Brassington

Other current and historical names

Branzinctun

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°5'0"N 1°39'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 422733, 354094
OS Grid: SK227540
Mapcode Local: GBR 59C.LM6
Mapcode Global: WHCDT.FRRD

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

Brassington in historic gazetteers

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

Brassington, township and vil., Bradbourne par., N. Derbyshire, 3 miles NW. of Wirksworth, 4221 ac., pop. 690; P.O.

Brassington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs

British Place Names

Brassington, Derbyshire

Brassington is a village in Derbyshire

Brassington in historic gazetteers

Brassington in the Domesday Book