Snelson in the Domesday Book (1086)
Snelson appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Tunendune
- Alretunstall
- Antrobus
- Baguley
- Bowdon
- Chapmonswiche
- Cogshall
- Dutton
- Hale
- Halton
- Knutsford
- Mere
- Middle Aston
- Millington
- Rostherne
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Snelson 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 Snelson.
Listed Buildings Near Snelson
Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Snelson. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Rosebank Cottage - 0.51 km
- Weir at Astle Hall - 0.78 km
- Gatepiers at Withington Hall - 0.93 km
- The Old Shant - 1.09 km
- Bate Mill (disused watermill) - 1.18 km
- Bate Mill (house) - 1.23 km
- Stable Block at Withington Hall - 1.24 km
- Dovecote at Withington Hall - 1.3 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Snelson
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Snelson:
- Two bowl barrows 390m and 320m south-south-west of Home Farm - 1.1 km
- Bowl barrow 500m south-south-west of Home Farm - 1.26 km
Snelson Today
Today Snelson lies within the administrative area of Peover Superior and Snelson, and the settlement recorded a population of 149 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 Snelson on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Chapmonswiche - 1.4 km NW
- Chelford - 1.4 km NE
- Warford - 4.0 km N
- Capesthorne - 4.1 km E
- Ollerton - 4.2 km NW
- Goostrey - 4.2 km SW
Heritage Around Snelson
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.
© Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Anthony O'Neil · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Jonathan Billinger · 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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