Frodsham

Other current and historical names

Frodesham
Frotesham
Overton

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 53°17'40"N 2°43'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 351514, 377768
OS Grid: SJ515777
Mapcode Local: GBR 9ZDB.0P
Mapcode Global: WH87Y.1GT3

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

Frodsham in historic gazetteers

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

Frodsham, market town and river port, par., township, and lordship with ry. sta., W. Cheshire, at confluence of rivers Weaver and Mersey, 10 miles NE. of Chester -- par., 13,810 ac. and 887 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 7062; township, 2389 ac., pop. 2489; lordship, 2688 ac., pop. 1087; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.Market-day, Saturday; has salt-works.

Frodsham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
- Other resources: 0.5 salthouses; 2.5 fisheries

British Place Names

Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester

Frodsham is a town in Cheshire West and Chester

Frodsham in historic gazetteers

Frodsham in the Domesday Book