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Bramley in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Morley COUNTY: Yorkshire

Bramley is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bramley at 2.2 carucates of taxable land.

The survey puts Bramley’s value at 2.5 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

Resources Recorded at Bramley (1086)

  • Pigs: 18
  • Sheep: 70
  • Horses (cobs): 1
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

Other Settlements in Morley

Location

53.8150°N, -1.6278°W · Morley hundred, Yorkshire

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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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