BRAMPTON-BIERLOW, a chapelry in the parish of WATH upon DEARNE, northern division of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL, West riding of the county of YORK, 6 miles (N. by W.) from Rotherhani, containing 1263 inhabitants. It stands on the line of the Dove and Dearne canal, in a district containing several iron-foundries, one of which, called Milton Furnace, is on a very extensive scale. George Ellis, in 1711, bequeathed the greater part of his estate for pious and charitable uses, and the trustees acting under the will erected, in 1818, a spacious building, at an expense of £ 865, for the instruction of boys and girls on Dr. Bell's plan; the master is allowed a salary of £63 per annum, and the mistress one of £15; and the sum of £12 is also paid annually to the master, from a bequest of £300 made by John Higson,in 1814. The remainder of Ellis' charity is applied in relieving the poor, and in apprentice fees.