Waverton

Other current and historical names

Wavretone
Brown Heath

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°10'17"N 2°49'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 345376, 364118
OS Grid: SJ453641
Mapcode Local: GBR 7D.4CTB
Mapcode Global: WH88G.PK02

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

Waverton in historic gazetteers

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

Waverton, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Cheshire - par., 4202 ac., pop. 709; township, 1182 ac., pop. 330; vil., 4 miles SE. of Chester; P.O.

Waverton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Roullours
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Roullours
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 6 shillings in 1070; 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 Frenchmen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)

British Place Names

Waverton, Cheshire West and Chester

Waverton is a village in Cheshire West and Chester

Waverton in historic gazetteers

Waverton in the Domesday Book