Wheelock appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Wheelock at 8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Wheelock supported a recorded population of 54 villagers, 12 smallholders, working 33 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Wheelock was worth 14 shillings, up from 12 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

Resources Recorded at Wheelock (1086)

Mills: 3 mills (valued at 2 shillings)
Churches: 1
Meadow: 2 acres
Woodland: 3 * 1 furlongs

Other Settlements in Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wheelock 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 Wheelock.

Listed Buildings Near Wheelock

Historic England records 13 listed buildings within about a mile of Wheelock. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II