HATFIELD: Doncaster Parish #42 of 43

The penultimate parish in Doncaster is the district's bigges6 in terms of area. This is a gigantic chunk of land centred around one former village which just kept growing and growing and growing until it became a town. That one village is now five settlements, three of which have seamlessly merged into one massive conurbation, and a fourth is almost connected to it as well. The fifth lies some distance away but it does have close ties to the town in the form of the major building it houses.

It's so very varied as well. On the one hand, the original village is a very old settlement which still in places has that feel of a village that outgrew itself, marked by certain features such as the 15th century church which is a definite link to a time when there were less people around here. In fact, back then, you'd have been lucky to find even 100 people in this village, it being an area of marshland and forest which would eventually be drained by Cornelius Vermuyden.

Then we have Park Lane, better known as Dunsville, which grew in the 1930s thanks to a housing scheme which made the properties built along the A18 the ones with the cheapest rent in England. It's seen a lot of development since that time, with brand new housing estates which now touch Quarry Park, one of the parish's nine recreational and public open spaces, stretching between it and Dunscroft.

Dunscroft is another kettle of fish entirely, built for the workers at the local colliery (one we've actually seen before now too) which adjoins both settlements via the longest residential street in Doncaster - Broadway - running as it does between Dunsville and the edge of Stainforth. That's all before you've even begun to consider Lindholme which has one of Doncaster's prisons, one of three - yes THREE - within this parish!

Yes, this one is a lengthy video. At 33 minutes, I'm not even sure that's enough to cover the sheer enormity of the 62 square kilometre behemoth that is HATFIELD.

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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 FORTY-SECOND one - Hatfield.

#Hatfield, #Dunsville, #HatfieldMain, #StLawrence, #Dunscroft, #M18, #HMPLindholme, #HatfieldWoodhouse, #Colliery, #HatfieldChase, #Edwin, #Doncaster,​ #Parish​​​​​​​,

Bustimes:
https://bustimes.org/localities/hatfield-doncaster

The Barn:
https://hatfieldstlawrencechurch.com/the-barn/

St Lawrence:
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101192628-church-of-st-lawrence-hatfield#.YOF5SjOSmUk

Churchyard:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2448019/st.-lawrence-churchyard

Ingram Arms:
https://whatpub.com/pubs/DON/8335/ingram-arms-hatfield

Hatfield Aquapark:
https://www.dclt.co.uk/venues/hatfield-outdoor-activity-centre-and-campsite/aquapark/

Coppice School:
https://www.coppiceschool.com/about-us/

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

St Edwin:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-24606011

Demographics:
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/admin/doncaster/E04000080__hatfield/

Lings Mill:
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1151581

Quarry Park:
https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/quarry-park

Hatfield Parish History:
http://www.hatfieldtowncouncil-southyorkshire.com/Core/Hatfield-TC/Pages/Parish_History_1.aspx

HMP Lindholme images:
https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/man-blinded-legal-high-hear-inspectors-lindholme-prison-doncaster-59362
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/notorious-yorkshire-killer-darren-adams-20604828
https://twitter.com/hmplindholme

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