Brailsford

Other current and historical names

Brailesford
Brailsford Green
Norbury

Built-Up Area: Brailsford
Parish/Community: Brailsford
District/Borough: Derbyshire Dales
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°58'11"N 1°37'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 425356, 341459
OS Grid: SK253414
Mapcode Local: GBR 5BR.XYV
Mapcode Global: WHCFF.0MZ2

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

Brailsford in historic gazetteers

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

Brailsford, par., S. Derbyshire, 6 miles SE. of Ashborne, 4366 ac., pop. 651; P.O.; contains B. Hall.

Brailsford in the Domesday Book

A village in Appletree hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Elfin of Brailsford (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 0.5
- Mills: 1, value 10/7¼

British Place Names

Brailsford, Derbyshire

Brailsford is a village in Derbyshire

Brailsford in historic gazetteers

Brailsford in the Domesday Book