Very limited information about the area during the Islamic era is available, however, we know of a farmhouse here that belonged under the Juz d’Quanarusha (Juz was a Muslim title of a count or someone with jurisdiction of an area). Beside from Consell, Quanarusha included the areas of Alaró, Binissalem, Costitx, Lloseta, Santa Maria, Santa Eugenia and Sencelles.

According to etymologists, the district of Quanarusha was occupied by the Berber tribe of Zanata. Also, they suggest that the name of Quanarusha derives from the Arab “qanat al-‘arusa”, which roughly translates to something like “Mine source of Banu Arus”. In the Book of Distribution from 1232 stating which areas belongs to who after the Catalan conquest, Consell is written as Conxel with an extension of 113,64 ha. In this book the farmhouse of Jarfa is mentioned, which corresponds to the Masnou property.

The Masnou property possess some interesting elements from the Muslim era, such as well, lavoir and qanat.

Following the Catalan conquest of Mallorca (1229 – 1232), king Jaume I distributed the territory of the island amongst participants of the campaign. The area of Quanarusha, in Catalan known as Canarossa, was given to the viscount of Bearn, Guillem de Montcada. However, Montcada died soon after the conquest and the district fell into the hands of his widow, Garsenda and his son, Gastó.

In the first half of the 14th century the small community started to see a nucleus of houses, as the king offered property and slaves to settlers from the mainland for very reasonable prices. However, already in 1348 the small community was almost erased completely due to the black plague.

After a few centuries of growth, the 17th century was characterized by economic shortages due to aggravation of agricultural and horticultural cultivation. In 1652, Consell is meant to have suffered the most losses in Mallorca caused by the bubonic plague. Not until the 18th century, Consell started to grow in population again.

During the 19th century, Consell sees an increase in demographics as the agricultural productions grows and wine making starts to be good business. The socioeconomic transformation of this period allowed for the urban nucleus to develop and expand considerably, and in 1860 the total population was at about 1,012 inhabitants.

In the late 19th century, a terrible epidemic of phylloxera spread throughout Europe and caused the destruction of all vines. As a direct consequence of this dramatic agrarian crisis, the market collapsed leaving many landowners without income. A great number of these landowners emigrated to Latin America to seek new fortunes and opportunities.

From the time of the Second Republic (1931 – 39), the socioeconomic life of Consell was focused on shoe manufacturing and local businesses.

Today, wine production, construction, agriculture are the main sources of income in Consell.