Bradenstoke

Other current and historical names

Bradenestoche
Bradenestoch

Built-Up Area: Bradenstoke
Parish/Community: Lyneham and Bradenstoke
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°30'49"N 2°0'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 400083, 179426
OS Grid: SU000794
Mapcode Local: GBR 2S2.53H
Mapcode Global: VHB3P.86XV

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

Bradenstoke in historic gazetteers

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

Bradenstoke, hill, 5½ miles SW. of Wotton Basset, N. Wilts.

Bradenstoke in the Domesday Book

A village in Kingsbridge hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Strami
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Edward of Salisbury; William son of Ansculf
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Edward of Salisbury; William son of Ansculf
- Taxable Value: 17 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 16 smallholders; 16 cottagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Pasture: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2/4¾
2nd Manor
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Bretteville; Edward of Salisbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Ansculf (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Croc the hunter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Croc the hunter
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Bradenstoke, East Dorset

Bradenstoke is a village in East Dorset

Bradenstoke in historic gazetteers

Bradenstoke in the Domesday Book