Stainton (Yorkshire du Sud)

Stainton est un village et une paroisse civile du Yorkshire du Sud, en Angleterre.

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Stainton, South Yorkshire

Stainton is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The parish has a population of 269, increasing marginally to 271 at the 2011 Census. and is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The name Stainton derives from the Old Norse steinn meaning 'stone', and the Old English tūn meaning 'settlement'. Stainton is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book. Stainton grew in the 19th century, providing homes for miners at Maltby. Stainton ecclesiastical parish is within the Diocese of Sheffield. The parish church of St. Winifred, a Grade II* listed building, dates from the 12th century. The current Stainton lord of the manor (as of 2015), is the 13th Earl of Scarbrough. The cricketer Freddie Trueman was born at Scotch Springs in Stainton.

Maltby Main Colliery

The Maltby Main Colliery was a coal mine located 7 miles (11 km) east of Rotherham on the eastern edge of Maltby, South Yorkshire, England. The mine was closed in 2013.

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ROF Maltby

ROF Maltby was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant near Maltby, South Yorkshire which manufactured weapons such as the Lee–Enfield rifle and Sten submachine gun. During World War II, ROF Maltby manufactured over 737,000 weapons. Rifles manufactured at Maltby were marked either with and M, RM or ROF(M) to distinguish them from rifles made at other ROF plants. ROF Maltby and ROF Fazakerley were established in the 1930s before World War II to increase arms production facilities in areas less vulnerable to aerial attack, and were called shadow factories after an earlier national plan to increase military airplane production. The main British factory for rifle manufacture in WWII was the BSA shadow factory in Shirley. R.S.A.F. Enfield, which until 1941 was Britain's main military rifle production facility, focused on producing Bren Guns etc. ROF Maltby's closure was announced in Parliament in July 1957 with dismantling work beginning almost immediately afterwards and complete withdrawal and demolition had been achieved by 1958.

Maltby railway station

Maltby railway station was located on the South Yorkshire Joint Railway (SYJR) on the eastern edge of Maltby, South Yorkshire, England. It opened 1910 and closed in 1929.

Braithwell

Braithwell is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) north from Maltby and 3 miles (5 km) south-east from Conisbrough. According to the 2001 Census the civil parish had a population of 1,056, increasing slightly to 1,060 at the 2011 Census. The name Braithwell derives from the Old English brādwella meaning 'broad well'. Brād was later replaced by the Old Norse breiðr. In 1289, the village obtained a Royal Charter entitling it to hold a weekly Tuesday market and an annual eight-day fair – an unusually long duration. These were long discontinued by a survey of 1652, but a cross shaft survives with an inscription in Norman French which translates as "Jesus, son of Mary, think upon the brother of our king, I beseech you". The Church of St James in the village is a Grade II* listed building.