Anston

Anston
Anston
	Anston Location within South Yorkshire
Population	9,217 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	SK5386
Civil parish	North and South Anston;
Metropolitan borough	Rotherham ;
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire ;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sheffield
Postcode district	S25
Dialling code	01909
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Rother Valley ;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°21′15″N1°13′06″W / 53.3542°N 1.2182°W

Last updated December 06, 2024

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.

History

Anston, first recorded as Anestan is from the Old English āna stān, meaning "single or solitary stone".^[2] In the Domesday Book (1086) North and South Anston (Anestan and Litelanstan) were both held by Roger de Busli.

South Anston was an ancient parish in the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[3] It was a large parish, also known as Anston cum Membris, which also included North Anston and the township of Woodsetts. When civil parishes were created in 1866, Woodsetts became a separate civil parish and the remaining part of the parish became the civil parish of North and South Anston.^[4] In 1974 the parish was transferred to the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in the new county of South Yorkshire.

The original interest for the area (beyond Anston's agricultural uses) was the sandy "Anstone" Magnesian Limestone, but the real growth in Anston's population was more due to the sinking of the Dinnington Main Colliery in the early 20th century.

Anston railway station opened on 20 May 1912 and closed on 2 December 1929.

North Anston

North Anston is located at about 53° 21' 20" N, 1° 13' W and merges seamlessly into the town of Dinnington to the north. Today, it is largely a commuter base for Sheffield, Worksop and Rotherham, and is mainly made up of suburban housing estates. The picturesque "old village" at the south-east however retains its green, and the village wells. The surrounding landscape contains several disused quarries: the plantations to the east, and Greenlands Park to the west being prime examples.

There are currently three pubs in North Anston: the Little Mester on Nursery Road, the Cutler on Woodsetts Road, and Anston Club on Main Street.

North Anston is home to the Tropical Butterfly House, Wildlife and Falconry Centre,^[5] a popular attraction seeing around 80,000 visitors every year.

It is also home to the limestone gorge of Anston Stones Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Anston stones wood stretches across the border of South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. The wood is believed to be part of a medieval smuggling route. Evidence of this has been found in the valley an example of this is Dead Man's Cave at Anston Gorge, a large cave carved out of the limestone used for hiding goods. An 1867 excavation of Dead Man's Cave pointed to Palaeolithic occupation, through the discovery of flint tools and a reindeer toe bone.^[6]

Public transport

North Anston is on main Rother Valley South bus routes to Dinnington, Worksop and Sheffield with Links to Rotherham too. Stagecoach East Midlands (Stagecoach Bassetlaw) 19A & 19 covers services to Rotherham (Main Rotherham service), Worksop and Dinnington. First South Yorkshire covers Rotherham, Meadowhall, and Sheffield. The nearest railway station from North and South Anston is Kiveton Park and Kiveton Bridge, X5 (First South Yorkshire) provide a link between Anston and the railway station.

South Anston

South Anston is located at about 53°21′50″N1°13′20″W / 53.36389°N 1.22222°W / 53.36389; -1.22222 , and is separated from North Anston by the Anston Brook, the A57 road and a freight railway-line. It is more rural than its northern partner. South Anston contains the parish church of St. James, and two Methodist chapels (dating from 1871 and 1935). It also contains Anston's working quarries which continue to mine stone for the building industry. Its location is ideal as it is rural enough for enjoy a range walks from the village yet near enough to Sheffield to enjoy a wealth of infrastructure and transport links. There are two pubs in South Anston: the Loyal Trooper and the Leeds Arms.

To the south of the village lies the Chesterfield Canal. It was from a dock just to the south of Dog Kennel Lane that stone taken from quarries in South Anston was transported to London for the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster following the fire in the 1830s. The blocks of stone were taken by horse-drawn sled to the canal, then taken down to West Stockwith where they were transferred to sailing barges for the journey to London.^[7]

Governance

North and South Anston is part of Rother Valley Constituency, the current Member of Parliament is Jake Richards MP (Labour).

Anston is part of the Anston and Woodsetts ward of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. It is represented by Councillors; Tim Baum-Dixon (Conservative), Drew Tarmey (Liberal Democrat) and John Blackham (Conservative).^[8]

Sport

Anston Athletic F.C. competed in the FA Cup during the 1920s. Anston Villa are a new Junior Football Club who play their games at Crowgate Park.

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References

↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – North and South Anston Parish (E04000113)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 23 January 2021.
↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Anston", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press
↑ GENUKI website
↑ Vision of Britain website
↑ "Home". butterflyhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
↑ "Anston: South Anston" Archived 22 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine ; Rotherhamweb.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2012
↑ Yorkshire Stone to London by Christine Richardson, ISBN 978-0-9552609-2-6, 36 pages, Published by Richlow, in 2007, The story of the transportation of stone to Westminster for the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament.
↑ "Councillors by Ward: Anston and Woodsetts". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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[1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – North and South Anston Parish (E04000113)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[2] Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Anston", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press

[3] GENUKI website

[4] Vision of Britain website

[5] "Home". butterflyhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[6] "Anston: South Anston" Archived 22 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine ; Rotherhamweb.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2012

[7] Yorkshire Stone to London by Christine Richardson, ISBN 978-0-9552609-2-6, 36 pages, Published by Richlow, in 2007, The story of the transportation of stone to Westminster for the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament.

[8] "Councillors by Ward: Anston and Woodsetts". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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