Brailsford

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Brailsford

Coordinates: 52°58′16″N 1°37′23″W / 52.971°N 1.623°W / 52.971; -1.623

Brailsford (52°58′16″N 1°37′26″W / 52.97111°N 1.62389°W / 52.97111; -1.62389) is a small red-brick village in Derbyshire on the A52 midway between Derby and Ashbourne. The village has a pub, a post office, a petrol station and a school. There are many fine houses in the district including two 20th-century country houses: Brailsford Hall built in 1905 in Jacobean style, and Culland Hall.

History

Brailsford was mentioned in the Domesday Book as being in the tenancy of Elfin (possibly an Anglo-Norman rendering of the Saxon Aelfwine) who also held the nearby manors of Bupton, Osmaston and Thurvaston from the tenant-in-chief, Henry de Ferrers.

The Domesday survey of 1086 records the following for Brailsford:

Land of Henry de Ferrers M. In Brailsford Earl Waltheof had 2 carucates of land taxable. Land for 2 ploughs. Now in lordship 2 ploughs. 24 villagers and 3 smallholders have 5 ploughs. A priest and ½ church; 1 mill, 10s 8d; meadow 11 acres; Woodland pasture 1 league long and 1 league wide.

Value before 1066, 60s; now 40s. Elfin holds it.

Brailsford (surname)

Brailsford is a surname of English origin. The name refers to:

  • Dave Brailsford (b. 1963), Welsh bicycle racer turned coach
  • H. N. Brailsford (1873–1958), British political journalist
  • Jim Brailsford (b. 1933), British cricket player
  • Pauline Brailsford (b. 1928), English actor
  • Simon Brailsford (contemporary), British RAF officer; equerry to the Queen 1998–2001
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