Riccall

Other current and historical names

Ricall
Richall
Richale

Built-Up Area: Riccall
Parish/Community: Riccall
District/Borough: Selby
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°50'0"N 1°3'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 461971, 437881
OS Grid: SE619378
Mapcode Local: GBR PS13.BJ
Mapcode Global: WHFCP.PXH1

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

Riccall in historic gazetteers

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

Riccall, par. and vil. with ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles N. of Selby, 2667 ac., pop. 780; P.O.; near vil. is Riccall Hall, seat; on Riccall Common are earthworks formed in 1066 by the Norsemen under Harold Haarfager.

Riccall in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of York (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ league
- Woodland: 1 league
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Durham
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs

British Place Names

Riccall, North Yorkshire

Riccall is a village in North Yorkshire

Riccall in historic gazetteers

Riccall in the Domesday Book