Anston cum Membris, West Riding

Description
Anston-cum-Membris, a township and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Chesterfield Canal, about 1 mile N of Kiveton Park station on the M.S. & L.R., and 12 ESE of Sheffield, is divided into North and South Anston; and has a post office, of the name of South Anston, under Rotherham. Area, 3852 acres; population of the civil parish, 1378 ; of the ecclesiastical, 1168. There are stone quarries, and lime-burning is carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York ; net value, £240 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is in good order, having recently been restored. There are two Methodist chapels.