Sprotbrough or Spotbrough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Sprotborough with Cusworth and Doncaster Bridge, Cusworth, and Cadeby.
Alternative names: Sprotborough, Spotborough, Spotbrough with Cusworth
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SPROTBROUGH, a township and a parish in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire.
The township lies on the river Don, 1 mile N of the South Yorkshire railway, and 2½ SW of Doncaster; contains a well built village of its own name, and the hamlet of Cusworth; and has a post-office under Doncaster, a r. station, and a fine bridge 300 feet long, repaired in 1865 at a cost of £1,000. Real property, £4,550; of which £200 are in quarries. Pop., 339. Houses, 70.
The manor belonged to the Fitz-williams; passed, before the time of Charles II., to the Copleys; and, with S. Hall, belongs now to Sir J. W. Copley, Bart. Cusworth Hall is the seat of W. B. Wrightson, Esq.
The parish contains also the township of Cadeby, and comprises 3,865 acres. Pop., 504. Houses, 106.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £800. Patron, Sir J. W. Copley, Bart. The church is good; and a chapel of ease, built in 1856, is in Cadeby. Charities, £6.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Sprotbrough – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Cemetery records Sprotboro cemetery Yorkshire
Author: Booller, A.
Monumental inscriptions in Yorkshire
Author: Gardner, David Ensign, 1915-2007
England, Yorkshire, Sprotbrough – Cemeteries – Indexes ( 1 )
Deanery Adwick le Street
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Sprotbrough – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Sprotbrough, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Sprotbrough – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sprotbrough, 1600-1846
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sprotbrough (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Sprotbrough, parish registers, 1559-1996
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sprotbrough (Yorkshire); Doncaster Council Archives (Yorkshire)
Marriage records, 1559-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sprotbrough (Yorkshire)
Parish chest records for Sprotbrough, 1829-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sprotbrough (Yorkshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1559-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sprotbrough (Yorkshire)
Parish registers for Sprotbrough, 1559-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sprotbrough (Yorkshire)
Sprotbrough : baptisms 1559-1936 : also includes Kelly’s PO directories 1893
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Sprotbrough – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Sprotbrough or Sprotbro or Sprotborough, Yorks., Eng
Deanery of Adwick le Street : burials, directories & graphics
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Sprotbrough – Civil registration ( 1 )
Genealogical and topographical collections
Author: Radcliffe, William
England, Yorkshire, Sprotbrough – Directories ( 1 )
Sprotbrough : baptisms 1559-1936 : also includes Kelly’s PO directories 1893
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Sprotbrough – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Cadeby township, 1784-1828
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Spotbrough township, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments, Sprotbrough, 1802-1819, 1829-1900
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Doncaster
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Doncaster
- Poor Law Union: Doncaster
- Hundred: Strafforth and Tickhill
- Province: York
