Brierley

Other current and historical names

Brierly
Breselai
Breselie

Built-Up Area: Brierley
Parish/Community: Barnsley, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Barnsley
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°35'44"N 1°23'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 440892, 411181
OS Grid: SE408111
Mapcode Local: GBR LVSV.7S
Mapcode Global: WHDCK.QWBD

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

Brierley in historic gazetteers

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

Brierly, township, Felkirk par., S. div. West-Riding Yorksh., 5½ m. NE. of Barnsley, 2590 ac., pop. 484; P.O.

Brierley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Brierley, Barnsley

Brierley is a village in Barnsley

Brierley in historic gazetteers

Brierley in the Domesday Book