92-537: 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 town 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 ,
184-584: A lowland valley in southern Yorkshire. To the west are low rolling hills eventually reaching the Pennines . To the east are the low-lying Isle of Axholme and Humberhead Levels . The south is relatively low-lying, with a large forested area including Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire . The Vale of York lies to the north. The floodplains of the River Don lie to Doncaster's north-east; this area
276-652: A lunatic . She died in January 1798. After significant deliberation in the 1720s, the passage of the River Dun Navigation Acts in 1725 and 1726 and later disagreements in the early 1730s, a cut was made for the construction of the River Dun Navigation canal, and a lock and flood banks were constructed at Barnby Dun. In 1766, Thorpe Marsh and Grumble Hurst – both lands in the parish of Barnby Dun, though parts of Grumble Hurst lied in
368-663: A mayor every four years. Additionally, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is one of twelve districts in the United Kingdom to have a directly elected mayor , currently Ros Jones , who was re-elected in 2021. The local authority applied several times, unsuccessfully, for city status . Its borough population of greater than 300,000 is larger than that of many cities' such as Hull , Southampton and Newcastle . On 28 October 2021, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council announced its bid for Doncaster City for
460-414: A 2011 population of 302,402, while a 2021 estimate was 308,000. The 2011 census figure makes Doncaster's population very slightly larger than that of Rotherham (pop 109,691). Doncaster emerged as an industrial centre in the late 18th to 20th centuries. Its communications, particularly its waterways, meant that it became extremely busy and experienced migration to its centre. Underneath Doncaster lies
552-598: A civil parish until 1921 when it became part of Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall. The civil parish had 774 inhabitants in 1921. The bedrock on which Barnby Dun is built is primarily sedimentary and composed of sandstone and gravel . The village sits atop the Chester Formation , the bedrock of which was formed around 247.1 million years ago during the Olenekian age of the Triassic period. Its parent rock unit
644-761: A few areas in the north of the village, Pleistocene Glaciofluvial Deposits can be found dating to between 860 and 116 thousand years ago, likely corresponding to the Middle Pleistocene Glacial Maximum of 140 thousand years ago. The village is bounded to the north and west by the Hemingbrough Glaciolacustrine Formation of the Devensian Stage , deposits of which can be found within the parish of Barnby Dun at Thorpe Marsh . Evidence of farming upwards of 2,000 years ago has been discovered in
736-480: A huge natural resource by way of deep seam coal. Doncaster's proximity to major urban centres and motorway/rail infrastructure gives it a number of major distribution centres, including the 420-acre Doncaster International Railport , which dispatches goods to Europe. It also has large warehousing and logistic capabilities for retailers such as Next , Tesco , IKEA , Amazon.com , Lidl and Faberge . A marked proportion of fresh and frozen goods for northern supermarkets
828-473: A series of conveyances and indentures primarily including the Kaye family, William West, John Farrar, Edward Bathecombe and Roger Gregory – of the prominent and ancient Gregory family – which resulted in a complicated moiety comprising several lords. Parish records at Barnby Dun's church of St Peter and St Paul began in 1599. Approach boldly, reader, whosoe’er thou art, if an honest man and one who follows
920-399: 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 choice for families and commuters. The parish church of St Peter & St Paul is Grade I listed. The village is located 21.3 miles (34.2 km) from Sheffield. The village has 3,362 inhabitants (2016). Barnby upon Don was
1012-562: A villain involved in Robin's murder in A Gest of Robyn Hode and Robin Hood's Death . In Hanging Wood , also known as Highfields Wood, between Hampole and Highfields , 53°33′39.96″N 1°11′58.68″W / 53.5611000°N 1.1996333°W / 53.5611000; -1.1996333 a small stream known as Robin Hood's stream springs from underneath the Roman Road and runs into
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#17327760733621104-514: Is a shopping centre and transport interchange. Opened in June 2006, it connects with the railway and bus stations. Lakeside Village, a retail outlet with some 45 retail shops and restaurants lies along the A6182 dual carriageway. The Waterdale area of the town centre is currently undergoing rejuvenation, with a new theatre (known as CAST), new civic offices and a new public square having been completed on
