Birdsall

Other current and historical names

Bridesalle
Brideshala
Briteshala

Parish/Community: Birdsall
District/Borough: Ryedale
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°4'32"N 0°44'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 481901, 465152
OS Grid: SE819651
Mapcode Local: GBR RP69.GP
Mapcode Global: WHFBP.GT59

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

Birdsall in historic gazetteers

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

Birdsall, par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 5½ miles SE of New Malton, 4030 ac., pop. 321; birthplace of Henry Burton, Puritan divine (1579-1648). The seat of Birdsall Hall is in the par.

Birdsall in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketilbert
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel Fossard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 13 geld
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ulfkil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulfkil
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Birdsall, North Yorkshire

Birdsall is a village in North Yorkshire

Birdsall in historic gazetteers

Birdsall in the Domesday Book