Wheelock

Other current and historical names

The Wheelock
Wheelock The
Hoiloch

Built-Up Area: Sandbach
Parish/Community: Sandbach
Unitary Authority: Cheshire East
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°7'40"N 2°22'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 375133, 359043
OS Grid: SJ751590
Mapcode Local: GBR 016.T0P
Mapcode Global: WH9B0.JM5W

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

Wheelock in historic gazetteers

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

Wheelock, eccl. dist., township, and vil., Sandbach par., Cheshire - dist., pop. 2264; township, 690 ac., pop. 794; vil., on river Wheelock, 4 miles NE. of Crewe; P.O.; has a brewery, bone works, and ironworks; in vicinity is Wheelock House, seat.

Wheelock in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf of Mainwaring
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf of Mainwaring
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 slaves; 2 riders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Woodland: 3 leagues

British Place Names

Wheelock, Cheshire East

Wheelock is a village in Sandbach, Cheshire East

Wheelock in historic gazetteers

Wheelock in the Domesday Book