| Place |
Original
Name |
Language |
Meaning |
Notes |
| Alvanley |
Elueldelie (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Aelfwald's wood
or clearing |
|
| Backford |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Ridge ford |
|
| Clifton |
Clistune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Cliff farm or
settlement |
Location
beneath the elevated sandstone of Runcorn. |
| Daresbury |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Deor's
fortification |
|
| Dunham on the
Hill |
Doneha (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Hill homestead
or village |
Built on a
little sandstone outcrop above low-lying ground. |
| Eanley |
Enelelei (DB
1086) |
|
|
Survives only
as Eanleywood Lane and Eanley Wood (the latter
not on the OS map), Norton. |
| Elton |
Eltone (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Eel
farm/settlement |
Eels were once
fished in the Mersey. |
| Frodsham |
Frotesham (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Frod's
homestead or village (or hemmed-in land) |
|
| Halton |
Heletune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Heathery farm
or settlement |
This high
sandstone area could well have been heathery. |
| Hapsford |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Haep's ford |
|
| Helsby |
Helesbe (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Ledge farm or
settlment |
A precise
description of the flat top of Helsby Hill
towering over the village. |
| Ince |
Inise (DB 1086) |
Welsh |
Island (cf.
Welsh Ynys) |
One of several
little hamlets south of the Mersey situated on
small sandstone outcrops above what were once
marshes liable to flooding. |
| Keckwick |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Keikr's (Norse
name) specialised farm |
|
| Mollington |
Molintune
(DB 1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
|
|
| Moore |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Moor |
A once marshy
area by the River Mersey. |
| Norton |
Nortune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
North farm or
settlement |
Close to the
south bank of the River Mersey. |
| Overpool |
Pol (DB 1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Upper pool |
|
| Overton |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Ridge farm or
settlement |
Tucked under
the northern end of the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge. |
| Picton |
Pichetone (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Pica's farm or
settlement |
|
| Runcorn |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Wide bay or
cove |
Reference to
the widening of the River Mersey upstream from
here. |
| Saughall |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Willow-tree
nook of land |
|
| Stanlow |
Stanlaw (1066) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Stone mound |
Apt description
of the meagre and bleak outcrop at Stanlow Point,
location of the ancient abbey (ruins). |
| Stanney
(Great/Little) |
Stanei (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Stone island |
|
| Stoak |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Outlying farm
or settlement |
|
| Thornton-le-Moors |
Torentune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Thorn-tree farm
by the moor |
Another hamlet
on a rocky outcrop over once marshy land. |
| Weston |
Westone (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
West farm or
settlement |
At the western
end of Runcorn. |
| Wimbolds
Trafford |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Winebald's
valley ford |
|
