Throapham is a hamlet in the
civil parish
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of
Dinnington St John's, in the
Rotherham
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district, in the county of
South Yorkshire
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, England.
Throapham was historically a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in the ancient parish of St John's in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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.
St John's parish church, a Grade I listed building, was in the neighbouring parish-town of St John's, a very small place, and the two places formed a single township known as St Johns with Throapham. In 1866 St Johns with Throapham became a
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, as did
Letwell
Letwell is a rural village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with Nottinghamshire. It lies between Dinnington and Langold, off the B6463 road. It sits at an elevation of around ...
, the other township in the ancient parish. In 1954 the civil parish of St Johns with Throapham was abolished and merged with the civil parish of
Dinnington to form the new civil parish of Dinnington St John's.
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In 1974 Throapham was transferred to the new county of South Yorkshire.
See also
* Listed buildings in Dinnington St. John's
References
External links
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Villages in South Yorkshire
Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham