TREETON, a township and a parish in Rotherham district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 2 miles N by W of Woodhouse r. station, and 3½ S of Rotherham; and has a post-office under Rotherham. Acres, 1,573. Real property, £2,467. Pop., 368. Houses, 81. The parish includes another township and a part, and comprises 3,513 acres. Pop., 612. Houses, 134. T. manor belongs to the Duke of Norfolk. There are stone quarries and a corn mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £674.* Patron, the Rev. B. E. Watkins. The chancel of the church was restored in 1867. There is a national school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))