1196-604: Is about as far north as the 21.5 °C (70.7 °F) average July/August maximum temperature isotherm reaches – Indeed, the August 1990 record high of 35.5 °C (95.9 °F) is the most northerly temperature above 35 °C (95 °F) in the British Isles. The nearby town of Bawtry, slightly further south, still holds the UK's September monthly record high temperature of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), set in 1906. Typically,
1288-402: Is an ancient word for baker: Baxtergate was the bakers' street. Historians believe that Frenchgate may be named after French-speaking Normans who settled there. The medieval township is known to have been protected by earthen ramparts and ditches, with four substantial gates as entrances to the town. These were located at Hall Gate, St Mary's Bridge (old), St Sepulchre Gate and Sunny Bar. Today
1380-402: Is controlled throughout the town by the local planning authority , Doncaster Council. It reduces urban sprawl , prevent areas in the conurbation from further convergence, protects outlying communities, encourages brownfield reuse, and protects nearby countryside by restricting development in the designated areas and imposing stricter conditions on permitted building. It surrounds the side of
1472-536: Is dispatched by road from Doncaster. On 5 March 2004, Doncaster was granted Fairtrade Town status. Over the last few years the Doncaster Lakeside , as home to the Doncaster Rovers ground, has undergone modernisation. Doncaster has a bowling alley and a cinema near Lakeside. The Dome, opened in 1989 by Princess Diana , contains a swimming pool, gym, ice rink and café. The Frenchgate Centre
1564-702: Is here. Arksey School is in the neighbouring village of Arksey . Doncaster Doncaster ( / ˈ d ɒ ŋ k ə s t ər , - k æ s -/ DONK -ə-stər, DONK -ast-ər ) 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
1656-522: Is now crossable in the parish at Applehurst Lane (private), Thorpe Road, Bramwith Road and Stainforth Road. Although schools had been mentioned in Barnby Dun throughout the 19th century, the first official school opened in the village came in 1871 by the vicar of the time, John Duffin. The first headmaster was Charles Newbound. Also in 1871, the population of the parish was recorded as 484. Duffin, who had studied at St John's College, Cambridge , became
1748-404: Is regularly flooded, notably in 2007 and 2019. Thorne and Hatfield Moors , east of Doncaster, is the largest area of low-lying peat bog in the United Kingdom. It is protected as a national nature reserve. Potteric Carr , including Potteric Carr Nature Reserve , lies to the south. Doncaster is within a green belt that extends into the surrounding counties. First defined in 1966, the policy
1840-681: 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 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
1932-552: Is the Sherwood Sandstone Group . In the newer parts of the village to the east, River Terrace Deposits are found dating to the present Quaternary period , composed primarily of sand and gravel. Late Pleistocene alluvium deposits can be found in the far west of the village around the River Don Navigation canal, due to silt , clay and gravel deposition on the River Don floodplain . In
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#17327760733622024-628: The 12th-century chapel beside the manor house by a group of some forty men led by Edward Lancaster of Skipton – who raped, threatened and forcefully married her – and including John Paslewe [Pashley], a resident of Barnby Dun proper. Beaumont's servants, John Cooke and John Louth, were also assaulted and 100 shillings were stolen from the Beaumont estate. A petition was made to parliament in 1453 by Joan's son Henry and contracted husband Charles Nowell, Esq. which resulted in Lancaster's imprisonment and
2116-668: The Environment Agency . In 1982, the old wooden swing bridge across the River Dun Navigation canal connecting Madam Lane and Fordstead Lane was demolished and replaced by a new bascule bridge which remains to the present day. In 1994, Barnby Dun Old School closed and was replaced by Barnby Dun Primary Academy. The Old School was reopened in July 2005 as a community centre, and the site is leased to local businesses. Large housing developments were undertaken in
2208-539: The First English Civil War , King Charles I marched by Bridgnorth , Lichfield and Ashbourne to Doncaster, where on 18 August 1645 he was met by numbers of Yorkshire gentlemen who had rallied to his cause. On 2 May 1664, Doncaster was rewarded with the title of Free Borough as a way for the King (Charles I's son, King Charles II ) to express gratitude for the allegiance. Doncaster was connected to
2300-491: The Foliot family were landholders in Barnby Dun, including Richard Foliot who held one quarter of the village by 1292. Some five years later, in 1297, the manor of Barnby Dun is referenced as being held by Richard de Barnby and his family and other de Barnbys are referenced as potential lords in Barnby Dun around this time. In 1347, the widow of Frank de Barnby – Idonia – leased the manor of Barnby-upon-Don to Piere de Marchelay for
2392-552: The Latin castra (military camp; fort). It was mentioned in the 1003 will of Wulfric Spott . Shortly after the Norman Conquest , Nigel Fossard refortified the town and built Conisbrough Castle . By the time of Domesday Book , Hexthorpe in the wapentake of Strafforth was said to have a church and two mills . The historian David Hey says these facilities represent the settlement at Doncaster. He also suggests that
2484-497: The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 , which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country. The borough boundaries were enlarged several times, notably in 1914 when it absorbed Balby with Hexthorpe and Wheatley. By 1927 the borough was considered large enough to run its own county-level services, and so it was made a county borough , independent from West Riding County Council . The county borough
2576-651: The Pilgrimage of Grace ended in Doncaster. This rebellion led by the lawyer Robert Aske commanded 40,000 Yorkshire people against Henry VIII, in protest at the Dissolution of the Monasteries . Many of Doncaster's streets are named with the suffix "-gate", after the old Danish word gata , meaning street. In medieval times, craftsmen or tradesmen with similar skills tended to live in the same street. Baxter
2668-630: The West Riding of Yorkshire in 1899. Under the Local Government Act 1972 it was drawn into a new metropolitan borough in 1974 and became part of the new county of South Yorkshire. Doncaster has traditionally been prosperous within the wapentake of Stafford and Tickhill . The borough was known for rich landowners and huge stately homes such as Brodsworth Hall , Cantley Hall , Cusworth Hall , Hickleton Hall , Nether Hall and Wheatley Hall (demolished 1934). This wealth appears in
2760-612: The medieval legal sense of "Forest" meaning an area designated for hunting. Maps from 1579 and 1610 show small enclosed areas of woodland in Rutland, one of which is labelled Barnsdale, that were created for hunting and would have been enclosed by earth banks and wooden palings. In the earliest medieval ballads of Robin Hood from the fifteenth century, the outlaw is said to have made Barnsdale Forest his abode and base of operations (for example, in " Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne ", and in " A Gest of Robyn Hode " ). Notable locations within
2852-633: The 1960s. Perhaps the most striking building to survive is St George's Minster , built in the 19th century and promoted from a parish church in 2004. Doncaster was already a communication centre by this time. It straddled the Great North Road or A1 , gaining strategic importance, as this was the main route for traffic between London and Edinburgh . Doncaster is represented in the House of Commons by three Members of Parliament (MPs). Sally Jameson represents Doncaster Central , Ed Miliband ,
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2944-459: The 19th-century Doncaster Corn Exchange building (1873). The Corn Exchange was much rebuilt in 1994 after a major fire. During the 14th century, numerous friars arrived in Doncaster who were known for their religious enthusiasm and preaching. In 1307 the Franciscan friars ( Greyfriars ) arrived, as did Carmelites (Whitefriars) in the mid-14th century. Other major medieval features included
3036-639: The A639 follows the course of the Roman Road more closely whilst the A1 follows a more recent route. Several villages and geological features along this route are mentioned in the early ballads of Robin Hood as being places the outlaw visited. TDoncaster, farther south, is not mentioned, but is referred to in the names of David of Doncaster , a Merry Man in Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow , and Roger of Doncaster,
3128-519: The Don Valley, in the lee of the Pennines, and inland from the North Sea, mean daytime summer temperatures are no lower than parts of South East England, despite the more northerly location. The nearest weather station is RAF Finningley, now known as Doncaster Sheffield Airport , about 5.5 mi (8.9 km) to the south-east of Doncaster city centre and at a similar elevation. The Doncaster area
3220-697: The Great , who was headquartered there while his father was based in nearby York . The Register names the unit as under the command of the " Duke of the Britons ". In 1971 the Danum shield , a rectangular Roman shield dating to the 1st or 2nd century CE, was recovered from the site of the Danum fort. An inscribed altar, dedicated to the Matres by Marcus Nantonius Orbiotalus, was found at St Sepulchre Gate in 1781. This
3312-670: The Hospital of St Nicholas and the leper colony of the Hospital of St James, a moot hall , a grammar school and a five-arched stone town bridge with a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Bridge. By 1334, Doncaster was the wealthiest town in southern Yorkshire and the sixth in Yorkshire as a whole, even boasting its own banker. By 1379, it was recovering from the Black Death , which had reduced its population to 1,500. In October 1536,
