Chorley

Other current and historical names

Cerlere

Parish/Community: Chorley (Wrenbury Ward)
Unitary Authority: Cheshire East
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°3'19"N 2°38'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 357492, 351094
OS Grid: SJ574510
Mapcode Local: GBR 7N.CG9M
Mapcode Global: WH9B8.HG4J

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

Chorley in historic gazetteers

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

Chorley, township, Wrenbury par., W. Cheshire, 5 miles W. of Nantwich, 1400 ac., pop. 166.

Chorley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric of Gravenhunger
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Malbank
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Malbank
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure

British Place Names

Chorley, Cheshire East

Chorley is a hamlet in Cheshire East

Chorley in historic gazetteers

Chorley in the Domesday Book