Methley

Other current and historical names

Medley
Mede Ley

Parish/Community: Leeds, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Leeds
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 53°44'0"N 1°24'9"W
Eastings/Northings: 439500, 426500
OS Grid: SE395265
Mapcode Local: GBR LTN8.3D
Mapcode Global: WHDBZ.FF87

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

Methley in historic gazetteers

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

Methley, town and par. with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles SE. of Leeds, 3492 ac. (80 water), pop. 4074; P.O.; coal is mined; Methley Park (1593) is the seat of the Earl of Mexborough.

Methley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Cnut of Methley; Oswulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Methley, Leeds

Methley is a settlement in Leeds

Methley in historic gazetteers

Methley in the Domesday Book