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Also known as Brotherton, North Yorkshire

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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Place details

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
Located in
Yorkshire
Population
728
Image
Brotherton, Church of St Edward the Confessor.jpg
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Commons category
Brotherton
postal code
WF11
OS grid reference
SE481259
historic county
Yorkshire
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Encyclopedic overview

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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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