{{Short description|Village in South Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{infobox UK place | country = England | metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire | label_position = left | official_name = Brampton-en-le-Morthen | civil_parish = Thurcroft | population = 80 | population_ref = | metropolitan_borough = Rotherham | coordinates = {{coord|53.38|-1.27|display=inline,title}} | constituency_westminster = Rother Valley | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | post_town = SHEFFIELD | postcode_district = S66 | postcode_area = S | dial_code = 01709 | os_grid_reference = | static_image = Brampton en le Morthen - geograph.org.uk - 134087.jpg | static_image_caption = View towards the village }}

'''Brampton-en-le-Morthen''' is a dormitory village in the civil parish of Thurcroft, in the Rotherham district, lying to the south of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Commons|first=Great Britain Parliament House of|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=070OAQAAIAAJ&dq=brampton+en+le+morthen+population&pg=PT79|title=Parliamentary Papers|date=1914|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|language=en}}</ref>

The village is located directly south-west of Thurcroft, west of Laughton en le Morthen and south-east of Morthen and Whiston.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brampton en Le Morthen, Rotherham - area information, map, walks and more|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/brampton-en-le-morthen-rotherham/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=OS GetOutside|language=en-gb}}</ref>

== History == The name Brampton derives from the Old English ''brōmtūn'' meaning 'settlement growing with broom'.<ref>http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20WR/Brampton%20en%20le%20Morthen</ref>

Brampton en le Morthen was formerly a township in the parish of Treeton,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brampton-Bierlow - Bransby {{!}} British History Online|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp343-347|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11662|title=History of Brampton En le Morthen, in Rotherham and West Riding|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=21 January 2021}}</ref> from 1866 Brampton en le Morthen was a civil parish in its own right until 1 April 1923 when it was abolished and merged with Treeton parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10401010|title=Relationships and changes Brampton En le Morthen Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=21 January 2021}}</ref> In 1911, the parish had a population of 148.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10401010/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Brampton En le Morthen Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=21 January 2021}}</ref>

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Category:Villages in South Yorkshire Category:Former civil parishes in South Yorkshire Category:Thurcroft