Asselby

Other current and historical names

Aschilebi

Parish/Community: Asselby
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°44'37"N 0°54'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 471836, 428043
OS Grid: SE718280
Mapcode Local: GBR QT24.9P
Mapcode Global: WHFDB.Y5R8

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

Asselby in historic gazetteers

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

Asselby, township, Howden par., East-Riding Yorksh., 2 miles W. of Howden, 1002 ac. (25 water), pop. 237.

Asselby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Durham
- Taxable Value: 71 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £40 in 1066; £12 in 1086
- Households: 65 villagers; 26 smallholders; 7 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 20 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
- Woodland: 3 leagues
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel Fossard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 1 priest
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough
- Other resources: 5 fisheries

British Place Names

Asselby, East Riding of Yorkshire

Asselby is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Asselby in historic gazetteers

Asselby in the Domesday Book