Branton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Branton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Strafforth
- Adwick [le Street]
- Adwick [upon Dearne]
- Armthorpe
- Aston
- Attercliffe
- Auckley
- Aughton [Hall]
- Austerfield
- Balby
- Barnbrough
- Barnby [Dun]
- Bentley
- Bilham [House]
- Billingley
The Meaning of the Name
The name Branton 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.
Listed Buildings Near Branton
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Branton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Cantley Hall and Outbuildings - 0.35 km
- Church of St Wilfrid - 1.27 km
Grade II
- Hall Drive Cottage - 0.33 km
- Cantley Hall Stables - 0.35 km
- Sundial Approximately 20 Metres to West of West Front of Cantley Hall - 0.37 km
- Ha-ha Forming Boundary of Gardens to North, West and South of Cantley Hall - 0.4 km
- Handley Cross - 0.82 km
- Cantley Mill - 0.93 km
- Mill Chimney at Cantley Mill - 0.94 km
Branton Today
Today Branton lies within the administrative area of Cantley.
Read more about modern Branton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Cantley - 0.0 km N
- Armthorpe - 2.0 km N
- Auckley - 3.2 km E
- Auckley - 3.2 km E
- Edenthorpe - 4.0 km N
- Littleworth - 4.0 km S
Heritage Around Branton
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.
© steven ruffles · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Michael Patterson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Glyn Drury · 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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