Bryanston in the Domesday Book

A village in Pimperne hundred, in the county of Dorset.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmer Ator
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Taxable Value: 10 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1070; £11 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 9 smallholders; 8 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 5 ¹⁄₂ furlongs
  • Pasture: 9 furlongs
  • Mills: 1, value £1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat the hunter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Wulfgeat the hunter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfgeat the hunter
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 other households
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Pasture: 5 acres