Braithwell, West Riding

Description
Braithwell, a township and a parish in the W.R. Yorkshire. The township stands 3 1/2 miles SSE of Conisbrough. railway station, and 4 W of Tick Hill, and has a post office under Rotherham; money order and telegraph office, Maltby. It includes the hamlet of Micklebring. Acreage, 1948; population of the township, 357 ; of the ecclesiastical parish, including Bramley, 781. The parish contains also the township of Bramley. Roman coins and urns have been found. The living is a rectory, united with Bramley, in the diocese of York; gross value, £330 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Early English. There is a Wesleyan chapel.