Worleston

Other current and historical names

Werelestune

Parish/Community: Worleston
Unitary Authority: Cheshire East
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°6'3"N 2°30'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 365804, 356111
OS Grid: SJ658561
Mapcode Local: GBR 7T.8N95
Mapcode Global: WH9B4.C9YZ

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

Worleston in historic gazetteers

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

Worleston, township and vil. with ry. sta., Acton par., Cheshire - township, 1151 ac., pop. 338; vil., 1¾ m. N. of Nantwich and 3¾ NW. of Crewe Junction; P.O., T.O.

Worleston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Hakon; Alward of Dunham; Aelfric of Gravenhunger
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Malbank
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Malbank
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7/2½ in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 1 rider; 2 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league

British Place Names

Worleston, Cheshire East

Worleston is a village in Cheshire East

Worleston in historic gazetteers

Worleston in the Domesday Book