Up Litherland in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Up Litherland, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.
Other Settlements in [West] Derby
- Ainsdale
- Allerton
- Argarmeles
- Aughton
- Barton
- Bootle
- Childwall
- Dalton
- Downholland
- Formby
- Halsall
- Hurlston
- Huyton
- Ince [Blundell]
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Up Litherland 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 Up Litherland.
Listed Buildings Near Up Litherland
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Up Litherland. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Coach House Approximately 20 Metres East of Asmall House - 0.37 km
- Aughton Hall - 0.59 km
- Hurlston Gate Farmhouse - 0.88 km
- White Rails Farmhouse and Garden Wall - 1.08 km
- Barn Approximately 6 Metres East of White Rails Farmhouse - 1.1 km
- Diglake House - 1.2 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around [Up] Litherland
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.
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Dave Hamnett · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alexander P Kapp · 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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