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Noctorum

PLACENAME: Chenoterie (first mentioned 1086 in the Domesday Book). Hill-town. From Old Irish noc or cnocc meaning a hill or dry hill. Cenoctirum 1119; Knoutyrom 1286; Knettyrom 1377; Knocktor 1546. The first edition six inch Ordnance Survey map (1850) shows both Chenotrie and Noctorum.

Mere Hall

Mere Hall, Noctorum Lane (c1880) by Edmund Kirkby (listed Grade II).

Photograph reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR (BL18424)

Large house

In 1844 the whole township was sold to William Vaudrey, and was gradually divided up into plots for large houses.

A Neolithic polished stone axe has been found at Noctorum Dell.

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