Branton Green in the Domesday Book (1086)
Branton Green appears in the Domesday Book of 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 Branton Green 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 Branton Green.
Listed Buildings Near Branton Green
Historic England records 17 listed buildings within about a mile of Branton Green. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of St Mary - 0.76 km
Grade II
- Springfield Farm House - 0.6 km
- Well Farm House - 0.6 km
- The Poplars - 0.64 km
- Walnut Farm House - 0.66 km
- Holly Cottage, Front Garden Wall, Gate and Railings - 0.66 km
- Prospect Farm House - 0.68 km
- Manor House Garage - 0.69 km
- St.Mary’s Churchyard walls and cross - 0.76 km
- Garden Wall Approximately Five Metres North West of Church Hill Farm House - 0.78 km
- Cedar Croft - 0.79 km
- Church Hill Farm House - 0.79 km
- Church Hill Cottage - 0.81 km
- Rosecroft and Attached Garden Wall, Gate and Railings - 0.86 km
- Yeoman’s Cottage - 0.96 km
- Wingate Cottage - 1.0 km
- Column Approximately Ten Metres South of the Bungalow - 1.29 km
Branton Green Today
Today Branton Green lies within the administrative area of Great Ouseburn.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Lower and Upper Dunsforth - 1.0 km N
- Great Ouseburn - 1.0 km S
- Kirby Hall - 1.4 km SE
- Little Ouseburn - 2.0 km S
- Aldwark - 2.2 km NE
- Marton - 3.0 km W
Heritage Around Branton [Green]
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.
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Rogers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Gordon Hatton · 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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