Brotherton
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Brotherton is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 672. The village is on the border with the City of Wakefield and West Yorkshire (here formed by the River Aire). Brotherton was on the A1 road two miles north of Knottingley, before it was relocated. It is now on the A162, north of Ferrybridge, south of Fairburn. Brotherton is often mistaken as being located in West Yorkshire; it is a North Yorkshire village.
The Anglican Church in Brotherton is that of Edward the Confessor, and is in the Diocese of Wakefield.
Brotherton is the birth place of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk.
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