Shipbrook in the Domesday Book (1086)
Shipbrook 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 Shipbrook 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 Shipbrook.
Listed Buildings Near Shipbrook
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Shipbrook. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of St Wilfred - 1.28 km
Grade II
- Shipbrook Bridge - 0.57 km
- Farm Building at Manor Farm - 0.69 km
- Bridge End Farmhouse - 0.86 km
- The Old Rectory - 1.23 km
- Table Tomb C15 Yards East of Church of St Wilfred - 1.26 km
Shipbrook Today
Today Shipbrook lies within the administrative area of Cheshire.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Shipbrook
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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© David Marten · 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.
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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