3404-425: The King, but if less than that depart, lest unknowingly, and by chance, thou shouldst press with thy heel these pious ashes, for Roger Portington’s bones lying beneath can ill bear a rebel’s foot. A man of ancient lineage and faithful to his chief illustrious, broken down by plunder and imprisonment, weary of years, as it were heavy with sleep, has gone to sleep, awaiting the morn of resurrection with Jane his wife, till
3496-455: The Levett monopoly. Doncaster's Levet Road is named after the family, as are nearby hamlets of Hooton Levitt and the largely abandoned Levitt Hagg , where much of the town's early limestone was quarried. During the 16th and 17th centuries, Doncaster continued to expand, but it suffered several outbreaks of plague between 1562 and 1606. Each struck down significant numbers of victims. During
3588-800: The Queen's Platinum Jubilee . This has been supported by the Doncaster Labour Group and the Doncaster Conservative Association. All three MPs for Doncaster expressed support for city status, with Don Valley 's Nick Fletcher speaking for it in Parliament. Alongside seven other areas, Doncaster was announced to have succeeded in its bid to gain city status on 20 May 2022 as part of the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II . The city status applies to
3680-439: The canal, was rebuilt opposite Ramper Lane by architect Harry Armitage Hickson in the early 1920s. The construction of Thorpe Marsh Power Station began in 1959 and the station opened in 1963, providing a new, significant opportunity for employment in Barnby Dun. Four workmen were accidentally killed at Thorpe Marsh on 7 January 1973, and a memorial stone was placed by the site of the power station. It has since been relocated to
3772-407: The central part of the parish, including the town. Such townships were also made civil parishes in 1866. Doncaster was also an ancient borough , with its earliest known charter dating from 1194. The borough just covered the Doncaster township, although it exerted some authority over a surrounding rural area known as the soke. The borough was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under
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3864-456: The church a stained glass window to the memory of his father, James Newsome, his mother and his elder brother. Milnthorp died on 5 May 1923 aged 81 after having sold much of his land on the boundary with Kirk Sandall to Pilkington's Glass Works . Sandhurst was built on Station Road by Samuel Porter in 1910 alongside significant sand and gravel workings in the area and near Park Hill around the same time. The Star Inn, originally located closer to
3956-444: The church of St Peter and St Paul, Barneby. Later on in the 13th century, likely during the term of rector William de la Ryvere, the original wooden structure of the church was replaced by the beginnings of the present-day limestone building, though many additions and alterations have been made throughout the intervening centuries. During the 1221 dispute, one Hugh Folioth or Foliot is named, and it appears that throughout 13th century
4048-575: The church of St Peter and St Paul. It was announced on 8 June 1993 that Thorpe Marsh Power Station would be closing following the privatisation and dissolution of the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1991. The station closed in 1994 and its six cooling towers were progressively demolished on 1 April 10 June, 5 and 19 August 2012. No explosives were used to protect the River Don, and bulldozers were used instead. On 4 September 1967, Barnby Dun railway station
4140-594: 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 received city status by Letters Patent . A ceremony to confer city status took place at Mansion House on 9 November 2022 as part of a tour of Yorkshire by King Charles III and Queen Camilla . Possibly inhabited earlier, Doncaster grew up on
4232-667: The conference in Doncaster, UKIP were "now parking our tanks on the Labour Party's lawn", referring to Labour leader Ed Miliband 's Doncaster North constituency. Shortly afterwards in the seat, at the 2015 general election , UKIP won 8,928 votes to Labour's 20,708. In the 2016 membership referendum , 69 per cent of Doncaster voted to leave the European Union. Doncaster forms part of the South Yorkshire Combined Authority , which elects
4324-427: The construction of a railway which would pass through Barnby Dun. The original South Yorkshire Railway opened in 1849, but did not pass through Barnby Dun until 1856 when a line along the River Dun Navigation was created between Doncaster and Thorne . The line was opened on 7 July 1856, along with the first railway station in Barnby Dun . In 1860, prominent landowner George Frederick Milnthorp – who also held part of
