Brampton Bierlow

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Brampton Bierlow
Brampton Bierlow shown within South Yorkshire
Population	3,658 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	SE415015
Metropolitan borough	Rotherham
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Rotherham
Postcode district	S63
Dialling code	01709
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Wentworth
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°30′32″N 1°22′24″W / 53.508744, -1.373417

Brampton Bierlow, often known simply as Brampton, is a former mining village and civil parish situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, on the south side of the Dearne Valley, between Barnsley and Rotherham. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 3,658. Brampton was within the historic county boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Employment in the village was primarily related to the coal industry; the economy and residents suffered after the sudden closure of mines in the 1980s, which was, in part, sparked by the announcement of the closure of Cortonwood Colliery in the village. The hardship caused by this has left a significant amount of bad feeling in the locality, which, although waning over time, has still not gone away. Despite some recovery, Brampton was, at one point, declared one of the poorest areas in the European Union (prior to the 2004 expansion).

Recently, the economy of the area has improved, as much investment has been put into infrastructure and developing light industry and service industries in the area.

[edit] Notable people

Guitarist of the band Marillion, Steve Rothery was born in Brampton.
Footballers George Robledo and Ted Robledo grew up in the village, they were born in Chile but moved to Brampton (their mother's home) as children due to war. George even represented Chile at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.