Hessay

Other current and historical names

Hesdesai
Esdesai

Parish/Community: Hessay
Unitary Authority: York
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°58'27"N 1°12'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 452335, 453423
OS Grid: SE523534
Mapcode Local: GBR NQ1H.63
Mapcode Global: WHD9X.HC2N

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

Hessay in historic gazetteers

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

Hessay, township and ry. sta., Monkton Moor par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NW. of York, 1255 ac., pop. 91.

Hessay in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ragne
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern of Arques
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aldred (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/7¼ in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Herfast
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Herfast
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/7¼ in 1066; 5/2½ in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Hessay, York

Hessay is a village in York

Hessay in historic gazetteers

Hessay in the Domesday Book