4416-435: The east of Barnby Dun in 2000, followed by further plans to develop housing on a 27.7-acre site north of Hatfield Lane in 2019. The construction of 166 houses were proposed by Stonebridge Homes, though such plans are yet to come to fruition. Boats are used on the canal and River Don . Barnby Dun railway station operated here until its closure. Kirk Sandall railway station still operates close by. Barnby Dun Primary School
4508-525: The forest of Barnsdale which are directly related to the Robin Hood legend include Wentbridge and Campsall . There is a Robin Hood's Well , a small monument (apparently designed by John Vanbrugh ) lying next to the A1 between the Red House junction and Barnsdale Bar, between the villages of Skelbrooke and Burghwallis . However, it was moved around 1960 when the junction was being constructed, so
4600-749: The former Labour Party leader , represents Doncaster North , and Lee Pitcher represents the Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme . From 2023 , the Don Valley constituency will be renamed Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme , and will cover part of North Lincolnshire . A new Rawmarsh and Conisbrough constituency will be created covering the south-western suburbs of Doncaster and parts of Rotherham. Doncaster Central and Doncaster North will see minor boundary changes. In September 2014, UKIP held an annual party conference at Doncaster Racecourse . UKIP party leader Nigel Farage claimed that by holding
4692-559: The gates at Sunny Bar are commemorated by huge "Boar Gates"; similarly, the entrance to St Sepulchre Gate is commemorated by white marble "Roman Gates". The boundary of the town mainly extended from the Don along a route known now Market Road, Silver Street, Cleveland Street and Printing Office Street. Access to the town was restricted and some officeholders secured charters to collect tolls. In 1605, King James I granted to William Levett of Doncaster, brother of York merchant Percival Levett ,
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#17327760733624784-498: The green belt is to encourage recreation and leisure interests, with rural landscape features, greenfield areas and facilities including the River Don and valley west of Hexthorpe; Hexthorpe Park; Cusworth Hall , museum and country park; Potteric Carr and Huxter Well Marsh; and the Trans Pennine Trail . Doncaster has a maritime climate lacking extreme temperatures, like much of the British Isles. Its low elevation in
4876-556: The junction, about eight miles north-northwest of Doncaster. There are three limestone quarries nearby, and archeological digs at the site have turned up materials dating back to the Iron Age and Neolithic eras. Barnsdale Forest refers to the area south of Barnsdale Bar. Despite the name, archeological evidences suggests historically the area was predominantly an agricultural landscape of enclosures, trackways and fields; rather than being covered with trees. The name may derive from
4968-485: The last trumpet shall sound. 17th-century memorial to Roger Portington, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Barnby Dun (translated from original Latin ) In 1637, Charles I granted – among other lands and tenements – free rents and tenancies in Barnby Dun to his third cousin The Earl of Lennox , which may have pre-emptively evidenced a strong royalist sentiment on behalf of the most senior Portington and lord at
5060-825: The late 70s. Doncaster provided an alternative land route between Lincoln and York , while the main route Ermine Street involved parties breaking up to cross the Humber in boats. As this was not always practical, the Romans saw Doncaster as an important staging post. The Roman road appears on two routes recorded in the Antonine Itinerary . The itinerary includes the same section of road between Lincoln and York and lists three stations between these two coloniae . Routes 7 and 8 ( Iter VII & VIII ) are entitled "the route from York to London ". Several areas of intense archaeological interest have been identified in
5152-593: The longest serving church leader on record at St Peter and St Paul by 1890, and he died on 3 April 1906 at the age of 80, having served as vicar in Barnby Dun for 50 years. During his term, in 1887, the number of bells in the church were increased to six. Barnby Dun's methodist church records began in 1875. In 1909, a pipe organ was installed in the church by Norman & Beard , which was given by George Frederick Milnthorp and Andrew Carnegie of Skibo Castle . It replaced an earlier 1862 organ by Samuel Meacock (1826–1903), given by John Henry Newsome, who had also given to
5244-594: The luxurious, historic gilded 18th-century Mansion House in High Street . This land ownership developed over what is an ancient market place and large buildings were erected in the 19th century, including the Market Hall and Corn Exchange . The old Doncaster Guildhall in Frenchgate was designed by John Butterfield with a tetrastyle portico and completed in 1847: it was demolished in the redevelopment of
