Settlement Development :: BMC History and Heritage

The Three Villages

Braithwell, Micklebring and Clifton in 2019

Before the Conquest 1

Ideas on the origins of the Three Villages

Before the Conquest 2

Anglo Saxons and Vikings.

Domesday

Results of the Conquest in Braithwell and Conisbrough area.

The Manor of Conisbrough

Basic description of the manorial system and its development over time

Subsidy Rolls 1297 Braithwell

Braithwell: details of taxation to fund warfare.

Braithwell Poll Tax Returns 1379

A desperate means of solving the economic crisis in the 14th Century.

Braithwell and the War of the Roses

How Braithwell was connected to the cause of Richard of York and the involvement of the Vincent Family.

The Year 1644

Research into the high death rate in Braithwell in 1644

Governance of the Township

Braithwell: Governance by 'Responsible Persons' - the Parish Constable

Care of the Roads

Surveyors of the Highways

Parliamentary Survey Braithwell 1654

Commission to assess whether Braithwell could be sold!

Hearth Tax Returns Braithwell 1672

Braithwell: Means of raising cash, but also a record of the better-off homes according to the number of hearths declared.

Braithwell: Enclosure of the Commons 1765/1766

Attempts to make the land more productive

Commutation of Tithes 1838

Reassessment of tithes to the Church and clergy - cash payments instead of payment in kind.

Clifton Tithe Map 1838/40

Sections of original from Sheffield Archive 1971

Clifton Tithe Map 1838/40 Key

Some extra information indicating changes that occurred before the map was published

Braithwell and Micklebring Tithe Map 1839 A

Map in sections to enable plot numbers to be read.

Braithwell 19th Century Enclosure

Braithwell - Final redistribution of land.

Braithwell, Micklebring and Clifton History and Heritage