Auckley

Other current and historical names

Awkley
Alceslei
Alchelie
Alcheslei

Built-Up Area: Auckley
Parish/Community: Auckley
Unitary Authority: Doncaster
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°30'11"N 1°1'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 464991, 401178
OS Grid: SE649011
Mapcode Local: GBR PW9X.MW
Mapcode Global: WHFFG.86RN

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

Auckley in historic gazetteers

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

Awkley, or Auckley, township, Finningley par., Notts and S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SE. of Doncaster, 2087 ac., pop. 287; P.O.

Auckley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Tosti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel Fossard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 18 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £18 in 1066; £12 in 1086
- Households: 27 villagers; 34 smallholders; 40 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 30 men's ploughs (22 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ leagues
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value £1 12/-

British Place Names

Auckley, Doncaster

Auckley is a village in Doncaster

Auckley in historic gazetteers

Auckley in the Domesday Book