Gomersal

Other current and historical names

Gomershale
Gomeshale
Gomersal Hill Top

Built-Up Area: Batley
Parish/Community: Kirklees, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Kirklees
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°43'47"N 1°41'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 420944, 425982
OS Grid: SE209259
Mapcode Local: GBR JTP9.6P
Mapcode Global: WHC9Q.3JC0

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

Gomersal in historic gazetteers

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

Gomersal, township, Birstal par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SE. of Bradford, 3254 ac., pop., 13,453; local government district, 1100 ac., pop. 3988; P.O., T.O.

Gomersal in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Dunstan of Swillington; Gamal son of Barth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 14 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Gomersal, Kirklees

Gomersal is a village in Batley, Kirklees

Gomersal in historic gazetteers

Gomersal in the Domesday Book