Roche Abbey lands: table of holdings

This is a table of the places where it is known that Roche Abbey had holdings; not all of these can be identified and those that are uncertain have not been marked on the map; these appear in bold. Kirk Smeaton / Little Smeaton and Kirk Sandall / Long Sandall are marked on the map in italics, as we simply know that Roche had holdings in Smeaton and Sandall.
If any user of this website can help with the location of these places or knows of any other holdings that are not listed, please contact cistercians@sheffield.ac.uk

A number of these former granges are now occupied by farms.

NAME	COUNTY	COMMENTS
Abdy	Yorkshire, WR	'property of an abbey' ; perhaps in Wath.
'Aggacroft' (grange)	Yorkshire, WR	This no longer exists; included amongst the field-names in Maltby is reference to a meadow belonging to the abbot of Roche called 'Aggacroft'(14)
Alverley	Yorkshire, WR	This was situated in the township of Wadworth, 3 miles from Doncaster, 10 miles from Rotherham.
Anston	Yorkshire, WR	'single stone' / 'Anna's stone'
Armthorpe (grange)	Yorkshire, WR	Now Edenthorpe; a farm stands on the site.
Arncliffe	Yorkshire, WR
Ashover	Derbyshire	A farm now stands on the site.
Askern	Yorkshire , WR	Liberty of Pontefract
Balne	Yorkshire, WR
Barnby (grange)	Yorkshire, WR	= Barnby Dun. A farm now stands on the site.
Barnoldswick (grange)	Yorkshire, WR	This is, presumably, the same 'Barnoldswick' where the Kirkstall community began monastic life and later had a grange.
Bawtry	Nottinghamshire
Bilham	Yorkshire, WR	This was one of three townships in Hooten Pagnall, which are now united to form an urban district. (15) A farm now stands on the site.
Blyth	Nottinghamshire
Braithwell	Yorkshire, WR
Bramley	Yorkshire, WR	'forest clearing or glade overgrown with broom'. A farm now stands on the site.
Bramwith (Kirk) (grange)	Yorkshire, WR
Brancliffe (grange)	Yorkshire, WR	'steep bank'; in North Anston(16) (the abbey's lands here included tillage of Herdewilkecroft and Botildewellung). On the lane leading from this grange to the Sheffield and Worksop Road there is a bridge called 'Monks' Bridge'. A farm now stands on the site.
Bridlington	Yorkshire, ER
Brookhouse	Yorkshire, WR
Broom Riddings	Yorkshire, WR	= Broom
Bugthorpe	Yorkshire, ER
Calling Low	Derbyshire
Campsall	Yorkshire, WR
Carlton in Lindrick	Nottinghamshire
Carr	Yorkshire, WR
Catwick	Yorkshire, ER
Chatsworth	Derbyshire	The abbey's lands here included Stanhege.
Conisbrough	Yorkshire, WR
Cudworth	Yorkshire, WR
Cumberworth	Yorkshire, WR	This is now known as Cumberworth Half ('Upper Cumberworth Half).
Deepcar	Yorkshire, WR
Doncaster	Yorkshire, WR
Dunscroft (grange?)	Yorkshire, WR
'Eilrichetorpe' / 'Eilrichthorpe' [grange?(17)]	Yorkshire, WR	This adjoined the abbey grounds.
Ehus / Ewes	Yorkshire, WR	'yew trees'; 'Ewes' - in Firbeck (Tickhill) and Worall (Ecclesfield).(18) The monks' property here was called 'Holtheng', which they held at the Dissolution.
Ernuse / Ennuse	Nottinghamshire	Location and identity unknown. In 1248 the abbot of Roche gave Henry III 5m for seizen of the mills or 'Ernuse' in Nottinghamshire.
Firbeck	Yorkshire, WR
Fishlake	Yorkshire, WR
Flixborough	Lincs.
Gildingwells	Yorkshire, WR
Goderic-Ridding	Yorkshire, WR	Whilst this no longer exists it seemingly lay between Wadworth and Wellingley.
Harworth	Nottinghamshire	Formerly called 'Farworth'
Hatfield	Yorkshire, WR	Included tithes from the fisheries of Brathmere and Newfleet.
Haugh	Yorkshire, WR	Upper Haugh ('secluded hollow in a hillside') in Rawmarsh ('red earth')(19); note that Nether Haugh is in Greasborough, Upper Strafforth.
Hellaby	Yorkshire, WR
Hesley	Notts.	'Heslay Hall', near Blyth and Rossington.(20)
Hestwell / Hestwelle		The identity of 'Hestwelle' is uncertain; it may be Heswall, in Merseyside, Hessle in the ER or Hessle in the WR Yorkshire.
Holme	Yorkshire, WR	Now known as Holmes Carr Wood.
Hooten Levitt	Yorkshire, WR
Hooten Roberts	Yorkshire, WR
Hope	Derbyshire
