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5 days ago · The borough was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under 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.
Sep 17, 2024 · At the heart of the metropolitan borough lies historic Doncaster town, on the River Don at the site of Danum, a Roman station. In the Middle Ages Doncaster grew as the market town of a rich agricultural district. Its first royal charter was granted in 1194.
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Sep 7, 2024 · In 1986 the metropolitan county lost its administrative powers, and its constituent boroughs became autonomous administrative units, or unitary authorities. South Yorkshire is now a geographic and ceremonial county without administrative authority.
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1 day ago · The M1 was originally designed to finish at the A1 at Doncaster; this section became the M18 in December 1967.
Sep 9, 2024 · History. Below Doncaster, the main channel of the lower Don originally meandered in a north-easterly direction across the marshland of Hatfield Chase to enter the Trent just above its junction with the Ouse. A second channel flowed to the north, along a Roman channel called Turnbridgedike. [2] .
Sep 17, 2024 · Doncaster became Yorkshire’s newest city in 2022, winning a contest held to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Now a new event is planned to celebrate the second anniversary of city...
Sep 3, 2024 · The borough was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former County Borough of Doncaster, the urban districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, Conisbrough, Mexborough, and Tickhill, Doncaster and Thorne rural districts, and the parish of Finningley from East Retford Rural District and small ...
