Branton
Entering Branton from the north
Branton is located in South Yorkshire
Branton
Branton
Location within South Yorkshire
Population1,992 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE6401
Civil parish
  • Cantley with Branton
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDONCASTER
Postcode districtDN3
Dialling code01302
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Branton is a village in South Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Doncaster. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,992.[1]

History

Branton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Geoffrey Alselin as having 15 ploughlands, and a church.[2] The name Branton derives from the Old English Brōm-tūn; the farmstead/town where the broom grew (or town among the broom).[3][4] The village was formerly in the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill.[5] In 1951, a farmer ploughing fields at Kilham Farm to the north east of the village, discovered fragments of pottery. The site has since been surveyed and documented as Romano-British pottery location which had several kilns, using the nearby River Torne for transport pottery away from Branton.[6]

There is a primary school in the village, named St Wilfrid's, which was rated as Good by Ofsted in 2019.[7] There is a post office, newsagent, barbers and pub in the village. There used to be a chapel and a church but these have been demolished.[8] The pub is called the Three Horseshoes, and was renovated in 1907.[9] A frequent bus service connects the village with Cantley and Doncaster.[10]

The Yorkshire Wildlife Park is immediately to the south of the village; it is bounded to the east by the River Torne, and to the west by the M18 motorway, which separates it from Cantley.[11][12]

Governance

Branton is in the parliamentary constituency of Don Valley, and in the civil parish of Cantley with Branton.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Branton Built-up area (E34001838)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Branton". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  4. ↑ "Branton :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Smith, A. H. (1961). The place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 41. OCLC 871561411.
  6. ↑ Buckland, P. C. (1976). "A Romano-British pottery kiln site at Branton, near Doncaster". Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society. 48: 69. ISSN 0084-4276.
  7. ↑ "Branton St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary School URN: 106767". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Memories of Branton". www.cantleywithbrantonparish.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Pub Of The Week: The Three Horseshoes, Branton". The Yorkshire Post. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Bus services 57a 57c 57f 58a 58c 58f" (PDF). travelsouthyorkshire.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  11. ↑ Simon, Jos (2015). The Rough Guide to Yorkshire. Rough Guides. p. 75. ISBN 9780241216323.
  12. ↑ "Doncaster" (Map). 279. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978-0-319-24476-0.
  13. ↑ "About Cantley & Branton Parishes | Doncaster in South Yorkshire". cantleywithbrantonparish.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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