Brampton Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Brampton Hall is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hallikeld in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Hallikeld
- Caldeuuelle
- Cundall
- Dishforth
- Ellenthorpe [Hall]
- Givendale
- Hashundebi
- Holme
- Howgrave
- Hutton [Conyers]
- Kirby [Hill]
- Leckby [Palace]
- Markington
- Milby
- Norton [Conyers]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Brampton Hall is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. 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 farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Brampton Hall.
Listed Buildings Near Brampton Hall
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Brampton Hall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of St Mary - 1.06 km
Grade II
- Mulwith Farmhouse - 0.32 km
- Manor Farmhouse - 1.13 km
- Roecliffe School and the Schoolhouse - 1.17 km
- Vicarage Farmhouse - 1.21 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Skelton - 1.0 km N
- Westwick - 2.0 km W
- Langthorpe - 2.2 km NE
- Eastwick - 2.2 km NW
- Minskip - 2.8 km SE
- Kirby Hill - 3.6 km NE
Heritage Around Brampton [Hall]
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.
© Alison Stamp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© John Salmon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© manonabike · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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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