Thorpe in Balne is a village and

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 ...

in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ...

, England. It had a population of 176 at the 2001 census, increasing to 203 at the 2011 Census. A

moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats can be dry or filled with water. In some places, moats evolved into more extensive water d ...

ed site with a chapel and a fishpond near the manor house is a Grade II* listed monument. The chapel once served as the village church. Another moated site in the civil parish is located at Tilts. Residents of Thorpe in Balne were asked to evacuate their homes during the 2019 United Kingdom floods. Thorpe in Balne - Manor House

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Villages in Doncaster Civil parishes in South Yorkshire {{SouthYorkshire-geo-stub

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