Greasbrough 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: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 3 furlongs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 6 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 4 furlongs