Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Conisbrough within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Conisbrough, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Don, 5 miles SW. of Doncaster, 4296 ac., pop. 2706; P.O., T.O., called Conisborough; has brick and tile making, and quarries in the magnesian limestone. C. Castle, now roofless, the property of the Duke of Leeds, is supposed to be of great antiquity. It is the residence of Athelstane in Ivanhoe. In the neighbourhood are numerous traces of both the early Britons and the Romans.
A village in Strafforth hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.