Conisbrough (frequently misspelled Conisborough) is a small town located roughly midway between Doncaster and Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. It is built alongside the River Don at 53°29' North, 1°14' West.
Conisbrough contains what is believed to be the oldest building in South Yorkshire: the probably 8th centuryAnglo-Saxon St Peter's Church. It also contains one of South Yorkshire's most popular tourist destination: Conisbrough Castle.
The town might be identical with Kaerconan (short Conan), a town fortified by Aurelianus, king of the Britons after his victory over the Saxon forces of Hengist (Historia Regum Britanniae viii, 7). The captive Saxon leader Hengist was hacked to pieces by Eldol outside the town walls. The Town was called Cunungeburc in the time of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
In the mid-1990s, a new tourist attraction, Earth Centre, opened on the nearby site of the former Cadeby Main Colliery. A leisure centre has been built on the site of the former Denaby Main Colliery.
Famous people from Conisbrough include Tony Christie.
Conisbrough Castle is an excellent place to visit and it is a fun place for all the family Did you know that the people that lived there, to dye there clothes they used Men's Urine!
Conisbrough Castle is probably one of the finest examples of Norman castle architecture anywhere in the North of England.
Conisbrough is a ruined castle with little see but its keep which is in excellent condition.
Subsequently Conisbrough was then held by Edward II until 1326, the king stayed briefly at Conisbrough in November 1322, in 1324 he ordered the expenditure of up to 40 marks on repairing the towers and walls of the castles at Pontefract and Conisbrough.
Conisbrough reverted to the Crown and Edward III conferred the estate on his youngest son, Edmund Langley, whose mother, Queen Philippa, administered the estate for him while he was still a child.
On the death of the Earl of Lancaster, Conisbrough was held by the King.
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