Ledsham

Other current and historical names

Levetesham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°15'44"N 2°57'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 335762, 374377
OS Grid: SJ357743
Mapcode Local: GBR 7ZQQ.Z6
Mapcode Global: WH880.F8K7

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

Ledsham in historic gazetteers

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

Ledsham.-- township with ry. sta., Neston par., Cheshire, 7 miles NW. of Chester, 825 ac., pop. 82.

Ledsham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Erngeat of Ness
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Vernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Vernon
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 1 slave; 1 rider
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Ledsham, Cheshire West and Chester

Ledsham is a village in Cheshire West and Chester

Ledsham in historic gazetteers

Ledsham in the Domesday Book