Brandon

Other current and historical names

Brandune
Brandon and Bretford

Parish/Community: Brandon and Bretford
District/Borough: Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'2"N 1°24'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 440859, 276398
OS Grid: SP408763
Mapcode Local: GBR 7NW.DL7
Mapcode Global: VHBX6.NBNP

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

Brandon in historic gazetteers

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

Brandon and Bretford, township with ry. sta. (Brandon), Wolston par., S. Warwickshire, 5 miles SE. of Coventry, pop. 435; contains Brandon Lodge.

Brandon in the Domesday Book

A village in Stoneleigh hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil of Warwick
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Warwick
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfsi (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Brandon, Warwickshire

Brandon is a village in Warwickshire

Brandon in historic gazetteers

Brandon in the Domesday Book