Arksey
Village in South Yorkshire, England
Human settlement in England
- Doncaster
- South Yorkshire
- Doncaster North
Arksey is a village in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It had an estimated population of 1,303 as of 2010.[1] It was the birthplace of the children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd on 9 January 1890. Arksey has four satellite hamlets: Shaftholme, Tilts, Almholme and Stockbridge.
The sey in Arksey means island in Old English, which is appropriate as the village is surrounded by marshland.
Arksey is older than the Domesday Book.[2]
The Parish Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building, dating back to the 1120s.[3]
See also
- Listed buildings in Doncaster (Bentley Ward)
- Arksey railway station
References
- ^ a b "Arksey Community Profile 2010" (PDF). Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ Arksey in the Domesday Book
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1191878)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
External links
- Media related to Arksey at Wikimedia Commons
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