Wervin

Other current and historical names

Wivevrene
Wivevrevene

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°14'27"N 2°52'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 342132, 371913
OS Grid: SJ421719
Mapcode Local: GBR 8ZDY.RW
Mapcode Global: WH881.XS5P

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

Wervin in historic gazetteers

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

Wervin, township, Chester St Oswald par., Cheshire, 4½ miles N. of Chester, 743 ac., pop. 92. Wescott. See WESTCOTT.

Wervin in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Chester St Werburgh
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Chester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Chester
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ acre
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Colbert of Upton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Malbank
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Malbank
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 1 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Wervin, Cheshire West and Chester

Wervin is a village in Cheshire West and Chester

Wervin in historic gazetteers

Wervin in the Domesday Book