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Sprotbrough and Cusworth is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It lies to the north west of Doncaster town centre and is split by the A1(M) motorway. It lies from Scawsby, and has a population of 12,166.〔(Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Doncaster'' ) Retrieved 27 August 2009〕 The parish includes the villages of Sprotbrough, Cusworth and Scawsby. The parish borders other parishes like Warmsworth, Balby, Brodsworth and Marr. == Origins and history == The name Sprotbrough originates from the Old English ''sprote'' ('shoot', 'twig') and ''burh'' ('fortification'), as suggested by the Domesday Book entry ''Sproteburg'';〔Open Domesday Map: Sprotbrough()〕 the name may reflect the hasty manner in which the fortification was constructed and / or may be a reference to the building material used. The early parish contained six settlements: * Sprotbrough (Sproteburg) * Cadeby (Catebi) * Wildthorpe (Widentorp)〔http://opendomesday.org/place/SE5101/wildthorpe/ Open Domesday Map: Wildthorpe〕 * Cusworth (Cuzenworde) * Skinthorpe (Scinestorp) * Newton, first mentioned in 1379 when it was called New Farmstead Those early hamlets would have been ringed by vast areas of agricultural land and many of the open fields still present today have names that can be traced back to early maps of the area. The area, and almost all of the land around it, was owned by the FitzWilliam family for many years. Sir John Fitzwilliam erected a cross next to the (church ) during the reign of Henry V of England. Into the cross were carved these lines: "Whoso is hungry and lists to eat, Let him come to Sprotburgh for his meat, And for a night and for a day, His horse shall have both corne and hay, And no man shall ask him when he goeth away."〔Joseph Smith Fletcher, Wal Paget, Frank Southgate, (''A Book about Yorkshire'' ), The McClure Company, New York, 1908〕 There are also a number of statues and memorials to the Fitzwilliams and Copleys in the Church of St Mary the Virgin.〔(Copley of Sprotborough, Rotherhamweb.so.uk )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sprotbrough and Cusworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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