TREETON, a parish in the southern division of the
wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL, West riding
of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of
Brampton en le Morthen, Treeton, and the greater
portion of Ulley, and containing, with the whole of the
township of Ulley, which is partly in the parish of
Aston, 703 inhabitants, of which number, 364 are in the
township of Treeton, 4 miles (S. by E.) from Rotherham.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £ 12, and
in the patronage of the Duke of Norfolk. The church
is dedicated to St. Helen. A cottage near the churchyard
has long been occupied, rent-free, by a schoolmistress,
for teaching eight poor children.