Brodsworth is a village,
civil parish and suburb of
Doncaster in the
City of Doncaster district in
South Yorkshire, England. situated about five miles north-west of
Doncaster. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 2,875, increasing to 2,936 at the 2011 Census.
Historically, the parish of Brodsworth was much larger, but with the sinking of
Brodsworth Colliery
Brodsworth Colliery was a coal mine north west of Doncaster and west of the Great North Road. in South Yorkshire, England. Two shafts were sunk between October 1905 and 1907 in a joint venture by the Hickleton Main Colliery Company and the Sta ...
by the owners of
Brodsworth Hall
Brodsworth Hall, near Brodsworth, north-west of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, is one of the most complete surviving examples of a Victorian country house in England. It is virtually unchanged since the 1860s. It was designed in the Italianat ...
, the model village of
Woodlands was built two miles away. On 1 April 1915, Woodlands was added to the parish of Adwick-le-Street since the colliery town had expanded to the stage where it joined Adwick. Brodsworth remained as a collection of farms and the estate village.
The local church, St Michael's, is an 11th-century church sited close to the hall built by the Thellusson family, owners of Brodsworth Hall, and is one of the four churches within the parish of Bilham, which is in the Sheffield diocese.
See also
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Listed buildings in Brodsworth
Brodsworth is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The parish contains 24 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, ...
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Villages in Doncaster
Civil parishes in South Yorkshire
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