Brodsworth, West Riding

Description
Brodsworth, a township and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 3 miles SW of Adwick-le-Street railway station, and 5 NW by N of Doncaster, under which it has a post office; money order office, Barmborough; telegraph office, Adwick-le-Street (R.S.) The parish includes also the hamlets of Pickbourne and Scawsby. Acreage, 3120; population, 336. Brodsworth Park belonged to the Earls of Kinnoul, passed by sale to Peter Thellusson, Esq., who died in 1798, bequeathing it to be under trustees for three generations. After sixty-two years of litigation the House of Lords decided that it should be inherited by Lord Rendlesham, nephew of Peter Thellusson. Limestone was formerly quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, £406 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is in the Early Norman style, and was restored in 1873. There is a Wesleyan chapel and some charities.