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The Ancient Parish of BRODSWORTH
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"BRODSWORTH, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; (Brodsworth Hall, the residence of the Trustees of the late Peter Thelluson, Esq.) 4 miles NW. of Doncaster, 11 from Barnsley, 16 from Wakefield, 32 from York. Pop. including Pickburn, 417, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, ~£6. 6s. 10d. Patron, the Archbishop of York.It was the property and seat of Dr. Drummond, late Archbishop of York. His son, Earl of Kinnoul, sold the estate and mansion to the late Peter Thelluson, Esq. whose singular Will, directing the greater part of his Immense fortune to accumulate till a future period, will long be remembered."
"PICKBURN, (or Pigburn), in the township and parish of Brodsworth, lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles NW. of Doncaster, 11 from Barnsley."
"SCAWSBY HALL, a single house in the township and parish of Brodsworth, 3 miles from Doncaster, 12 from Barnsley.
Scausby Lees are noted for being the place, according to the records of the corporation of Doncaster, where the famous Aske was encamped with 40,000 men, during his rebellion in the reign of Henry VIII. --Miller's History of Doncaster."
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Michael's Church, Brodsworth.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The font and cover
- The Church of St. Leonard and St. Jude, Scawsby.
- St. Michael's Church, Brodsworth.
- Transcript of the entry for Brodsworth in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Brodsworth.
- The List of Vicars in St. Michael's Church, Brodsworth.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Brodsworth to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE505072 (Lat/Lon: 53.559, -1.239113), Brodsworth which are provided by:
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- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SE548045) Scawsby
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.