BRAITHWELL, a parish in the southern division
of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL, West
riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships
of Braithwell and Bramley, and containing 739 inhabitants,
of whieh number, 438 are in the township of
Braithwell, 7 miles (S. W. by S.) from Doncaster. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £7. 7- 6.,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. James. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. The school owes its foundation
to Mr. John Bosvile: in 1818, the Rev. Thomas Bosvile
gave £250 for the instruction of ten children: the income
is £10. 10. per annum, and there are fourteen
children on the foundation. Twenty-two human skeletons,
supposed to be those of Roman soldiers who fell
in battle with the Brigantes, and an urn, that probably
contained the ashes of a Roman general, were discovered
some years ago, in a field here, in which a variety
of Roman coins has also been found at different
periods.