Handley

Other current and historical names

Hanlei

Parish/Community: Handley
Unitary Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°6'47"N 2°47'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 346895, 357623
OS Grid: SJ468576
Mapcode Local: GBR 7F.7ZKF
Mapcode Global: WH88W.10DR

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

Handley in historic gazetteers

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

Handley.-- par. and township, W. Cheshire, 7 miles SE. of Chester -- par., 2011 ac., pop. 364; township, 1351 ac., pop. 274; P.O.

Handley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimkel
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern son of Tezzo
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern son of Tezzo
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 13/2½ in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (4 plough lands)

British Place Names

Handley, Cheshire West and Chester

Handley is a hamlet in Cheshire West and Chester

Handley in historic gazetteers

Handley in the Domesday Book