Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

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Austerfield, Yorkshire, England is a small historic village in South Yorkshire best known as the birthplace of William Bradford, a leader of the Pilgrims and longtime governor of Plymouth Colony in New England.

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Austerfield, Yorkshire, England canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
village
birthplaceOf William Bradford
country England
distanceToBawtry about 1–2 miles north
distanceToDoncaster about 10–12 miles southeast
governingBody Doncaster
surface form: Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
hasCoordinateLatitude 53.431
hasCoordinateLongitude -1.013
hasDialCode 01302
hasDomesdayRecord yes
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
commuter settlement for Doncaster area
hasHeritageFeature historic village core
medieval parish church
hasHistoricalAssociation Pilgrim Separatists
surface form: Pilgrim Fathers

early English Puritan movement
hasLocalGovernmentWard Bawtry ward (Doncaster)
hasParishChurch St Helena’s Church, Austerfield
hasPopulation approximately 500 (early 21st century)
hasPostcodeArea DN
hasPostcodeDistrict DN10
hasPostTown Doncaster
hasSettlementType rural village
historicalCounty West Riding of Yorkshire
locatedIn Doncaster
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster

South Yorkshire
locatedInCountrySubdivision South Yorkshire
locatedInHistoricCounty West Riding of Yorkshire
locatedNear Bawtry
Doncaster
border with Nottinghamshire
mentionedIn Domesday Book survey
surface form: Domesday Book
notableFor being the birthplace of William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony
OSGridReference SK6490
parishChurchDedication Saint Helena
region Yorkshire and the Humber
timeZone Europe/London

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William Bradford birthPlace Austerfield, Yorkshire, England