Anston

Also known as North and South Anston (civil parish), Rotherham, North and South Anston, South Yorkshire, Anston, Rotherham, North and South Anston, Rotherham

Anston is a civil parish in South Yorkshire, England, formally known as North and South Anston. The parish of Anston consists of the settlements of North Anston and South Anston, divided by the Anston Brook.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Anston
UK place.type: Civil Parish
UK place.map_type: South Yorkshire
UK place.population: 9,217
UK place.population_ref: (2011 census)
UK place.metropolitan_borough: Rotherham
UK place.civil_parish: North and South Anston
UK place.metropolitan_county: South Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.constituency_westminster: Rother Valley
UK place.post_town: Sheffield

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History
North Anston
Public transport
South Anston
Governance
Sport
See also
References

== History == Anston, first recorded as Anestan is from the Old English āna stān, meaning "single or solitary stone". In the Domesday Book (1086) North and South Anston (Anestan and Litelanstan) were both held by Roger de Busli.