Brotherton
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Brotherton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is on a border with the City of Wakefield and West Yorkshire (here formed by the River Aire).
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- Locality
- Brotherton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Brotherton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Brotherton, Church of St Edward the Confessor.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Edward the Confessor
- UK place.population
- 728
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Brotherton
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Selby
- UK place.post_town
- KNOTTINGLEY
- UK place.postcode_district
- WF11
- UK place.postcode_area
- WF
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SE481259
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 160
- UK place.london_direction
- SSE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- Kingdom of England
- Located in
- Yorkshire
- Population
- 728
- Image
- Brotherton, Church of St Edward the Confessor.jpg
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- Brotherton
- postal code
- WF11
- OS grid reference
- SE481259
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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- History
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Brotherton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is on a border with the City of Wakefield and West Yorkshire (here formed by the River Aire).
==History== The name Brotherton derives from the Old English brōðor meaning 'brother' or the Old Norse personal name Brothir, and the Old English tūn meaning 'settlement'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brotherton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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