Treeton is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

of the

Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. It is named after its largest town, Rotherham, but also spans the outlying towns of Maltby, South Yorkshire, Maltby, Swinton, South Yorkshire, Swinton, ...

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, England. It is located about south of the town of Rotherham and east of

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History

There is evidence of Mesolithic and

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settlement in this area. In 1954 a Neolithic polished stone axe was found at Gregory Hill Field, and in 1957 Mesolithic flint cores were found in Treeton Wood. There was a Roman fort at

Templeborough Templeborough (historically Templebrough) is a suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The suburb falls within the Brinsworth and Catcliffe ward of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. The area takes its name from the remains of the ...

, about north west of Treeton, and remnants of the Roman road called

Icknield Street Icknield Street or Ryknild Street is a Roman road in England, with a route roughly south-west to north-east. It runs from the Fosse Way at Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire () to Templeborough in South Yorkshire (). It passes through ...

(sometimes Ryknild or Riknild Street) have been found in nearby

Brinsworth Brinsworth is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated close to the River Rother between Rotherham (to the north-east) and Sheffield (to the south-west). At the time of ...

. The name ''Treeton'' is

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in origin and may mean 'tree farmstead' or 'farmstead built with posts'. The earliest known written record of Treeton is the ''

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'' of 1086, in which it is referred to as ''Trectone'' or ''Tretone''. The ''Domesday Book'' also mentions that the village had two mills and a church. The present

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

the Church of St Helen was originally built in the 12th century, but may have included parts of an earlier church. The church was expanded in the 14th century and extensively restored in the 19th century. The

North Midland Railway The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masbrough) and Leeds in 1840. At Derby, it connected with the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at wha ...

built a railway through the village in 1840, this later became the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

. There was a station at Treeton until 1951. A

colliery Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

was built at Treeton starting in 1875, and 400 houses were built between 1881 and 1905 to house miners' families. Treeton Colliery closed in 1990 and the site has since been redeveloped for homes.

Governance

Treeton is a civil parish governed locally by a Parish Council, one of 29 such councils in the

. It is in the Rother Vale Ward of the Borough, which is represented on the Borough Council by Georgina Boyes, Gerald Nightingale, and John Swift, all members of the Labour Party. This ward is part of the Rother Valley parliamentary constituency, and was represented in the

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by MP

Kevin Barron Sir Kevin John Barron (born 26 October 1946) is a British Labour Party politician and former coal industry worker. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rother Valley from 1983 until 2019. Early life Kevin John Barron, the son of Richard ...

of the Labour Party who held the seat between 1983 and 2019. The current MP is

Alexander Stafford Alexander Paul Thomas Stafford (born 19 July 1987) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rother Valley since the 2019 general election. He is the first Conservative to be elected for the seat. He has been the ...

of the Conservatives.

Geography

Treeton is situated on the east side of the River Rother, about south from the town of Rotherham and east from

. The village sits on the slopes of the Rother Valley, ranging from about to above

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. The lower section of the village is susceptible to flooding and had to be evacuated during the floods of June 2007 because of fears that cracks in the dam at Ulley reservoir could lead to widespread flooding in the valley.

Demography

At the time of the

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the population of Treeton civil parish was 3189 people. The ethnic mix was 97.0% white (

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White Irish } White Irish is an ethnicity classification used in the 2011 United Kingdom Census. In the 2011 census, the White Irish population was 1,105,673 or 1.7% of the UK total population. This total includes the White Irish population estimate for ...

, or White Other), 0.9% mixed race, 1% Asian, 1%

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and 0.2% other. In comparison, the ethnic data found in the

United Kingdom Census 2001 A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for Nationa ...

was 99.4% white (

, or White Other), 0.3% Asian, and 0.3% mixed race. Table outlining population change of the parish in 50-year increments since 1801: The figures for 1801 and 1851 are taken from the ancient parish of Treeton, which included the neighbouring villages of

Ulley Ulley is a village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 172. It is located about south of the town of Rotherham and east of Sheff ...

and Brampton-en-le-Morthen, an area about twice the size of the current civil parish.

Landmarks

The Church of St. Helen is a Grade I

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, and the village stocks outside the church are Grade II listed. Other Grade II listed buildings in the village include The Georgian House, formerly the church rectory, and 18th century farm buildings on Station Road and at Spa House Farm. Catcliffe Flash, to the west of the village, is a local nature reserve that is made up of a lake and marshland formed as the elevation of the land beside the River Rother dropped due to coal mining subsidence. To the south-east of the village are three areas of ancient woodland, Treeton Wood, Hail Mary Hill Wood, and Falconer Wood, which are managed as part of the South Yorkshire Forest.

Transport

The main road transport route through Treeton is the B6067. Treeton is situated close to the

Sheffield Parkway The Sheffield Parkway is a major dual carriageway which runs between the City of Sheffield and junction 33 of the M1 in South Yorkshire, England. The road was opened in 1974. Route The route runs east of the City, connecting Park Square in ...

and junction 33 of the

M1 motorway The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, which ...

. Bus services provided by

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and TM Travel link the village with Rotherham Town Centre and Sheffield City Centre, as well as the surrounding villages. The closest mainline railway stations are at Sheffield, Rotherham, and Meadowhall. The former route of the

runs through the village, and Treeton used to be served by a passenger station on this line, however the station closed in 1951 and the rail line is now freight only.

References

External links

* * {{authority control Villages in South Yorkshire Civil parishes in South Yorkshire Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham