Birkin

Other current and historical names

Berchine
Berchinge
Berchige

Parish/Community: Birkin
District/Borough: Selby
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°44'7"N 1°11'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 453066, 426856
OS Grid: SE530268
Mapcode Local: GBR NT27.MP
Mapcode Global: WHDC2.LC6Q

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

Birkin in historic gazetteers

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

Birkin, par. and township, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Aire, 7½ miles SW. of Selby -- par., 5904 ac., pop. 727; township, 2160 ac., pop. 180; P.O.

Birkin in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gamal son of Barth (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

British Place Names

Birkin, North Yorkshire

Birkin is a village in North Yorkshire

Birkin in historic gazetteers

Birkin in the Domesday Book