Capenhurst

Other current and historical names

Capeles

Built-Up Area: Capenhurst
Parish/Community: Capenhurst
Unitary Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°15'27"N 2°57'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 336536, 373821
OS Grid: SJ365738
Mapcode Local: GBR 7ZTR.JY
Mapcode Global: WH880.MD30

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Capenhurst within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Capenhurst in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Capenhurst, township with ry. sta., Shotwick par., W. Cheshire, 5½ miles NW. of Chester, 1204 ac. (14 water), pop. 159.

Capenhurst in the Domesday Book

A village in Willaston hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Arni of Neston
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Nigel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: David of Argenton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders

British Place Names

Capenhurst, Cheshire West and Chester

Capenhurst is a village in Cheshire West and Chester

Capenhurst in historic gazetteers

Capenhurst in the Domesday Book