Branton, Doncaster

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Branton is a village in Doncaster

Built-Up Area: Branton
Parish/Community: Cantley
Unitary Authority: Doncaster
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°30'29"N 1°2'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 464004, 401705
OS Grid: SE640017
Mapcode Local: GBR PW6W.F4
Mapcode Global: WHFFG.12RX

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

Branton in historic gazetteers

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

Branton, hamlet, Cantley par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles SE. of Doncaster.

Branton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Taxable Value: 14 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Churches: 1

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British Place Names

Branton, Doncaster

Branton is a village in Doncaster

Branton in historic gazetteers

Branton in the Domesday Book