Brampton Bierlow, West Riding

Description
Brampton-Bierlow, a township and ecclesiastical parish formed from the Wath-upon-Dearne parish, W.R. Yorkshire. The township stands adjacent to the Dove and Dearne Canal, 1 1/2 mile WNW of Wathe station on the M.S. & L.R., 1 1/2 from Darfield railway station, and 6 miles N of Rotherham. Acreage, 3238; population of the township, 4597; of the ecclesiastical parish, 4388. There are several collieries and quarries in the township. Earl Fitzwilliam is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The parish includes also the village of West Melton and the hamlets of Brampton Street, Lee Brook, Corton Wood, Hooher, and Newhill. Post town, Rotherham. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, £165 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Wath. The church is very good. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels and charities.