Beal in the Domesday Book (1086)
Beal appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Osgodcross
- Arksey
- Badsworth
- Burgh[wallis]
- Campsall
- Darrington
- Featherstone
- Ferry [Fryston]
- Hamphall [Stubbs]
- Hensall
- Hessle
- Kellington
- Knottingley
- Minsthorpe
- Newsham
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Beal is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Beal.
Listed Buildings Near Beal
Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Beal. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of St Mary - 1.2 km
Grade II
- Pair of Gatepiers to Birkin Hall Approximately Twenty Five Metres South of the Church of St Mary - 1.16 km
- Coffin Approximately One Metre North of Tower of Church of St Mary - 1.21 km
Beal Today
Today Beal lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 771 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Beal on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Birkin - 1.0 km N
- Kellington - 2.2 km SE
- Knottingley - 3.2 km W
- Roall Hall - 3.2 km E
- High and Low Eggborough - 3.6 km SE
- Whitley - 5.0 km SE
Heritage Around Beal
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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