Monument record 467 - Grappenhall Village

Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Survey when it was recorded as 'Gropenhale'.The first element 'grop' is Old English & means 'a ditch or a drain' & the third element 'halh' is also Old English & means 'a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river'.As the parish once extended as far as the south bank of the Mersey the name probably means 'a ditch or drain through the alluvial land by the side of the river' (1).Grappenhall - 'nook at a ditch or drain' (2). Early nucleus of village centres around the med Church, stocks & inn.Post med expansion spread to the west along Church Road.Vernacular architecture mainly late 17th & 18th centuries. (3).

<1> Carter G A, 1971, Warrington and the Mid-Mersey Valley, /22-23 (Book). SCH3679.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, /140 (N) (Book). SCH3228.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, p.140 (Book). SCH3228.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 1980, CBA Group 5 Urban Research Committee Towns and Villages Survey Record Sheet (Unpublished Report). SCH551.