Ness, Neston, Cheshire West and Chester :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Nessholt
Domesday

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 53°16'36"N 3°2'48"W
Eastings/Northings: 330285, 376044
OS Grid: SJ302760
Mapcode Local: GBR 7Z5K.42
Mapcode Global: WH87S.5WBT

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

Ness in historic gazetteers

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

Ness.-- township and vil., Neston par., Cheshire, 1 mile SE. of Neston sta., on Dee estuary, 1195 ac. and 843 foreshore, pop. 376.

Ness 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 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ acre

British Place Names

Ness, Cheshire West and Chester

Ness is a suburban area in Neston, Cheshire West and Chester

Ness in historic gazetteers

Ness in the Domesday Book