Brattleby

According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Brattleby is defined as "a farmstead or a village of a man called Brot-Ulfr", an Old Scandinavian person name, with 'by', a "farmstead, village or settlement". In the Domesday Book of 1086, Brattleby is mentioned three times as "Brotulbi", in the Hundred of Lawress in the West Riding of Lindsey. The manor held 19.5 households, 2 smallholders 5 freemen, 3 ploughlands and a meadow of 8 acre. In 1066 Ulf Fenman was Lord of the Manor, this transferred in 1086 to Gilbert of Ghent, who also became Tenant-in-chief. Brattleby became a Barony after the Norman Conquest of 1066. In 1169 the Barony of Brattleby was inherited by Nicola de la Haye, who…