Towns in South Yorkshire - Doncaster, Conisbrough, Barnsley, Rotherham, Edlington, Wath-Upon-Dearne, Penistone, Maltby, South Yorkshire, Tickhill, Hoyland, Hatfield, South Yorkshire, Swinton, South Yorkshire, Mexborough, Stocksbridge (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Doncaster, Conisbrough, Barnsley, Rotherham, Edlington, Wath-upon-Dearne, Penistone, Maltby, South Yorkshire, Tickhill, Hoyland, Hatfield, South Yorkshire, Swinton, South Yorkshire, Mexborough, Stocksbridge, Thorne, South Yorkshire, Wombwell, Bawtry, Dinnington, Askern, Stainforth, South Yorkshire, Brierley, Anston/Dinnington. Excerpt: Doncaster (, Old English: ) is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about 20 miles (32 km) from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny." Doncaster has an international airport, and in recent years its centre has undergone regeneration including the development of an Education City campus, currently the largest education investment of its kind in the UK. Doncaster has also recently extended the Frenchgate Centre, a shopping centre and transport interchange. According to the 2001 census, the urban sub-area of Doncaster had a population of 67,977. Together with Bentley and Armthorpe, it forms an urban area with a population of 127,851. The wider metropolitan borough had a 2001 population of around 286,866 projected as nearly 297,000 for 2011. Doncaster (DANVM) positioned on the 'Alternative Route Ermine Street'Doncaster is located at - the site of a Roman fort which was built in the 1st century AD at the site of a crossing across the River Don. The Roman Empirical command of Ninius called this fort "Caer Daun" Later the commands of Antoninus Pius and Notitia Dignitatum called this fort Danum, from which the town derives the "Don-" (Old English: ) part of its name; "caster" (ceaster) an Old English adaptation of the Latin word Castra, meaning a military camp. Doncaster was home to the Roman Crispinian horse garrison. The cavalry took its name from Crispus, son of Constantine the Great. Crispus, ...