Hessle

Other current and historical names

Hasle
Hasele
Asele

Parish/Community: Hessle and Hill Top
Unitary Authority: Wakefield
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 53°39'7"N 1°20'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 443500, 417500
OS Grid: SE435175
Mapcode Local: GBR MV16.ZJ
Mapcode Global: WHDCD.BGKH

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

Hessle in historic gazetteers

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

Hessle, township, Wragby par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SE. of Wakefield, 645 ac., pop. 119.

Hessle in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mauger of Edlington (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 6 smiths
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

British Place Names

Hessle, Wakefield

Hessle is a settlement in Wakefield

Hessle in historic gazetteers

Hessle in the Domesday Book