Beswick

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Beswick is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Other current and historical names

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Parish/Community: Beswick
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°55'4"N 0°27'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 501228, 447946
OS Grid: TA012479
Mapcode Local: GBR TR74.4B
Mapcode Global: WHGDQ.XS0D

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

Beswick in historic gazetteers

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

Beswick, township and eccl. dist., Kilnwick par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 6½ miles NW. of Beverley, 2028 ac., pop. 247; P.O.

Beswick in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Iuli; Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gamal son of Karli
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel Fossard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Beswick, East Riding of Yorkshire

Beswick is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Beswick in historic gazetteers

Beswick in the Domesday Book