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Rhos Ithel in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Ati's Cross COUNTY: Cheshire

The settlement of Rhos Ithel is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Rhos Ithel 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 Rhos Ithel.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Heritage Around Rhos Ithel

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.

Celtic cross gravestone in St Mary's churchyard, Mold
Celtic cross gravestone in St Mary's churchyard, Mold (2006)
© Aaron Thomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Unusual gravestone monument in Nercwys
Unusual gravestone monument in Nercwys (2006)
© Aaron Thomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lodge, Leeswood Old Hall
Lodge, Leeswood Old Hall (2008)
© Eirian Evans · 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.

Location

53.1448°N, -3.1439°W · Ati's Cross hundred, Cheshire

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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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