Kinsley, Wakefield

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Kinsley is a village in Wakefield

Built-Up Area: Kinsley
Parish/Community: Hemsworth
Unitary Authority: Wakefield
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°37'35"N 1°22'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 441766, 414615
OS Grid: SE417146
Mapcode Local: GBR LVWH.6R
Mapcode Global: WHDCK.X3TR

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

Kinsley in historic gazetteers

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

Kinsley, hamlet, Hemsworth par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles NE. of Barnsley.

Kinsley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi son of Karski
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gamal son of Barth (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 league

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British Place Names

Kinsley, Wakefield

Kinsley is a village in Wakefield

Kinsley in historic gazetteers

Kinsley in the Domesday Book