The Parish of Sprotbrough and Cusworth lies three miles to the north west of Doncaster town centre in South Yorkshire, England and is split by the A1 motorway. °:This article is about the town of Doncaster in England. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The A1 runs from London to Edinburgh, with parts of the A1 being classified as motorway (A1(m)) The roads plan in the 1960s came under fire because it wasnt committed to motorways, but instead to a combination of motorways and all-purpose roads. ...

It’s believed that the name Sprotbrough originates from a mix of English and Scandinavian names, with ‘Sprotte’ being a shoot and ‘Brough’ being Scandinavian for a defensible place. English in common usage may refer to: English, a West Germanic language spoken mainly in the United States, the UK as well as its former colonies, and used as an international lingua franca in many parts of the world a citizen of England, the country the English people, an ethnic... Scandinavian can mean: a resident of, or anything relating to Scandinavia any North Germanic language a chess opening, Scandinavian Defense the aviation corpotation Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Scandinavian can mean: a resident of, or anything relating to Scandinavia any North Germanic language a chess opening, Scandinavian Defense the aviation corpotation Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The early Parish contained six settlements:

Sprotbrough (Sproteburg) Cadeby (Catebi) Wildthorpe (Widentorp) Cusworth (Cuzenworde) Skinthorpe (Scinestorp) And Newton, first mentioned in 1379 when it was called New Farmstead. Events Robert of Geneva, the butcher of Cesena was elected as Pope Clement VII. This led to a schism in the Catholic church with one pope in Rome (Pope Gregory XI and the antipope (Clement VII) in Avignon. ...

Those early hamlets would have been ringed by vast areas of agricultural land and many of the open fields we still have today have names that can be traced back to early maps of the area. The word Hamlet has more than one use: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a play by William Shakespeare, and the main character therein. ...

A key focal point of Sprotbrough is St Mary’s Church, founded in 1190, with its magnificent working clock tower that has commanding views of the Don Valley