Beal, North Yorkshire :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Begale
Beaghall

Built-Up Area: Beal
Parish/Community: Beal
District/Borough: Selby
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°43'18"N 1°11'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 453294, 425354
OS Grid: SE532253
Mapcode Local: GBR NT3D.BJ
Mapcode Global: WHDC2.MQQ2

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

Beal in historic gazetteers

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

Beaghall, township, Kellington par., E. div. West-Riding Yorksh., 4 m. E. of Pontefract, 1876 ac., pop. 414.

Beal in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Barth father of Gamal
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 thane (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league

British Place Names

Beal, North Yorkshire

Beal is a village in North Yorkshire

Beal in historic gazetteers

Beal in the Domesday Book