High Melton Parish Council is central to local activity in our community. We are volunteers who have been elected to give our residents an opportunity to get involved in local affairs and campaigns, and encourage them to make their views known,
An important role of your parish council is to make other public bodies, like Doncaster
Council, aware of the views of our
communities. We work closely with them so that they can take on board your concerns.
Our lovely village is situated in the heart of South Yorkshire and has commanding views over the Dearne Valley. Ours is a rural community that has only slightly expanded in recent times. As a settlement we were mentioned in the Domesday Book. We have an exciting future with the opening of film and television studios on the old college campus site
Our church has Saxon origins but the main part of the existing building was established about 1100 AD and handed over to Avice de Tania in 1153 AD to be put under the care of the Cistercian nuns at Hampole
One of the country's earliest examples of a structure designed to keep edibles and refreshments cool, a testament to the innovation displayed by our ancestors in the age before electricity.
Where are we? We have some excellent walks and are close to places of interest such as Conisborough Castle, Brodsworth Hall and Cusworth Hall . see map
Though small, our community is steeped in history. In the time of Edward the Confessor it belonged to Swein, and after the Conquest was included in the grant to the Lord of Tickhill, Roger de Busli. In the 12th century, High Melton was inherited by Avice-de-Tania. she erected the church at High Melton. From the 17th century, Melton Hall was the home of the Fountayne family, later the Montagus
