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The first Doncaster Museum opened in 1909 at Beechfield House, utilising only the ground floor of the building, and operated a small zoo at the site from 1955. [2] It moved to a purpose-built site on Chequer Road in 1964 to display collections of natural history, archaeology, local history, fine and decorative art. [3]
Doncaster (/ ˈ d ɒ ŋ k ə s t ər,-k æ s-/ DONK-ə-stər, DONK-ast-ər) [3] [4] is a city in South Yorkshire, England. [5] Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield.
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 ...
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The theatre, in 2024. The Grand Theatre is a closed theatre in Doncaster, in South Yorkshire in England.. Station Road in Doncaster was widened in 1882. Following this, Frederick William Masters constructed a new circus hall on the street, noted for its lower walls being six feet thick, in order to support the weight of the elephants.
The Doncaster Co-operative Society merged into Co-operative Retail Services in 1969. [6] In the 1970s, the building was renamed "Danum House". [2] It was Grade II listed in 1997. [7] Around this time, the Co-operative store closed, and in 2000, T. J. Hughes moved into the building. [8]
The Dome Leisure Centre is an arena and leisure centre in Doncaster, England, commonly referred to as The Dome or Doncaster Dome.It has a swimming complex, bars, a sports arena that is also used as an event venue and the United Kingdom's first ever split level ice skating rink.
The South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum (SYAM) is a Volunteer led museum located at Lakeside in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.It occupies the former site of the Royal Air Force Station, RAF Doncaster.