A place in Cheshire with a history you can trace through the records: its entry in the 1086 Domesday Book, the archaeological finds and scheduled monuments around it, and the nearest Roman sites and battlefields. Everything below is drawn from the historical record.
In 1086, Lawton and lawton was held by Hugh (son of Norman).
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Lawton and lawton in 1086, they recorded 2 manors held by Hugh (son of Norman), under Hugh son of Norman. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by Godric of Lawton.
The settlement was assessed at 1.5 hides for tax. There was land for 6 ploughs. Its recorded resources included meadow (1 acres) and woodland (1 * 1 leagues). Lawton and lawton was valued at 1.8 pounds before the Conquest; no 1086 value was recorded.
The Domesday Book was the great survey of England ordered by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086, the oldest surviving public record in the country. How the survey worked →
Lawton and lawton was one of the settlements recorded in Cheshire in the 1086 survey. Cheshire in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lawton and lawton's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Nationally registered historic battlefields within 25 miles of Lawton and lawton.
293 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Lawton and lawton, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Lawton and lawton is Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated) (Triassic).
Aubrey's full report for this location includes every Domesday manor, the complete record of medieval lordship, archaeological context, and the story of how this settlement evolved from 1086 to the present day.