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21 unusual facts about Doncaster


2008 BAFL season

BritBowl XXII will then be played on September 21, 2008 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.

BritBowl XXII, the league's championship game, is scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on September 21, 2008.

Clas Ohlson

There are now 12 stores in England and Wales, including Manchester, Leeds, Watford, Kingston upon Thames, Reading, Liverpool, Merry Hill, Cardiff, Doncaster, Norwich and Newcastle upon Tyne.

Czerwiński-Shenstone Harbinger

Returned to flight in 1962 with a more rounded canopy closer to the original design, it was the highest ranked two seater at The Northern Glider Competition held at Doncaster in July 1965.

Fred Appleyard

The painting "Old Walls" is hanging at the Mansion House in Doncaster.

Giles Brearley

Industrial Doncaster - jointly written with Paul Walters (Pen and Sword,ISBN 978-1-871647-50-1)

Graham Ibbeson

He has created bronze sculptures in towns and cities across Britain including Leeds, Cardiff, Dover, Barnsley, Doncaster, Northampton, Chesterfield, Middlesbrough, Perth, Otley and Rugby.

Honeychurch

A native of Doncaster, England (in Yorkshire), Millward started playing drums in the brass bands which are traditional in Northern England, and also played in Thumper and other groups in England before joining Honeychurch in 2004.

Joshua Major

Joshua Major (1786–1866) was an English landscape gardener and designer, born on 28 August 1786 in Owston, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire.

Julia Mallam

Julia Mallam (born Juila Oglesby) in August 1982, (Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England) is a British actress, best known for playing Dawn Woods in Emmerdale.

Kelly Harrison

Kelly Harrison (born 1980) is a British actress, educated at Hungerhill School, Edenthorpe, Doncaster.

Margo Gunn

Margo Gunn born 8 February 1956 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, is an English actress and a fully qualified Drama teacher of Drama and Theatre Studies.

Nicholas Gatty

Gatty was a close contemporary and friend of Ralph Vaughan Williams and from around 1900 the latter was to spend summer holidays with the Gattys at Hooton Roberts, between Rotherham and Doncaster, where Gatty's father was Rector.

Paggen William Mayo

Resigning his hospital appointment in 1801, he moved from Conduit Street, London, to Doncaster, and eventually to Bridlington, where he died 6 July 1836.

Robert Dudley Baxter

Robert Dudley Baxter (3 February 1827, Doncaster – 1875, Frognal) was an English economist and statistician.

Rodger Corser

They played their majority of gigs at the Shoppingtown Hotel, Doncaster, Victoria, Australia.

Ruffey Lake Park

It is situated around Ruffey Lake in a portion of a valley through which the Ruffey Creek runs, forming the border between Doncaster and Templestowe.

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

A third of patients come from the outside Sheffield, from all parts of the country, but especially from Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

St Nicholas' Church, Littleborough

Littleborough stands on the site of the Roman town of Segelocum (or Agelocum), which was adjacent to a ford crossing the River Trent on the Roman road between Lincoln and York, by way of Doncaster.

St. Peter's Church, Barnburgh

was returning home late on the heavily wooded track from Doncaster through Sprotborough and High Melton.

The Church of St Peter is found at the centre of the village of Barnburgh, near Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, and serves the communities of Barnburgh and Harlington.


Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle

River Don Novices' Hurdle, a Grade 2 race held at Doncaster in late January or early February.

Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton

Between 1786 and 1814 his horses won seven runnings of the St Leger Stakes at Doncaster.

Armthorpe Welfare F.C.

Armthorpe Welfare F.C. are a football club based in Armthorpe, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

Bessacarr Halt railway station

Bessacarr railway halt was a small halt on the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway in the suburbs of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

Bradley Pryce

Pryce turned professional in July 2001, winning his first fight at the Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England beating David Hines on points over four rounds on a card which included Ricky Hatton, Junior Witter and Ryan Rhodes.

British Rail Class 74

Twenty-four examples of British Rail Class 71 (pre-TOPS type HA) were built in 1958 at the British Rail works in Doncaster and in 1964 ten were deemed surplus to requirements, withdrawn from service and placed in storage.

Bundoora, Victoria

The business park is home to the Australian Headquarters of Continental AG (formerly Siemens VDO) and Doncaster BMW.

Cape Wadworth

Discovered 17 January 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named it to compliment his wife's uncle, Robert John Coulman of Wadworth Hall, Doncaster.

Channel 4 Racing

Major events covered by Channel 4 have included the 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket (throughout its history), the St Leger at Doncaster (throughout its history) and the Cheltenham Festival (since 1995; previously it was covered by the BBC).

City of Manningham

The new municipality contains the former City of Doncaster & Templestowe, but with Ringwood North ceded to the new City of Maroondah and Wonga Park, annexed from the former Shire of Lillydale.

