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The Barony, Barony Rd

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nantwich

Historical Forms

  • Baronee 1493 ChRR
  • baronia Wichi Maubanci 1252 RBE

Etymology

The Barony, Barony Rd, Baronee 1493 ChRR, cf. le Barones medew (e )1363MinAcct , 1439 Orm2, 'land of the barony of Nantwich', 'the Baron's meadow', v. baronie , baroun , mǣd . This is the last trace of the extensive fee of the Malbanc family, baronia Wichi Maubanci 1252 RBE, et freq passim with variant spellings as for Nantwich supra . This great fee, almost co-extensive with Nantwich hundred (v. 1supra ), was shared out among three co-heiresses in 1342 (DKR xxvii, Appendix ii, 478), and so disintegrated.