Worleston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Worleston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Warmundestrou

• Acton
• Aston
• Aston [juxta Mondrem]
• Audlem
• Austerson
• Baddiley
• Barthomley
• Basford
• Batherton
• Blakenhall
• Broomhall
• Buerton
• Cholmondeston
• Chorley

The Meaning of the Name

The name Worleston 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 Worleston.

Listed Buildings Near Worleston

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Worleston. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Webb Orphanage Now Webb House. - 0.5 km
• Church of St Barnabas - 0.59 km
• St Barnabas’ Vicarage - 0.62 km
• West Lodge at Queen’s Park - 0.68 km
• East Lodge at Queen’s Park - 0.69 km
• Clock Tower in Queen’s Park - 0.7 km
• War Memorial in Queen’s Park - 0.85 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Crewe - 2.2 km SE
• Coppenhall - 2.2 km NE
• Aston juxta Mondrem - 3.0 km W
• Wistaston - 3.0 km S
• Wisterson - 3.6 km SW
• Poole - 4.0 km W