Brobury

Other current and historical names

Brocheberie

Parish/Community: Brobury with Monnington on Wye
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°5'41"N 2°57'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 334500, 244500
OS Grid: SO345445
Mapcode Local: GBR F8.B10Y
Mapcode Global: VH77W.PLBW

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

Brobury in historic gazetteers

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

Brobury. par., W. Herefordshire, on river Wye, 8½ miles NE. of Hay, 508 ac., pop. 75.

Brobury in the Domesday Book

A village in Stepleset hundred, in the county of Herefordshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Edwy the noble
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs

British Place Names

Brobury, Herefordshire, County of

Brobury is a settlement in Herefordshire, County of

Brobury in historic gazetteers

Brobury in the Domesday Book