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The Ancient Parish of DONCASTER
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"DONCASTER, a market and parish-town, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, in the soke of Doncaster; 7 miles from Tickhill, 9 from Bawtry, 11 from Thorne, 12 from Rotherham and Blythe, (Notts.) 15 from Ferrybridge and Pontefract, 16 from Worksop, (Notts.) 20 from Wakefield, 37 from York, 165 from London. Market, Saturday. Fairs, April 5 and August 5, for horses, horned cattle, &c. Bankers, Messrs. Cooke, Childers, and Co. draw on Messrs. Gosling and Sharp, 19, Fleet Street; New Bank, Messrs. Leathams, Tew, and Co. draw on Messrs. Dennison, and Co. 106, Fenchurch Street. Principal Inns, Angel, Red Lion, Rein Deer, Black Boy, and Green Dragon. Pop. 8,544. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. George, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £32. 19s. 2d. p.r. !£100. Patron, the Archbishop of York." (There is further information for Doncaster).Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
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[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- The Doncaster Council web site has information relating to Archives, Family History etc.
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. George's Church, Doncaster (view 1).
- St. George's Church, Doncaster (view 2).
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The Altar and Reredos
- Christ Church, Doncaster.
- St. James' Church, Doncaster (view 1).
- St. James' Church, Doncaster (view 2).
- The Baptist Church on Beechfield Road, Doncaster.
- Carr House Wesley Methodist Church, Doncaster.
- Balby Road Methodist Church, Doncaster.
- Alder Grove Methodist Church, Doncaster.
- The Priory Methodist Church, Doncaster.
- The Flintwood Methodist Church, Doncaster.
- The United Reformed Church, Doncaster. (Originally Congregational).
- St. Peter in Chains Roman Catholic Church, Doncaster.
- The Friends' Meeting House (Quaker), Doncaster.
- The Gospel Hall, Doncaster.
- The Church of God of Prophecy, Doncaster.
- The National Spiritualist Church, Doncaster.
- The National Progressive Spiritualist Church, Doncaster.
- Free Christians and Unitarians Church, Doncaster (or what you can see of it through the locked gate).
- St. Katherine's Church, Loversall.
- St. Jude's Church, Hexthorpe.
- The Methodist Church, Hexthorpe.
- St. John the Evangelist's Church, Balby (view 1).
- St. John the Evangelist's Church, Balby (view 2).
- The Roman Catholic Church, Balby.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- All Saints' Church, Intake, now rebuilt on the same site.
- The United Reformed Church, Intake.
- St. Mary's Church, Wheatley.
- St. Andrew's Methodist Church, Wheatley.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Wheatley.
- St. Aidan's Church, Wheatley Hills.
- The Roman Catholic Church, Wheatley Hills.
- St. Paul's Church, Wheatley Park.
- The Baptist Church, Wheatley Park.
- A transcription of Doncaster Baptist Church History
- A transcription of the Doncaster Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Doncaster--Hall-Gate Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Doncaster in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Doncaster Christ Church in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Loversall in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Doncaster.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Loversall.
- Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Doncaster.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Doncaster to another place.
- A transcription of the Doncaster Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Doncaster--Hall-Gate Congregational Church History
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE573028 (Lat/Lon: 53.518759, -1.137274), Doncaster which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. George's Church, Doncaster.
- The 1914-1918 War Memorial at the edge of St. John's Churchyard, Balby.
- The 1914-1918 and 1939-45 War Memorial, St. Jude's Churchyard, Hexthorpe.
- The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SE592025) Belle Vue
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.