Tarbock is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Tarbock 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 Tarbock.

Listed Buildings Near Tarbock

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Tarbock. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Rose Cottage - 0.72 km
Tarbock Hall Farmhouse - 0.87 km

Tarbock Today

Today Tarbock lies within the administrative area of Knowsley, and the settlement recorded a population of 2,392 at the 2011 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 Tarbock on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Little Woolton - 3.0 km W
Wibaldeslei - 4.0 km W
Much Woolton - 4.1 km W
Childwall - 4.5 km NW
Huyton - 4.5 km NW
Allerton - 5.0 km W

Heritage Around Tarbock

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.

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.

Tarbock in the Domesday Book (1086)