Shafton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in 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

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, on the border with West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,840. The parish contains the villages of Shafton and Shafton Two Gates.

Shafton lies to the north of Shafton Two Gates, on the road to Ryhill

Ryhill

Ryhill is a small village and civil parish situated on the B6428 road in West Yorkshire, England approximately 7 miles south east of the city of Wakefield. It has a population of 2,628....

. It is located at approximately 53° 35' 10" North, 1° 24' West, at an elevation of around 80 metres (262 ft) above sea level

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Sceptun in the Domesday Book

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 of 1086 then later in c. 1160 Scaftona meaning a farmstead marked by a pole, or made with poles.

Shafton Two Gates lies to the north of Cudworth

Cudworth, South Yorkshire

Cudworth is a semi-rural village on the outskirts of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Cudworth has a busy village centre surrounded by some housing and green belt countryside...

, on the intersection of the A628

A628 road

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 and A615 roads. It is located at approximately 53°35′40"N 1°24′30"W, at an elevation of around 75 metres (246 ft) above sea level.