Withernwick

Other current and historical names

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South End
End, South

Built-Up Area: Withernwick
Parish/Community: Withernwick
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°50'54"N 0°11'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 519519, 440656
OS Grid: TA195406
Mapcode Local: GBR WR4Y.T6
Mapcode Global: WHHGD.4J9L

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

Withernwick in historic gazetteers

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

Withernwick, par., township, and vil., East-Riding Yorkshire - par., 2691 ac., pop. 449; township (including a small part of Mappleton par.), 2821 ac., pop. 449; vil., 5 miles SW. of Hornsea; P.O.

Withernwick in the Domesday Book

A village in Holderness [Middle Hundred] hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Taxable Value: 28 ³⁄₄ geld
- Households: 10 villagers; 9 smallholders; 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (28 plough lands)
- Meadow: 100 acres
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Beverley St John
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Beverley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 20 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wazelin of Withernwick (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 6 acres

British Place Names

Withernwick, East Riding of Yorkshire

Withernwick is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Withernwick in historic gazetteers

Withernwick in the Domesday Book