Rawcliffe

Other current and historical names

Rodeclif

Built-Up Area: York
Parish/Community: Rawcliffe
Unitary Authority: York
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 53°59'0"N 1°7'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 457942, 454508
OS Grid: SE579545
Mapcode Local: GBR NQMC.ST
Mapcode Global: WHD9Y.S4VL

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

Rawcliffe in historic gazetteers

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

Rawcliffe, township, St Olave Mary Gate and St Michael le Belfry pars., North-Riding Yorkshire, 2A miles NW. of York, 738 ac., pop. 89.

Rawcliffe in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Saxfrith the deacon; Thorbiorn
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: King William; Canons of York
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William; Canons of York
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066
- Meadow: 3 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorbiorn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Rawcliffe, York

Rawcliffe is a suburban area in York, York

Rawcliffe in historic gazetteers

Rawcliffe in the Domesday Book