Tetton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Tetton, 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 name Tetton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Tetton.

Listed Buildings Near Tetton

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Tetton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Milepost 200 Metres South East of Tetton Lane Junction - 0.74 km
• Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 614 - 0.95 km
• Canal Milepost South of Bridge no 164 at Sj 7255 6348 - 0.95 km
• Trent and Mersey Canal Rumps Lock - 1.01 km
• Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost Immediately North of Rumps Lock - 1.05 km

Tetton Today

Today Tetton lies within the administrative area of Cheshire.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Sutton - 1.4 km NW
• Occleston - 2.2 km SW
• Newton - 2.2 km NW
• Wimboldsley - 3.2 km W
• Middlewich - 3.2 km N
• Kinderton - 3.2 km N