Granges varied in size and function, and many had their own specialisms.
Whilst some were extensive and essentially operated as monasteries
in miniature, others were barely more than sheep-runs. It has been
calculated that the lowland granges of Yorkshire would have averaged
between 300 and 500 acres.(8) At the
time of the Dissolution, Fountains' home grange of Morker covered
approximately 338 acres, excluding the buildings, orchards and gardens
associated with the grange, and Warsill grange about 472 acres,
excluding the gardens and grange buildings.(9)
Bradley grange, some three miles north-east of Huddersfield, comprised
of c. 1000 acres of arable land, 2000 acres of pasture, 1000 of
moorland, 300 of woodland and 100 acres of meadow.(10)
This was also a thriving centre of industry, having its own forge
and kiln.(11)
