Bramley Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)
Bramley Grange is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Burghshire
- Addlethorpe
- Aismunderby
- Aldfield
- Allerton [Mauleverer]
- Arkendale
- Askwith
- Azerley
- Barrowby [Grange]
- Beckwith [House]
- Besthaim
- Bestham
- Bewerley
- Bilton
- Birstwith
The Meaning of the Name
The name Bramley Grange is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a clearing’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Bramley Grange.
Listed Buildings Near Bramley Grange
Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Bramley Grange. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Foulgate Nook Farmhouse - 0.98 km
- Gateposts Approximately 15 Metres to South of Foulgate Nook Farmhouse - 1.01 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Kex Moor - 1.0 km S
- Ilton - 2.2 km NW
- Grewelthorpe - 3.0 km E
- Swinton - 3.2 km N
- Twislebrook - 3.2 km N
- Carlesmoor - 3.2 km S
Heritage Around Bramley [Grange]
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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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.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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