[2] In the Domesday Book (1086) North and South Anston (Anestan and Litelanstan) were both held by Roger de Busli.

Today, it is largely a commuter base for Sheffield, Worksop and Rotherham, and is mainly made up of suburban housing estates.

The surrounding landscape contains several disused quarries: the plantations to the east, and Greenlands Park to the west being prime examples.

North Anston is home to the Tropical Butterfly House, Wildlife and Falconry Centre,[5] a popular attraction seeing around 80,000 visitors every year.

An 1867 excavation of Dead Man's Cave pointed to Palaeolithic occupation, through the discovery of flint tools and a reindeer toe bone.

[6] North Anston is on main Rother Valley South bus routes to Dinnington, Worksop and Sheffield with Links to Rotherham too.

The blocks of stone were taken by horse-drawn sled to the canal, then taken down to West Stockwith where they were transferred to sailing barges for the journey to London.

[7] North and South Anston is part of Rother Valley Constituency, the current Member of Parliament is Jake Richards MP (Labour).