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Doncaster ( ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Noted for its racing and railway history, it is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines. It had a population of 87,455 at the 2021 census, whilst its built-up area had a population of 160,220, and the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 308,100. Adjacent to Doncaster to its east is the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire, which contains the towns of Haxey, Epworth and Crowle, and directly south is Harworth Bircotes in Nottinghamshire. Also, within the city's vicinity are Barnsley, Wakefield, Pontefract, Selby, Goole, Scunthorpe, Gainsborough, Retford, Worksop and Rotherham, to which Doncaster is linked by road and rail. As part of the Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours, Doncaster receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doncaster (other)
Doncaster is a large city in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Doncaster may also refer to: Places *Doncaster, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne *Electoral district of Doncaster, a former electoral district in Victoria, Australia *Doncaster, Quebec, an Indian reserve in Canada *Doncaster, Maryland (other), multiple places in the U.S. state of Maryland People *Stuart Doncaster (1890–1955), English footballer Other *Doncaster (horse), an influential Thoroughbred racehorse See also *Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, a district in South Yorkshire that encompasses the city *Doncaster Racecourse, a racecourse in the city *Doncaster railway station, a large station that serves the city of Doncaster *Doncaster Rovers F.C., a football club who compete in the English league system {{disambiguation, geo English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnby Dun
Barnby Dun is a village in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Together with Kirk Sandall it forms the civil parish of Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall. It lies between Arksey and Stainforth. It is located about 4 miles north-east of Doncaster city centre. Barnby Dun has a long history and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village has a church dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, the structure of which dates back to the 13th century. Throughout its history, it has been a primarily agricultural village with later ties to industry; railways arrived at the village in the 1840s, and the nearby Thorpe Marsh Power Station opened in 1963. Today, Barnby Dun is a residential area with a mix of modern and older properties. There are local shops, a primary school, and recreational facilities, such as a village hall and playing fields, in the area. The village is known for its friendly community and good transport links to nearby towns and cities, making it a popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprotbrough
Sprotbrough is a village in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 7,548 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The village is transected by the A1(M) motorway and is situated at the top of the Don Gorge, some west of Doncaster city centre. With Cusworth to the north, it forms the civil parish of Sprotbrough and Cusworth, which had a population of 12,134 in 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011. The electoral ward of Sprotbrough, including numerous rural villages to the north and west, had a population of 11,143. History The place name 'Sprotbrough' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Sproteburg''. The name is thought to mean 'Sprot's borough'. Much of the local land was owned by the Fitzwilliam family until the 15th century, when the Copley family emerged as major landowners. Sprotbrough Village harbours the Grade I listed St Mary's Church and The Old Rectory – the childhood home of Second World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scawthorpe
Scawthorpe is a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England on the A638 road. It is split between the city council wards of Roman Ridge and Bentley. History Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it was in the civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ... of Bentley with Arksey. Scawthorpe expanded in the early 20th century following the opening of Bentley Colliery, when affordable houses were built by the National Coal Board. Development has slowed since the 1970s, however recent residential developments include The Sycamores, Kingdom Close and Mayfields in the north-west, and Scotsman Drive in the south. Geography Scawthorpe is situated primarily to the east of the A638 road, straddling it in its northern extremity where it meets the B642 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scawsby
Scawsby is a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-west of the city centre on the A635 road to Barnsley close to its terminus with the A638. Geography Sunnyfields, Scawthorpe, Bentley, Cusworth, Marr and Little Canada (clockwise from the north) are neighbouring settlements. The local parish church in Scawsby is the Church of St Leonard and St Jude on Barnsley Road. Scawsby is not a civil parish in its own right, mostly forming part of Brodsworth parish, which had a population of 2,936 at the 2011 census. Therefore, it has no official boundaries, but is generally considered to be separated from Sunnyfields by the Roman Ridge to the north, and is interwoven with Cusworth to the south. Listed buildings in the village include 17th century Scawsby Hall and a Tudor cottage. The A635 Barnsley Road is the main thoroughfare through Scawsby. On Barnsley Road is the local primary school, Scawsby Saltersgate Junior School, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Sandall
