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, Warrington was held by Adelard.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Warrington in 1086, they recorded a manor held by Adelard, Osmund, Ralph, Roger, Roger of Poitou, Theobald, Warin and William (son of Nigel). Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, it was held by King Edward, (Warrington), St Elfin, church of and drengs, thirty-four.
The settlement was assessed at 57 hides for tax. The record notes 3 plough teams at work (2 in the lord's demesne and 1 held by the villagers). The manor was valued at 8 pounds in 1086, down from 14.9 pounds in 1066.
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 →
Warrington 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 Warrington'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 Warrington.
The bedrock beneath Warrington 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.