5336-402: The manor alongside Richard Heptonstall and one Mr. Ross in 1881 – built the first of three malt kilns in the village, located near to the boundary with Kirk Sandall. This represented one of the first shifts in employment opportunity after the agricultural era for residents of Barnby Dun. The West Riding and Grimsby Railway opened in 1866, intersecting the north of Barnby Dun. This railway line
5428-557: The manor in Barnby Dun and be associated with the village for the best part of 300 years after their arrival. By the end of the 16th century, the Portingtons had lived in Barnby Dun for over a century and had been involved in land disputes through the 16th century, including the seizure of tithe payment to the parsonage in Hatfield in the 1530s. In the 1530s and 40s, Lionel Portington and Thomas Hungate were involved in disputes over
5520-417: The manor of Barnby Dun and Hungate was leased part of the manor by Mary I in 1553. A similar set of manors including Barnby Dun were in 1581 leased by Elizabeth I to Thomas Heneage . The manor of Barnby Dun by the late 16th century mostly belonged to the Blyth family. Throughout the 1580s and 90s, John Blyth, William Blyth and Anthony Blyth – who also owned part of the manor of Quarmby – were involved in
5612-446: The monks to collect tithes of grain in the village. The outcome of the dispute, adjudicated by the Abbot of Selby and two priors in York , was that the monks would continue to collect tithes in Barnby Dun as long as payment of eleven pounds of incense were made to the church annually, and that an adequate area of land was cultivated by the monks. In 1244, the second recorded church leader – Benedict – can be found as rector of
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#17327760733625704-492: The north of Barnby Dun near Ling House, where a brickwork pattern field system was identified. One human cremation was also identified, potentially dating back further to the Bronze Age . Before the arrival of the Normans in 1066, there are mentioned in the Domesday Book three landholders. These were Anglo-Saxon men named Ulfkil, Ketilbert and Oswulf, the first of whom was lord of the manor and held two taxed bovates . Ketilbert and Oswulf, however, both held nine bovates in
5796-480: The parish and a priest and church are named in the lands of Oswulf, constituting the first reference of a religious site in Barnby Dun. In the Domesday Book, Barnby Dun is referred to as "Barnebi", highlighting the village's name as of Norse origin when part of the Danelaw . The most prominent explanation for its etymology pertains to a "village of the children", most likely referring to a settlement held jointly by multiple heirs. Some interpretations, however, claim
5888-425: The parish of Arksey – were enclosed. The enclosure award was granted two years later. Barnby Dun would itself later be enclosed in 1803, the award being granted in 1808. On 10 July 1798, a 29-year-old James Bruce , fifth son of the 5th Earl of Elgin and former Member of Parliament for Marlborough , was drowned in the River Don while attempting to cross at Barnby Dun on horseback. The following year, flooding
5980-410: The rail network in 1848 and a plant and carriage works for Great Northern Railway was constructed in the town in 1853. The Doncaster Carr rail depot was opened in 1876. The area to the east of Doncaster started developing settlements where coal miners lived from the 1850s onwards, exploiting coal near Barnsley . One such settlement is Deneby. Doncaster and surrounding settlements became part of
6072-427: The real well is actually beneath the A1. Another well – Little John's Well – lies to the west of Hampole, between Wrangbrook and Skelbrooke (but closer to the latter). It is also called Little John's Cave. Situated by the A638, to the west of Barnsdale, it was once engraved with the outlaw's name, but is now derelict. South of Barnsdale Bar, the A1 follows the old Roman Ermine Street – north of Barnsdale Bar
6164-404: The reformation of marriage annulment laws to reduce the vulnerability of widowed women. In 1480, John Portington was born in Barnby Dun, the son of Thomas Portington who himself was son of Robert Portington, who both lived in the village but had originally hailed from Portington , East Riding of Yorkshire . The 1480s mark the arrival of the Portington family, who would go on to become lords of
6256-415: The remainder of his life. Also in the 1340s, during the term of John de Barneby, the rectory of Barnby Dun was replaced by a vicarage. It remains as such to the present day. The Poll Tax of 1379 records 108 households in Barnby Dun, here referred to as Barmby super Done, and the tax collected from the village totalled 36 shillings and three pence. The village's vicar at the time, John Prest, can be seen on
6348-464: The rest of the UK. The Doncaster skyline is overlooked by the minster in the middle of the city. The Frenchgate Shopping Centre is in a similar position in the skyline, along with the Doncaster College Hub building. After the old Doncaster College and surrounding buildings were demolished, the new Doncaster Civic Office designed by Cartwright Pickard was built for Doncaster Council at a cost of £20 million and completed in 2012. Doncaster lies in
