Breighton

Other current and historical names

Briston
Bristone
Bristun
Bricstune
Breighton Cum Gumby

Built-Up Area: Breighton
Parish/Community: Bubwith
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°47'53"N 0°55'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 470883, 434085
OS Grid: SE708340
Mapcode Local: GBR PSZJ.G4
Mapcode Global: WHFCY.RSKJ

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

Breighton in historic gazetteers

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

Breighton-cum-Gumby, township, Bubwith par., East-Riding Yorkshire, on river Derwent, 4 miles NW. of Howden, 1753 ac., pop. 181.

Breighton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva wife of Topi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 5 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Breighton is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire

Breighton in historic gazetteers

Breighton in the Domesday Book