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Mollington, Cheshire
Mollington is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, two miles north of the city of Chester, with the A41 Liverpool-Chester trunk road and Shropshire Union Canal to the east and southeast, the A540 Wirral Peninsula trunk road to the south and west and the A5117 link road to the north. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 626. Nearby settlements include Backford, Capenhurst, Ledsham and Wervin. History The name derives from Old English, meaning 'a farmstead or settlement (''tūn'') connected with a person named Moll'. Mollington was mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Molintune'' and comprised eleven households (three villagers, three smallholders and five slaves/servants). The village previously consisted of two separate settlements. Great Mollington was formerly known as Mollington Tarrant and was a township in the parish of Backford. It had a population of 111 in 1801, and 122 in 1851. Little Mollington (Mollington Banastre) was a township in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollington, Oxfordshire
Mollington is a village and civil parish about north of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 479. Toponym An Anglo-Saxon will from AD 1015 records the toponym as ''Mollintun'' and the Domesday Book of 1086 records it as ''Molitone'' and ''Mollitone''. An entry for 1220 in the Book of Fees records it as ''Mulinton'' and a pipe roll from 1230 records it in its modern form of ''Mollington''. It is derived from Old English, meaning the ''tūn'' of ''Moll''s people. Manor and governance Æthelstan Ætheling, eldest son of Æthelred the Unready willed an estate at Mollington to his father in 1014 or 1015. The '' Domesday Book'' records that by 1086 the manor was held by William d' Évreux, a kinsman of William the Conqueror. In 1086 Mollington was partly in three counties: Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. Later the village was only in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, and in 1895 the Warwickshire part was transfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