6440-444: The right to levy tolls at Friar's and St Mary's bridges. Having served as mayors and aldermen of Doncaster, the Levetts probably believed they could control a monopoly. In 1618 the family began enforcing it, but by 1628 the populace revolted. Capt. Christopher Levett , Percival's son, petitioned Parliament to enforce the tolls, but Parliament disagreed, calling them "a grievance to the subjects, both in creation and execution," and axing
6532-452: The site of a Roman fort of the 1st century CE, at a crossing of the River Don . The 2nd-century Antonine Itinerary and early-5th-century Notitia Dignitatum ( Register of Dignitaries ) called the fort Danum . The first section of road to the Doncaster fort had probably been built since the early 50s, while a route through the north Derbyshire hills was opened in the later 1st century, possibly by Governor Gn. Julius Agricola in
6624-659: The site of the Waterdale car park. The old council house and civic theatre have been demolished and new housing is being built in the town itself, opposite Doncaster Racecourse, and in out-of-town suburbs. During the 19th and 20th centuries, confectioners based in Doncaster included Parkinson's the Butterscotch inventors, Nuttalls Mintoes and Murray Mints. In August 2011, Parkinson's put its 190-year-old trademark up for sale on eBay. The waterways, River Don and Don Navigation were used to transport coal from Doncaster to
6716-413: The steel production centres at Rotherham , Scunthorpe and Sheffield . Barnsdale Barnsdale , or Barnsdale Forest , is an area of South and West Yorkshire , England . The area falls within the modern-day districts of Doncaster and Wakefield . Barnsdale was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire . Barnsdale is commonly associated with Robin Hood . Barnsdale historically
6808-464: The street name Frenchgate indicates that Fossard invited fellow Normans to trade in the town. Doncaster was ceded to Scotland in the Treaty of Durham and never formally returned to England. With the 13th century, Doncaster matured into a busy town. In 1194 King Richard I granted it national recognition with a town charter . It suffered a disastrous fire in 1204, from which it slowly recovered. At
6900-421: 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
6992-480: The tax as Johannes Presteson, and many other surnames display the agrarian nature of the village and of the time. The church tower was constructed in 1450 during the vicariate of William Russel. On 27 October 1452 occurred the rape and abduction of Joan Beaumont in the village of Thorpe in Balne , which lies in the parish of Barnby Dun. Joan, the widow of Sir Henry Beaumont (1411–1447), was abducted at high mass from
7084-583: The time, Roger Portington. Thus, at the outbreak of the English Civil War in the 1640s, Portington enlisted as a Lieutenant-Colonel and fought for his monarch but was taken prisoner for 16 years in Hull , his commitment being remembered after his liberation in 1660 on a 17th-century memorial which remains to the present day in Barnby Dun's church. Seemingly as a result of his service to the royalist cause, by 1673 Portington – now in his seventh decade –
7176-554: The time, buildings were built of wood, and open fireplaces used for cooking and heating. In 1248, a charter was granted for Doncaster Market to be held in the area surrounding the Church of St Mary Magdalene, which was built in Norman times. In the 16th century, the church was adapted for use as the town hall . It was finally demolished in 1846. Some 750 years on, the market continues to operate, with busy traders located under cover, at
7268-707: The town, although many such as St Sepulchre Gate remain hidden under buildings. The Roman fort is thought to have lain on the site now taken by St George's Minster , beside the River Don . The Doncaster garrison units are named in a Register produced near the end of Roman rule in Britain : it was the home of the Crispinian Horse, presumably named after the tribes living near Crispiana in Pannonia Superior (near present-day Zirc in western Hungary ), but possibly after Crispus , son of Constantine
7360-481: The urban area west of the East Coast Line, preventing suburbs such as Sprotbrough , New Edlington , Old Edlington , Scawsby and New Rossington merging. As a result, open rural land can be very close to the town centre at some points (for example the wide undeveloped valley of the River Don is adjacent to the town centre), while at other points the urban sprawl rolls on for up to five miles. Another aim of
7452-633: The village's etymology links to being a boundary of the Forest of Barnsdale , an ancient forest (later royal forest ) which may have once rivalled Sherwood Forest in area. By 1086, upon the publication of the Domesday Book, the lands of Ulfkil and lordship of the manor had been granted to the Count of Mortain , comprising 18 bovates, while the lands of Ketilbert and Oswulf had been respectively granted to Roger of Bully and William de Percy , who each held nine bovates as their predecessors had. The latter's land
