Finningley

Other current and historical names

Feniglei

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°29'5"N 0°59'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 467151, 399170
OS Grid: SK671991
Mapcode Local: GBR PXJ4.KG
Mapcode Global: WHFFG.SN0Q

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

Finningley in historic gazetteers

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

Finningley, township and vil. with ry. sta. (N. Notts), and par. (partly in S. div. West.Riding Yorkshire)--par., 6297 ac., pop. 870; township, 2360 ac., pop. 376; vil., 7½ miles SE. of Doncaster; P.O.; 1½ mile SW. of vil. is Finningley Park.

Finningley in the Domesday Book

A village in Bassetlaw hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert Tison
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert Tison
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 5/- in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 leagues

British Place Names

Finningley, Doncaster

Finningley is a village in Doncaster

Finningley in historic gazetteers

Finningley in the Domesday Book