Hensall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hensall 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 Hensall.

Listed Buildings Near Hensall

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Hensall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Hensall House - 0.22 km
Hensall Signal Box - 1.27 km

Hensall Today

Today Hensall lies within the administrative area of Selby, and the settlement recorded a population of 792 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 Hensall on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

High and Low Eggborough - 3.0 km W
Roall Hall - 3.2 km W
Whitley - 3.6 km SW
Kellington - 4.1 km W
Carlton - 5.1 km E
Snaith - 5.1 km E

Heritage Around Hensall

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.

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Hensall in the Domesday Book (1086)