The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bracken, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Sneculfcros

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bracken 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 Bracken.

Listed Buildings Near Bracken

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Bracken. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Well Head at Kilnwick Old Hall in Courtyard on South Side of Kilnwick Old Hall - 1.18 km
Kilnwick Old Hall - 1.18 km
Gate Piers to Kilnwick Old Hall - 1.23 km

Bracken Today

Today Bracken lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Read more about modern Bracken on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Kilnwick - 1.4 km SE
Lund - 2.2 km SW
Neswick Hall - 2.2 km NW
Bainton - 2.8 km NW
Lockington - 3.2 km S
Beswick - 3.6 km SE

Heritage Around Bracken

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.

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.

Bracken in the Domesday Book (1086)