More information : NZ 515042. Deserted Medieval village of Little Busby, mentioned in Domesday Book, probably represented by Busby Hall (NZ 51550416 - built cl770). The Rievaulx cartulary has a number of tofts and crofts here in gifts to the abbey. There was only one house by the time of the Dissolution. (1)
The establishment of a grange of Fountains Abbey at Little Busby (NZ 50 SW 20) may have been the reason for the depopulation of the village. However, half a carucate and three tofts here called a 'manor' were granted to Rievaulx Abbey in 1245. After the Dissolution, Rievaulx's lands, described as a messuage or tenement called Little Busby, were sold. (2-3) |