Aughton, South Yorkshire

Aughton

Entering Aughton on West Lane
Aughton
Aughton shown within South Yorkshire
OS grid reference SK4586
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber

Aughton is a village near Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. Located in the civil parish of Aston cum Aughton, 4 miles (6 km) south of Rotherham. The village setting is rural, being surrounded by fields. The nearest settlements are Guilthwaite in the north, Ulley in the east, Aston in the southeast, Swallownest in the south, and Treeton in the northwest. Major roads are A618 running north-south and B6067 running northwest-southeast which cross in the northern part of the village and share a common alignment along the northern 300 yards (270 m) of Main Street.

Aughton was mentioned 1066 in the Domesday Book as belonging to three Anglo-Saxon lords, by 1086 it had passed to Richard of Sourdeval whose tenant-in-chief was Count Robert of Mortain.[1]

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