The Domesday Survey records that in 1086 the manor of 'Ercall Parva' (or 'Arcalun') belonged to Reginald the Sheriff, having been held in 1066 by Siward the Fat; it valued £3. A priest is mentioned here. In 1138 William FitzAlan, benefactor of Buildwas Abbey, granted to the abbey the land of Dodecote in Childs Ercall (VCH, 51). In 1335 the church of Child's Ercall was included among the appropriated churches of Combermere Abbey (Cheshire).