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Bentley, South Yorkshire
Bentley is a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England two miles north of the city of Doncaster. The population of the ward (also including Arksey, Shaftholme, Toll Bar and part of Scawthorpe) within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster at the 2011 Census was 14,191. The Bentley built-up area subdivision (including Arksey, Scawthorpe, Scawsby and Cusworth) had a population of 27,145. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village was once owned by Edmund Hastings of Plumtree, Nottinghamshire, who had inherited it from his wife Copley's Sprotborough family. Hastings subsequently sold the manor to John Levett, a York lawyer born at High Melton who married the niece of Hastings's wife, who then conveyed it to Sir Arthur Ingram of York, High Sheriff of Yorkshire The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and metropolitan county, metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of City of Doncaster, Doncaster and City of Sheffield, Sheffield as well as the metropolitan boroughs, boroughs of Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, Barnsley and Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, Rotherham. In Northern England, it is on the east side of the Pennines. Part of the Peak District national park is in the county. The River Don, Yorkshire, River Don flows through most of the county, which is landlocked. The county had a population of 1.34 million in 2011. Sheffield largest urban centre in the county, it is the south west of the county. The Sheffield Urban Area, built-up area around Sheffield and Rotherham, with over half the county's population living within it, is the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, tenth most populous in the United Kingdom. The majority of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