Long may refer to: Measurement * Long, characteristic of something of great duration * Long, characteristic of something of great length * Longitude (abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate * Longa (music), note value in early music mensural notation Places Asia * Long District, Laos * Long District, Phrae, Thailand * Longjiang (other) or River Long (lit. "dragon river"), one of several rivers in China * Yangtze River or Changjiang (lit. "Long River"), China Elsewhere * Long, Somme, France People * Long (Chinese surname) * Long (Western surname) Fictional characters * Long (''Bloody Roar''), in the video game series * Long, Aeon of Permanence in Honkai: Star Rail Sports * Long, a fielding term in cricket * Long, in tennis and similar games, beyond the service line during a serve and beyond the baseline during play Other uses * , a U.S. Navy ship name * Long (finance), a position in finance, especially stock markets * Lòng, name for a laneway in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Sandall
Kirk Sandall is an outer suburb of Doncaster, located around north-east of the city centre, in the civil parish of Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 8,524 and by 2011 this had risen to 8,592. The parish covers Barnby Dun an ..., in the county of South Yorkshire, England. It is served by Kirk Sandall railway station. In 1921 the parish had a population of 606. On 1 October 1921 the parish was abolished to form "Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall". See also * Listed buildings in Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall * The Church of the Good Shepherd, Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe References External links Kirk Sandall Infants SchoolKirk Sandall Junior School10th Doncaster Scout Group (Kirk Sandall & Barnby Dun) {{authority control Villages in Doncaster Former civil parishes in South Yorkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intake, Doncaster
Intake is a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The area borders Town Fields, a large area of public land based on Town Moor Avenue. It contains 'Town Moor' which is part of the Intake electoral ward, although 'Town Fields' is a local Doncaster Council administrative area which encompasses the Town Moor district. The Town Fields area comprises private housing built up to the 1930s. Intake is largely a council estate built on the edge of Doncaster during the prosperous 1950s & 1960s. Intake is also home to Sandall Beat Woods. Populated places in South Yorkshire Geography of Doncaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hexthorpe
Hexthorpe is a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the area's shape resembles a rhombus, with borders with Balby and Doncaster city centre, separated by railway lines and the river separating the area from the villages of Sprotbrough and Newton. The Hexthorpe House was a well known pub in the area. Following a fire, the pub remained derelict for a few months and the remains were demolished in 2009. The old pub sign was saved and has now been erected in Hexthorpe Flatts Park. Education Schooling of four to eleven-year-old children is provided in the local area by Hexthorpe Primary School, which also offers a nursery for pre-school-aged children. The school is listed by Ofsted as one of the highest achieving schools in the borough. Children living in Hexthorpe, who are of secondary school age, fall within the catchment areas for Hall Cross Academy, Astrea Academy Woodfields and Doncaster College. There are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edlington
Edlington is a town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, lying to the south west of Doncaster and Warmsworth. It has a population of 8,276. The original parish town of Edlington is now known as ''Old Edlington''; adjacent, and to the north, is ''New Edlington''. It is often referred to by locals as 'Edlo'. Since 1974 Edlington has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire. It had, since 1894, formed part of Doncaster Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic period During the final stages of the last Ice Age, a period known as the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Periods, Edlington was a place of settlement for the Palaeolithic groups of early nomadic humans. The groups had followed the improving climate northwards as the ice sheets covering Europe retreated. In 2003 the South Yorkshire Archaeological Survey found compelling evidence that these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edenthorpe
Edenthorpe is a village and civil parish on the eastern edge of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 4,752, increasing slightly to 4,776 at the 2011 Census. The village lies to the north east of Doncaster city centre. History Edenthorpe is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a Saxon manor called Stirestrop, later known as Tristrop. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, it became Streethorpe, a village on the street, a road from Doncaster to Goole. The modern derivation of the name came about because of the ''Eden'' family (the Eden's of Streethorpe), whose influence in the 1920s, resulted in a shortening of the address into just ''Edenthorpe''. Another story states that Lord Auckland, a member of the Eden family, bought the manor house in 1874 and renamed the estate ''Edenthorpe'', from where the village took its new name. The village's first major residents were the Swyfts, who built the Manor House. In 1605. After the family fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cusworth
Cusworth is a village and suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, located to its north-west within the civil parish of Sprotbrough and Cusworth and the City of Doncaster, with a population of 4,728. It is home to Cusworth Hall, an 18th century country house, and its surrounding parkland. Some buildings in the old village can be dated back to the 16th century. The village's historic cottages, semi-rural location and situation on the edge of a plateau has led to it sometimes being referred to as ‘a piece of the Cotswolds in Yorkshire’. History Cusworth was first recorded as ''Cuzeuuorde'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. By 1560, the original manor house and estate belonged to Sir Christopher Wray, who was once Speaker of the House of Commons, and his family. By 1669, it was owned by the Wrightson family. William Wrightson decided in 1740 to build the current Cusworth Hall, which existed as a home for the family until 1961 when the council purchased it and convert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
