Brotherton is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the county of

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, England. The village is on a border with the

City of Wakefield Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a Local government in England, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status and a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settl ...

and

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(here formed by the

River Aire The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England, in length. Part of the river below Leeds is canalised, and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation. The ''Handbook for Leeds and Airedale'' (1890) notes that the distance from Malha ...

History

Brotherton was historically part of the

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, lieu ...

until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of

Selby Selby is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse. At the 2021 Census, it had a population of 17,193. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire; from 1974 until 2023, ...

, it is now administered by the unitary

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. The village was on the A1 road north of Knottingley, before the road was relocated. It was linked to

Ferrybridge Ferrybridge is a village in West Yorkshire, England. Ferrybridge lies at a historically important crossing of the River Aire which borders the North Yorkshire village of Brotherton. It is linked to other communities by the A1 road (Great Brita ...

, across the

, by the

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Ferry Bridge. It is now on the A162, south of Fairburn. Brotherton is often mistaken as being in

; it is a

village. According to the 2001 census Brotherton civil parish had a population of 672, rising to 728 at the 2011 Census. Brotherton is the birthplace of Thomas of Brotherton,

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, son of

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and Margaret of France. Notable Brotherton residents include Ken Wharton (b 1950), a writer of Military History books, who lived in the village between 2005 and 2009. Brotherton

Church of England parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ...

, dedicated to

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, is in the

Diocese of Wakefield The Diocese of Wakefield is a former Church of England diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covering Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale. The cathedral was Wakefield Cathedral and the bishop was the diocesan Bishop of Wa ...

Governance

Brotherton is part of Fairburn with Brotherton

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. The total population of this ward as measured at the 2011 Census was 3,538.

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* Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Knottingley {{NorthYorkshire-geo-stub

History

Governance

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