{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{other uses}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53|43|42|N|1|16|19|W|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Brotherton | static_image_name = Brotherton, Church of St Edward the Confessor.jpg | static_image_caption = Church of St Edward the Confessor | population = 728 | population_ref = (2011 census)<ref name="2011 census"/> | civil_parish = Brotherton | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Selby | post_town = KNOTTINGLEY | postcode_district = WF11 | postcode_area = WF | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE481259 | london_distance_mi = 160<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances --> | london_direction = SSE }} '''Brotherton''' is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is on a border with the City of Wakefield and West Yorkshire (here formed by the River Aire).
==History== The name Brotherton derives from the Old English ''brōðor'' meaning 'brother' or the Old Norse personal name ''Brothir'', and the Old English ''tūn'' meaning 'settlement'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire+WR/Brotherton|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|accessdate=9 October 2025}}</ref>
Brotherton was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Brotherton, in Selby and West Riding {{!}} Map and description|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11795|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref> From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Selby District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
The village was on the A1 road {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} north of Knottingley, before the road was relocated. It was linked to Ferrybridge, across the River Aire, by the grade I listed Ferry Bridge. It is now on the A162, south of Fairburn. Brotherton is often mistaken as being in West Yorkshire; it is a North Yorkshire village.
According to the 2001 census Brotherton civil parish had a population of 672, rising to 728 at the 2011 Census.<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217386|title=Brotherton Parish |accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref>
Brotherton is the birthplace of Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk, son of King Edward I and Margaret of France.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pOtGAAAAIAAJ |title=History, Directory & Gazetteer, of the County of York, Volume 1|last=Baines |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Baines (1774–1848) |publisher=Edward Baines at the Leeds Mercury office |location=Leeds |date=1822 |page=274 |accessdate=14 September 2016 }}</ref> Notable Brotherton residents include Ken Wharton (b 1950), a writer of Military History books, who lived in the village between 2005 and 2009.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
Brotherton Church of England parish church, dedicated to Edward the Confessor, is in the Diocese of Wakefield.
==Governance== Brotherton is part of Fairburn with Brotherton electoral ward. The total population of this ward as measured at the 2011 Census was 3,538.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1237325200|title=Fairburn with Brotherton 2011 Census Ward|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Brotherton
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Brotherton}}
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