Scawsby is a suburb of

Doncaster Doncaster ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest se ...

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, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-west of the city centre on the

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close to its terminus with the

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Geography

Sunnyfields,

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 ...

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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 18 ...

, 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

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in its own right, mostly forming part of

Brodsworth Brodsworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster district in South Yorkshire, England. Situated about five miles north-west of Doncaster city centre, the parish also includes Scawsby. According to the 2001 census, it had a popul ...

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 Roman Ridge is a bridleway that was part of the Roman road of Ermine Street, between Scawsby and Redhouse to the north of Doncaster, England. This footpath departs from the A638 road at The Sun junction with the A635 (or Barnsley Road). It ...

to the north, and is interwoven with Cusworth to the south. Scawsby Hall - geograph

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, with Scawsby Saltersgate Infant School, Scawsby Community Centre, Scawsby Health Centre, and two

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, Scawsby Mill and The Sun. Rosedale School,

Ridgewood School Ridgewood School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Scawsby, Doncaster, England. The school gained academy status in October 2011, and was a specialist Engineering College prior to September 2015. Catchment area The Scho ...

and

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are all other schools in Scawsby. It is a short distance down from junction 37 of the A1(M) Doncaster Bypass. Scawsby is in the BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire television regions. The local radio stations are TX1 Radio, which covers all of Doncaster and Bassetlaw,

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, a community radio station for Doncaster,

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, a commercial station for South Yorkshire, and

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, the local BBC station.

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and

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networked stations also cover the area.

History

In 2012,

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reported on Scawsby Fisheries, a

fish and chip Fish and chips is a hot dish consisting of battered and fried fish, served with chips. Often considered the national dish of the United Kingdom, fish and chips originated in England in the 19th century. Today, the dish is a common takeaway ...

shop on Rowena Drive which attempted for charity the world fish and chip portion record, with a fry of ''33lb (15kg) of battered cod alongside 64lb (29kg) of chips''. Scawsby Day College of Education operated here in the village, until it closed in 1976. In the ''

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'' it was part of the

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. Its head of manor is

, a village about 3.5 miles north-west of Scawsby.

References

External links

Scawsby Saltersgate Junior SchoolScawsby Saltersgate Infant SchoolScawsby Health Centre Doncaster Council
{{South Yorkshire, state=collapsed Villages in Doncaster