn
Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Poulton Lancelyn. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Poulton Hall - 0.14 km
- Old Brewhouse to North East of Poulton Hall - 0.17 km
- Vineyard Farmhouse - 0.54 km
- Barn at Vineyard Farm - 0.55 km
- Mill House - 0.56 km
- Lancelyn Farmhouse and Attached Barn - 0.57 km
- Kinders - 0.8 km
- Former Dower House to Poulton Hall - 0.85 km
Poulton Lancelyn Today
Today Poulton Lancelyn lies within the administrative area of Wirral.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Poulton [Lancelyn]
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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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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