Masbrough, occasionally spelt Masborough is a suburb

Suburb

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 of Rotherham

Rotherham

Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...

, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...

, England

England

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, located in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. It is named for its largest town, Rotherham, but also spans the outlying towns of Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton, Wath-upon-Dearne, as well as a suburban and rural element composed of hills, escarpments and...

, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from Rotherham town centre.

Schools

The Masbrough community is served by both Thornhill

Thornhill Primary School

Thornhill Primary School is the name of schools:In the United Kingdom:* Thornhill Primary School, Rotherham* Thornhill Primary School, Southampton* Thornhill Primary School, Stirlingshire* Thornhill Primary School, Cardiff...

 and Ferham Primary Schools, with secondary provision being provided by Winterhill School

Winterhill School

Winterhill School is a secondary school located in Kimberworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The school was formed in 2004 by the merger of Old Hall Comprehensive School and the nearby Kimberworth Comprehensive School. It lies on the former site of Old Hall School, at the corner of High...

 in nearby Kimberworth

Kimberworth

Kimberworth is a suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is located in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, about 2.2 miles north west of Rotherham town centre and 4.7 miles north-east of the City of Sheffield....

.

Places of worship

There are two Christian churches in the Masbrough community. St Bede's Roman Catholic Church and Rotherham Assemblies of God

Assemblies of God

The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...

 Pentecostal Church, both are located on Station Road. The Jamia Mosque

Mosque

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 on College Road serves the local Islamic community.

Sport

Masbrough is the home of Millmoor

Millmoor

Millmoor is a stadium in Rotherham, England. It was built and was used for football matches, and until the end of the 2007–08 season was the home ground of Rotherham United F.C., until a dispute over ownership forced them to move to the Don Valley Stadium in nearby Sheffield.The stadium was...

, the former stadium

Stadium

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 of Second Division

Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

 football club, Rotherham United.