Bentley

Other current and historical names

Benelei
Benedleia
Beneslaie
Bentley With Arksey

Built-Up Area: Bentley
Parish/Community: Doncaster, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Doncaster
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 53°32'46"N 1°8'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 456651, 405847
OS Grid: SE566058
Mapcode Local: GBR NWFF.LH
Mapcode Global: WHDD2.C497

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bentley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bentley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bentley with Arksey. See ARKSEY.

Bentley in the Domesday Book

A village in Osgodcross hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Bentley, Doncaster

Bentley is a town in Doncaster

Bentley in historic gazetteers

Bentley in the Domesday Book