Raven Meols appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Raven Meols at 26 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Raven Meols supported a recorded population of 35 villagers, 14 smallholders, working 17 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Raven Meols was worth 5 shillings, up from 4 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

Resources Recorded at Raven Meols (1086)

Mills: 1 mill (valued at 5d)
Churches: 1
Woodland: 4 * 4 furlongs

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Raven Meols 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 Raven Meols.

Listed Buildings Near Raven Meols

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Raven Meols. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II