Ichells	Yorkshire, WR	Location and identity unknown, but it apparently lay near Wentworth and Haugh, west of Rotherham.(21)
Ickles	Yorkshire, WR
Ingbirchworth	Yorkshire, WR	'the dwelling place by the birch trees.'
Innseby (Inssebye)		Location and identity unknown.
Kilnhurst	Yorkshire, WR
Kiveton (Kiveton Park)	Yorkshire, WR
Lambcote Grange (Lambcroft)	Yorkshire, WR	'a shed for lambs'.(22) A farm now stands on the site.
Laughton	Yorkshire, WR
Lincoln	Lincs.
Lindrick	Yorkshire, WR	South of Roche, this is now called 'King's Wood' (c. 4 miles from Tickhill Castle)
Loversall	Yorkshire, WR
Lumby	Yorkshire, WR
Maltby	Yorkshire, WR
Marr (grange)	Yorkshire, WR	A farm now stands on the site.
Micklebring	Yorkshire, WR
Monk Bretton	Yorkshire, WR
Monyash	Derbyshire
Morley	Yorkshire, WR
Newall / Newhall		This is not marked on the map for there are several possibilities, the most likely is Newhall grange in Slade Hooten.(23)
Newland		Several places are known by this name and include Keyingham, Yorkshire ER.
Newsome (Newsham?) (grange)		There are several possibilities including Newsam north of Leeds.
Nottingham	Nottinghamshire
Oldcotes	Nottinghamshire
One Ash (grange)	Derbyshire	Moneyash; survives as a farm and campsite.
Ousethorpe	Yorkshire, ER	In Pocklington.(24)
Overste / Oberste		Identity and location unknown.
Ravenfield	Yorkshire, WR
Rawmarsh	Yorkshire, WR
Risby	Lincs.
Rochdale	Lancs.	The abbey's holdings here include Hillingthorpe, Denshaw, Ashenbeech and Castleshaw.
Roche	Yorkshire, WR
Rossington	East Sussex
Roxby (grange)	Lincs.	A farm now stands on the site.
Sandall	Yorkshire, WR	It is perhaps more likely that the abbey's holdings were in Kirk Sandall38 rather than Long Sandall; the parish of Kirk Sandall(25) is now united with the township of Barnby-Dun and for included for a while Long Sandall.
Sandbeck	Yorkshire, WR	'sandy stream.'
Scausby / Scawsby	Yorkshire, WR
Serlby	Nottinghamshire
Sezacres		Identity and location unknown; perhaps Seggcarrs (Yorkshire ER), or Susacres (Yorkshire WR)
Slade Hooten	Yorkshire, WR
Smeaton	Yorkshire, WR	The abbey's holdings in Smeaton may have been in either Kirk or Little Smeaton.
Snaith	Yorkshire, WR
Stainforth	Yorkshire, WR
Stainton	Yorkshire, WR
Stancil	Yorkshire, WR	Stancil is now incorporated in Wadworth .
Strafforth	Yorkshire, WR	This wapentake was divided in two (Upper and Lower) and was named after the point where the two parts of the wapentake met - Strafforth Sands in Mexborough.(26)
Streetthorpe	Yorkshire, WR	This now longer exists but is now known as Edenthorpe, in Kirk Sandall.(27)
Styrrup	Nottinghamshire
Templeborough	Yorkshire, WR	With its appurtenances in Ickles.
Thorne	Yorkshire, WR
Throapham	Yorkshire, WR
Thurnscoe (also Holme) (grange?)(28)	Yorkshire, WR	The abbey's holdings here included Blitheshaw and Hoxesbrigge. A farm now stands on the site.
Thurstonland (grange?)	Yorkshire, WR	Roche’s holdings here included Shelley. The grange here was known as ‘Tymberland’ . (29)
Tickhill	Yorkshire, WR
Tinsley	Yorkshire, WR	Aveling maintains that reference to 'Winely' is an error and should read Tinsley.(30)
Todwick (grange)	Yorkshire, WR	The remains of a messuage and tenement called 'the abbot's house' can still be seen, and are now known as 'the old Hall;' a road here is named 'Roche End' after the abbey.
Torworth	Nottinghamshire
Wadworth	Yorkshire, WR	A township that now includes the former townships of Stancil and Wellingley.(31)
Walkeringham	Nottinghamshire	The abbey's holdings here included Shepwick.
Wallingwells	Nottinghamshire
Warley	Yorkshire, WR
Wellingley (grange)	Yorkshire, WR	Now incorporated within the township of Wadworth
Wickersley	Yorkshire, WR	In Upper Strafforth, near Whiston and Ravenfield.(32)
Wilsick	Yorkshire, WR	'willow stream'; Wilsick Hall in Upper Strafforth, Stainton.(33)
Winterton	Lincs.
Winteringham	Lincs.	A farm now stands on the site.
Wigglesworth	Yorkshire, WR
Woodhouse Mill	Yorkshire, WR
York	The Ainsty and City of York

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