Blacon

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Blacon is a suburban area in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

Other current and historical names

Blachehol
Blacon Cum Crabhall

Built-Up Area: Chester
Parish/Community: Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 53°12'19"N 2°55'28"W
Eastings/Northings: 338340, 368000
OS Grid: SJ383680
Mapcode Local: GBR 78.242J
Mapcode Global: WH887.1PLG

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Blacon within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Blacon in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Blacon-cum-Crabhall, township, W. Cheshire, in par. and 2 miles SW. of Chester, 1178 ac., pop. 235.

Blacon in the Domesday Book

A village in Willaston hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorth of Wroxeter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf of Mainwaring
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf of Mainwaring
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 14 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 other households
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Blacon, Cheshire West and Chester

Blacon is a suburban area in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

Blacon in historic gazetteers

Blacon in the Domesday Book