Skelbrooke, Doncaster

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Skelbrooke is a village in Doncaster

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°36'23"N 1°13'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 451170, 412506
OS Grid: SE511125
Mapcode Local: GBR MVVQ.XV
Mapcode Global: WHDCN.3LGY

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

Skelbrooke in historic gazetteers

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

Skelbrooke, township, South Kirkby par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 8 miles NW. of Doncaster, 1147 ac., pop. 134; contains Skelbrooke Park, seat.

Skelbrooke in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godric; Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey the commissioner (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres

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British Place Names

Skelbrooke, Doncaster

Skelbrooke is a village in Doncaster

Skelbrooke in historic gazetteers

Skelbrooke in the Domesday Book