7544-447: The warmest day of the year reaches 29.1 °C (84.4 °F) and 12 or 13 days report a daytime maximum of 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above. The lowest known temperature is −13.5 °C (7.7 °F), set during December 1981. Online records only go back to 1960, and lower temperatures may have been recorded earlier. During the 1971–2000 period, an average of 51.9 nights of the year recorded an air frost. Typically 106.9 days of
7636-427: The whole metropolitan borough rather than just the built up area of Doncaster. Doncaster formally received the letters patent and became a city when a ceremony took place on 9 November 2022 as part of a royal visit. Doncaster was an ancient parish , which was subdivided into six townships : Balby with Hexthorpe , Langthwaite with Tilts , Long Sandall , Loversall , Wheatley and a Doncaster township covering
7728-459: The year report 1 mm or more of rainfall. Total annual precipitation is slightly below 560 mm (22 in), which is comparable to the driest parts of the UK, due to Doncaster's location in the rain shadow of the Pennines. In the 2011 census the town of Doncaster (identified as the "built-up area subdivision") had a population of 109,805, while the wider " Built-up area " had a population of 158,141. The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster had
7820-430: Was abolished in 1974 and replaced by the larger Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster , which also took in the abolished urban districts of Adwick le Street , Bentley with Arksey , Conisbrough , Mexborough , Tickhill , the rural districts of Doncaster and Thorne , and (from Nottinghamshire) the parish of Finningley and part of the parish of Harworth (the latter being added to the parish of Bawtry ). The borough
7912-410: Was closed and later demolished in July 2008. The Old Manor House at Barnby Dun was demolished in 1969 and its surrounding land replaced by a housing estate. Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve , on the ancient pasture and marshland site adjacent to Thorpe Marsh Power Station, was opened on 16 May 1980. It is now managed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust , while the banks of Thorpe Marsh Drain are maintained by
8004-507: Was donated to the Yorkshire Museum in 1856. Doncaster is generally identified with Cair Daun listed as one of 28 British cities in the 9th-century History of the Britons traditionally ascribed to Nennius . It was certainly an Anglo-Saxon burh , and in that period received its present name: "Don-" ( Old English : Donne ) from the settlement and river and "-caster" ( -ceaster ) from an Old English version of
8096-556: Was in the West Riding of Yorkshire . As there is no village or parish with the name Barnsdale, the area does not have clear boundaries. Barnsdale Bar is the site of the junction of the A1 (the historic Great North Road ), the A639 , and Wrangbrook Lane, Woodfield Road and Long Lane (junction 38 of the A1). Bar refers to where there was once a toll gate , now a service station lies just north of
8188-455: Was managed as lord by Mauger le Vavasour , who also held land near the present-day centre of Doncaster, and whose son of the same name was born in Barnby Dun. In 1221, the first reference is made to a church leader of "St Peter in Barnebi", during a dispute between the monks of Roche Abbey and Hugh, parson of the church in Barnby Dun, who had been accused of interfering with the right of
8280-475: Was mentioned at the River Don in Barnby Dun. In 1822, the population of the village was 495, excluding an additional population of 122 in Thorpe in Balne, of the same parish. There was also recorded one house in an area of the parish known as Reedholme, which was ruined by 1849. Reedholme and the ruins of Reedholme House are now part of Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve . By the early 1820s, plans were being produced for
8372-463: Was raised to city status in 2022. Doncaster is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the largest metropolitan district in England by area . It expanded dramatically in population with the development of coal mining. Closure of coal mines in the 1970s and early 1980s caused economic difficulties; the town then developed its service industry , drawing on the good communication links with
8464-464: Was solely referred to as the lord of the manor of Barnby Dun. He died in late 1683 and the manor passed to his eldest son, also named Roger. The Portingtons remained as lords of the manor until the death of his grandson, a fourth Roger Portington, on 13 May 1751. The last remaining Portington in Barnby Dun was Ann Portington, sister of the final Roger Portington, who in November 1793 aged 73 was declared
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