Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
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| Borough of Doncaster | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Historic County: | Yorkshire, West Riding |
| Ceremonial County: | South Yorkshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 87th 567.98 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Doncaster |
| ONS code: | 00CE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 19th 289,600 510 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.7% White 1.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.doncaster.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Mayor & Cabinet |
| Mayor: | Martin Winter (Labour) |
| MPs: | Jeff Ennis, Caroline Flint, Ed Miliband, Rosie Winterton |
The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.
In addition to the town of Doncaster, the borough covers Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley, where the former Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber base was converted into a passenger airport, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, opened in spring 2005.
The borough was created on April 1 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former county borough of Doncaster along with the urban districts of Adwick le Street, Bentley with Arksey, Conisborough, Mexborough, Tickhill along with Doncaster Rural District and Thorne Rural District, the parish of Finningley from East Retford Rural District and small parts of the parish of Harworth from Worksop Rural District from Nottinghamshire.
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[edit] Population Statistics
| WARD | POPULATION | HOUSEHOLDS |
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| Adwick | 16,142 | 6,220 |
| Armthorpe | 16,977 | 6,495 |
| Askern | 11,414 | 4,293 |
| Balby | 14,336 | 5,514 |
| Bentley Central | 12,168 | 4,665 |
| Bentley North Road | 11,606 | 4,728 |
| Bessacarr | 13,652 | 5,425 |
| Central | 11,481 | 5,144 |
| Conisborough | 14,894 | 5,837 |
| Edlington & Warmsworth | 12,291 | 4,641 |
| Hatfield | 15,048 | 5,630 |
| Intake | 10,994 | 4,417 |
| Mexborough | 15,282 | 6,281 |
| Richmond | 13,471 | 5,308 |
| Rossington | 12,647 | 4,705 |
| South East | 16,880 | 6,247 |
| Southern Parks | 14,439 | 5,520 |
| Stainforth | 15,447 | 5,825 |
| Thorne | 17,057 | 6,380 |
| Town Field | 11,131 | 4,587 |
| Wheatley | 11,497 | 4,877 |
| Doncaster Total | 288,854 | 112,739 |
[edit] Famous people
- Historical
Boole made significant contributions in several areas of mathematics, but was immortalised for two works in 1847 and 1854, in which he represented logical expressions in a mathematical form now known as Boolean Algebra. Boole's work was all the more impressive because, with the exception of elementary school and a short time in a commercial school, he was almost completely self-educated.
Boole created the concept of Boolean Algebra whilst strolling on Doncaster Town Fields one lunch time. Boole (originally from Lincoln) was working as an accountant on South Parade in Doncaster.<ref>University of St Andrews Mac Tutor Profile</ref>
Crapper was born in Thorne, near Doncaster and is famous for inventing the modern day waterfall flushing toilet. A stained glass window has been installed in St. Lawrence's church in the Doncaster village of Hatfield as a commemoration to this 19th century inventor.
- Modern Day
- Kevin Keegan - International footballer.<ref>BBC Sport information page - as of August 24 2006</ref>
- Jeremy Clarkson - Journalist.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165087/</ref>
- Leslie Garrett - World renowned opera singer.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1734956.stm</ref>
[edit] Elected Mayor
It is widely thought that a Political scandal popularly known as Donnygate, was a major factor behind the residents of the area voting for the establishment of a directly-elected mayor in 2001. The first mayor, Martin Winter, representing the Labour Party, was elected in 2002 and successfully defended his post in 2005. The council as a whole has been dominated by the Labour Party traditionally, but in the 2004 local elections, they lost overall control of the council (though they retained more councillors than any other single party).
A local minor party, the Community Group, has a number of councillors.
[edit] Places
Settlements in the borough of Doncaster include:
- Adwick-le-Street, Arksey, Armthorpe, Askern, Auckley, Austerfield
- Balby, Barnburgh, Barnby Dun, Bawtry, Belle Vue, Bentley, Bessacarr, Blaxton, Braithwaite, Braithwell, Branton, South Yorkshire, Brodsworth, Burghwallis
- Cadeby, Campsall, Cantley, Carcroft, Clayton, Clifton, Conisbrough, Cusworth
- Denaby, Dunsville
- Edenthorpe, Edlington
- Fenwick, Finningley, Fishlake
- Hampole, Hatfield, Hayfield, Hexthorpe, Highfields, Woodlands, Hickleton, High Melton, Hooton Pagnell
- Intake, Kirk Sandall
- Loversall
- Mexborough
- New Rossington, Norton
- Rossington
- Scawsby, Scawthorpe, Skellow, Sprotbrough, Stainforth, Stainton, South Yorkshire, Sykehouse
- Thorne, Tickhill, Town Moor
- Wadworth, Warmsworth, West Bessacarr, Wheatley, Wheatley Hills, Woodlands
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Donny Online homepage
- Doncaster Belles L.F.C. homepage
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. homepage
- Doncaster Races homepage
- Doncaster Forum & message boards
- Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
- Hundreds of photos taken in and around Doncaster
| Ceremonial county of South Yorkshire Image:Yorkshire rose.svg | ||
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan districts: | City of Sheffield • Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham • Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster • Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley | |
| Cities/Towns: | Adwick le Street • Anston • Armthorpe • Askern • Aughton • Barnsley • Bawtry • Birdwell • Beighton • Bentley • Chapeltown • Conisbrough • Cudworth • Darfield • Darton • Dinnington • Dodworth • Doncaster • Finningley • Great Houghton • Grimethorpe • Harthill • Hatfield • Highlane • Hoyland Nether • Kirk Sandall • Maltby • Mexborough • Moorends • Mosborough • Norton • Oughtibridge • Rawmarsh • Rossington • Rotherham • Royston • Scholes • Sheffield City Centre • Stainforth • Stocksbridge • Swinton • Thorne • Thorpe Hesley • Thurcroft • Thurnscoe • Tickhill • Todwick • Treeton • Wales • Wath upon Dearne • Wharncliffe Side • Wombwell • Woodsetts • Worsbrough See also: List of civil parishes in South Yorkshire | |
| Districts of Yorkshire and the Humber | Image:Yorkshire rose.svg |
| Barnsley | Bradford | Calderdale | Craven | Doncaster | East Riding of Yorkshire | Hambleton | Harrogate | Hull | Kirklees | Leeds | North Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire | Richmondshire | Rotherham | Ryedale | Scarborough | Selby | Sheffield | Wakefield | York | |
| Counties with multiple districts: North Yorkshire - South Yorkshire - West Yorkshire |
