Soughton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Soughton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross
The Meaning of the Name
The name Soughton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the southern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the southern farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Soughton.
Soughton Today
Today Soughton lies within the administrative area of Flintshire.
Read more about modern Sychdyn on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Gwysaney - 2.0 km W
- Hendrebiffa - 3.2 km S
- Llys Edwin - 4.1 km N
- Bryncoed - 4.1 km S
- Bistre - 5.0 km SE
- Mechlas - 5.1 km W
Heritage Around Soughton
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.
© Aaron Thomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Sue Adair · 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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