West Melton
West Melton Location within South Yorkshire
Population	3,007 (2001)
OS grid reference	SE425005
District	Rotherham
Shire county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROTHERHAM
Postcode district	S63
Dialling code	01709
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Wentworth
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°30′13″N 1°21′42″W / 53.503516°N 1.361768°W / 53.503516; -1.361768

West Melton is a former mining village in the Rotherham district, in South Yorkshire, England. It lies between Wath upon Dearne and Brampton Bierlow, roughly 5 miles north of Rotherham and 5 miles south-east of Barnsley.^[1] It contains several churches, among them are West Melton United Reformed Church and Princess Street Methodist Church. Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

History

On 31 December 1894 West Melton became a civil parish, formed from Brampton Bierlow, on 1 April 1923 the parish was abolished and merged with Wath upon Dearne.^[2] In 1921 the parish had a population of 4745.^[3] It is now in the unparished area of Wath upon Dearne.

Notable people

• Bernard Radford (1908–1986), footballer