Branton, South Yorkshire
{{Short description|Village in South Yorkshire, England}}
{{About|the village in South Yorkshire |other uses|Branton (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_caption = Top: Yorkshire Wildlife Park {{!}} Bottom: Branton sign when entering from the north.
| official_name = Branton
| country = England
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| civil_parish = Cantley, South Yorkshire
| metropolitan_borough = Doncaster
| metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire
| constituency_westminster = Don Valley
| population = 1,822
| population_ref = 2021 Census
| post_town = DONCASTER
| postcode_area = DN
| postcode_district = DN3
| dial_code = 01302
| os_grid_reference = SE6401
| coordinates = {{coord|53.509|-1.034|display=inline,title}}
| static_image = {{multiple images|border=infobox|perrow=1 2|total_width=270px
| image1 = Viewing area, Yorkshire Wildlife Park - geograph.org.uk - 6935161.jpg
| image2 = Branton - northern boundary of village - geograph.org.uk - 508202.jpg
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Branton is a village in South Yorkshire, England. It is about {{convert|4|mi}} east of Doncaster. At the 2021 Census, it had a population of 1,822.{{cite web |title=Branton (South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/south_yorkshire/E63001239__branton/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=citypopulation.de}}
History
Branton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Geoffrey Alselin as having 15 ploughlands, and a church.{{cite web |title=Branton |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6202/branton/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=29 March 2022}} The name Branton derives from the Old English Brōm-tūn; the farmstead/town where the broom grew (or town among the broom).{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=61 |edition=4}}{{cite web |title=Branton :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/West+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Cantley/532881e1b47fc40c810015ec-Branton |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=29 March 2022}} The village was formerly in the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill.{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=A. H. |title=The place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire |date=1961 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |page=41|oclc=871561411}} 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.{{cite journal|last=Buckland|first=P. C.|title=A Romano-British pottery kiln site at Branton, near Doncaster|date=1976|volume=48|publisher=Yorkshire Archaeological Society|location=Leeds|journal=Yorkshire Archaeological Journal|issn=0084-4276|page=69}}
There is a primary school in the village, named St Wilfrid's, which was rated as Good by Ofsted in 2019.{{cite web |title=Branton St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary School URN: 106767 |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106767 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk |access-date=29 March 2022 |date=6 October 2020}} 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.{{cite web |title=Memories of Branton |url=https://www.cantleywithbrantonparish.co.uk/parish/days-gone-by/memories-of-branton |website=www.cantleywithbrantonparish.co.uk |access-date=29 March 2022}} The pub is called the Three Horseshoes, and was renovated in 1907.{{cite news |title=Pub Of The Week: The Three Horseshoes, Branton |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/food-and-drink/pub-week-three-horseshoes-branton-1899076 |access-date=29 March 2022 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=4 June 2012}} A frequent bus service connects the village with Cantley and Doncaster.{{cite web |title=Bus services 57a 57c 57f 58a 58c 58f |url=https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/TSY/media/TSYMediaLibrary/Content%20pages/Popular%20destinations/Explore%20SY/57a-57c-57f-58a-58c-58f-Doncaster-valid-from-22-March-2020.pdf |website=travelsouthyorkshire.com |access-date=29 March 2022}}
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.{{cite book |last1=Simon |first1=Jos |title=The Rough Guide to Yorkshire |date=2015 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=9780241216323 |page=75}}{{cite map|title =279 |map =Doncaster |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =978-0-319-24476-0}}
Governance
Branton is in the parliamentary constituency of Don Valley, and in the civil parish of Cantley with Branton.{{cite web |title=About Cantley & Branton Parishes {{!}} Doncaster in South Yorkshire |url=https://www.cantleywithbrantonparish.co.uk/parish |website=cantleywithbrantonparish.co.uk |access-date=29 March 2022}}
References
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External links
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