Anston
Sign in to saveAnston is a civil parish in South Yorkshire, England, formally known as North and South Anston. The parish of Anston consists of the settlements of North Anston and South Anston, divided by the Anston Brook.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Anston
- UK place.type
- Civil Parish
- UK place.map_type
- South Yorkshire
- UK place.population
- 9,217
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Rotherham
- UK place.civil_parish
- North and South Anston
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- South Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rother Valley
- UK place.post_town
- Sheffield
- UK place.postcode_district
- S25
- UK place.postcode_area
- S
- UK place.dial_code
- 01909
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK5386
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8 sectionsContents
- History
- North Anston
- Public transport
- South Anston
- Governance
- Sport
- See also
- References
Anston is a civil parish in South Yorkshire, England, formally known as North and South Anston. The parish of Anston consists of the settlements of North Anston and South Anston, divided by the Anston Brook.
== History == Anston, first recorded as Anestan is from the Old English āna stān, meaning "single or solitary stone". In the Domesday Book (1086) North and South Anston (Anestan and Litelanstan) were both held by Roger de Busli.