ARMTHORPE: Doncaster Parish #39 of 43

Описание: Five parishes to go in Doncaster beginning with one that really does deserve town status. For some reason though, this one does not possess that title, unlike three of the other remaining four which all do, two of which are either smaller of similar in terms of their population.

Whatever we want to term this one, you cannot deny how this area of Eastern Doncaster had changed so much over the course of the past few centuries. Once a very small agricultural village with a load of scattered houses accounting for just 237 people in 1801, fast forward just 220 years and this is what it looks like now. A vast thriving metropolis housing some 14,000 people.

Why did it grow so fast? Well as with most areas of South Yorkshire that relied heavily on coal mining, the Model Village that sprung up opposite Markham Main Colliery when nit was sunk in the 1920s was the catalyst for a much bigger influx of people over the next 100 years. These days, with the pit closed, the Model Village is just one of the many residential areas in this village.

This was a settlement too, that never considered itself a Doncaster suburb, and even now, it remains the case with discernible boundaries, one of which is the 1903 South Yorkshire Joint Railway which skips past the Western edge of the village as it passes Shaw Wood - one of the many wooded areas that lie within the parish boundaries. I sometimes wish these video descriptions could be longer, because I could rant on about this place for ages.

What I can't type though, you can most certainly watch. It's all here, in the parish of ARMTHORPE.

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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.

Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the borough of Doncaster. There are 43. Here's the THIRTY-NINTH one - Armthorpe.

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Armthorpe Wiki:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armth...

Markham Main:
https://amp.en.what-this.com/32654242...

Community Centre:
http://www.armthorpeparishcouncil.co....

Armthorpe History:
http://www.armthorpeparishcouncil.co....

Freemen of Armthorpe:
http://www.armthorpeparishcouncil.co....

Zoopla:
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices...

The Wheatsheaf:
https://whatpub.com/pubs/DON/8117/whe...

Leisure Centre:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.donc...

Horse and Groom:
http://www.horseandgroomarmthorpe.co....

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