Kiddal Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kiddal Hall at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kiddal Hall supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 36 smallholders, working 7 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Kiddal Hall was worth 15 shillings, up from 10 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

Resources Recorded at Kiddal Hall (1086)

Churches: 2
Fisheries: 0
Salthouses: 8
Woodland: 3 swine render

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Kiddal Hall 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 Kiddal Hall.

Listed Buildings Near Kiddal Hall

Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Kiddal Hall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*