David Cowling

As of 2011, Cowling set up and runs a footballing academy based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, England with his son Lee Cowling.

David Pegg

He was born in the village of Highfields, north of Doncaster and he was buried in the nearby Redhouse Cemetery.

Dread Dragon Droom

Humberside was part of a consortium of LEAs (the others being Barnsley, Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham and, for a time, Wakefield) which established a regional support centre called RESOURCE, based in Doncaster.

HM Prison Doncaster

In 2004, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons accused Serco of "institutional meanness" at Doncaster Prison, and described conditions there as "squalid".

Jamie McDonnell

The fight, in Cannes on 20 March 2010, resulted in a surprise victory for the man from Doncaster with a 10th round stoppage over Arnould to lift his third title in a row.

John Bale

He obtained the living of Thorndon, Suffolk, but in 1534 was summoned before the Archbishop of York for a sermon against the invocation of saints preached at Doncaster, and afterwards before John Stokesley, Bishop of London, but he escaped through the powerful protection of Thomas Cromwell, whose notice he is said to have attracted by his miracle plays.

La Tendresse

La Tendresse was brought back to Europe and in September 1960 she was offered for sale at Doncaster where she was bought for 4,800 guineas by the Irish trainer Paddy Prendergast, acting on behalf of Pansy Parker Poe.

Miles Master

A total of 3,227 Masters were built by Phillips and Powis Aircraft Limited at Woodley, Berkshire; South Marston, Swindon, Wiltshire; and Doncaster, South Yorkshire, the largest number produced of any Miles aircraft type.

Mullum

Mullum Mullum Creek Linear Park, east of Melbourne, Australia in the suburbs of Doncaster East and Donvale

North Midland Railway

From 1966, Sheffield - Doncaster services were switched from Sheffield Victoria to Sheffield (Midland) station, and thus ran over the North Midland line through Rotherham Masborough as far north as Aldwarke Junction (south of Kilnhurst).

Pontefract bus station

Buses run from the bus station around the town of Pontefract and as far a field as Leeds, Castleford, Tadcaster, Selby, Doncaster and Wakefield.

Reg Hollingworth

Hollingworth, born in Doncaster but raised in Rainworth, was training as a mechanical engineer and playing amateur football for Sutton Junction when he was spotted by Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Roman Rigg

Roman Ridge, part of the Roman road of Ermine Street located in the Doncaster area of South Yorkshire

Rossington Main F.C.

Rossington Main F.C. are a football club based in Rossington, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

Scunthorpe General Hospital

Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald, who had owned land on which the steelworks were built, donated land off Doncaster Road for a hospital to be built.

Sean O'Driscoll

He also linked up once again with former Doncaster players Simon Gillett, James Coppinger and Billy Sharp.

Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association

Today, the County FA is responsible for the administration, control, promotion and development of grass-roots football within Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley, Worksop and Huddersfield.

Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation

Doncaster lock was extended in 1909 and 1910, and improvements were made at Doncaster, Rotherham and Tinsley, but trade declined significantly with the onset of the First World War, as many of the steam trawlers which had previously used coal from the waterway were requisitioned by the Admiralty, and were fuelled elsewhere.

There were also proposals for a ship canal from Doncaster to Trent Falls at the same time.

St. Leger Stakes

The race was switched to Ayr in 1989 after the scheduled running at Doncaster was abandoned due to subsidence.

Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon

It was sponsored by the Westfield Group, with the start being at Westfield Parramatta shopping centre and the finish at Westfield Doncaster shopping centre (formerly known as "Doncaster Shoppingtown").

The Armthorpe Academy

The Armthorpe Academy (formerly Armthorpe School) is a secondary school and sixth form located in Armthorpe, Doncaster, England.

Trax FM

The station is based off the A6182 in the south of Doncaster, appropriately enough near the East Coast Main Line on Sidings Court, west of the Lakeside Village shops.

Warmsworth

Warmsworth borders a number of other Civil Parishes in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, including: Sprotbrough, Edlington, Conisbrough, Cadeby and Balby.

West Riding and Grimsby Railway

There were also three further lines: a triangular junction was created at Adwick, opened in November 1866, which made it possible, should it be required, to run from Doncaster to Grimsby by this route; secondly a line from Hare Park Junction, near Wakefield, to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway near to Wakefield Kirkgate, and lastly a connection to the Midland Railway at Oakenshaw Junction, south of Wakefield.

The WR&G gave the Great Northern Railway a new direct line to Wakefield from Doncaster on its north-south main line, and onwards to the Woollen District towns and the cities of Leeds, Bradford and Halifax over the tracks of the former West Yorkshire Railway, which it acquired in 1865; while the M.S.& L.R. could offer connections to Grimsby, and its docks, and the seaside resort of Cleethorpes.

Wool combing machine

The wool combing machine was invented by Edmund Cartwright, the inventor of the power loom, in Doncaster.