Acomb

Other current and historical names

Acum
Achum
Acun
Ackham

Built-Up Area: York
Parish/Community: York, unparished area
Unitary Authority: York
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 53°57'19"N 1°7'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 457419, 451399
OS Grid: SE574513
Mapcode Local: GBR NQKP.XT
Mapcode Global: WHD9Y.NVS0

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

Acomb in historic gazetteers

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

Acomb, par., township, and seat, West-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles W. of York -- par., 3229 ac., pop. 1638; township, 1580 ac., pop. 653; P.O.

Acomb in the Domesday Book

A village in Ainsty hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of York St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of York (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 14 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 14 tributaries
- Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ulfkil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulfkil
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Woodland: 10 furlongs

British Place Names

Acomb, York

Acomb is a suburban area in York, York

Acomb in historic gazetteers

Acomb in the Domesday Book