Brodsworth

Other current and historical names

Brodesuuorde
Brodesuurde
Brochesuuorde

Parish/Community: Brodsworth
Unitary Authority: Doncaster
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°33'35"N 1°14'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 450230, 407298
OS Grid: SE502072
Mapcode Local: GBR MWR8.NL
Mapcode Global: WHDCT.WS68

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

Brodsworth in historic gazetteers

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

Brodsworth, par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5½ miles NW. of Doncaster, 3120 ac., pop. 346; P.O.

Brodsworth in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi son of Karski
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 9 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Asi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel Fossard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ acres

British Place Names

Brodsworth, Doncaster

Brodsworth is a village in Doncaster

Brodsworth in historic gazetteers

Brodsworth in the Domesday Book