Beal
Beal is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Aire, 3.5 miles north-east of Knottingley, 8 miles south-west of Selby, and 21 miles south of York.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 771 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Beaghall”, “Beal or Beaghall”, and “Beal, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Birkin and Church of St Edmund King and Martyr, Kellington.
St Mary’s Church, Birkin
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is the parish church of Birkin, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the 12th century, and survives largely intact from the period.
Church of St Edmund King and Martyr, Kellington
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Edmund King and Martyr, Kellington, is a grade I listed 12th century church in the village of Kellington, North Yorkshire, England. Excavations at the site have revealed the 14th century tomb related to the Knights Templar, and in the 1990s, the foundations of the church were underpinned because of possible subsidence effects from the nearby Kellingley Colliery.
Kellingley Colliery
Mine
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kellingley Colliery, known affectionately as the 'Big K', was a deep coal mine in North Yorkshire, England, 3.6 miles east of Ferrybridge power station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kellington and Eggborough.
Kellington
Village
Photo: Simon Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kellington is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the banks of the River Aire. Situated almost equidistant between the towns of Pontefract and Selby, the village dates back to at least the 11th century when it was listed in the Domesday Book.
Eggborough
Village
Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eggborough is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, close to the county borders with South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding. Eggborough is situated 2 miles southeast of Beal.
Knottingley
Town
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Knottingley is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, increasing to 13,710 for the City of Wakefield ward at the 2011 Census. Knottingley is situated 2 miles southwest of Beal.
Beal
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Beal, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.72156° or 53° 43′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.19203° or 1° 11′ 31″ westPopulation
771Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
9C5WPRC5+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 29804006OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11593092Wikidata ID
Q593871
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