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The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York, the two-volume South Yorkshire (a history of the Deanery of Doncaster), still considered among the best works written on the history of Sheffield and South Yorkshire, [1] and his 1852 pamphlet on Robin Hood in which he argued that a servant of this name at the court of ...
The River Don valley, in which the settlement was situated, was a site given to limestone formations which lent themselves to early mining for building purposes. [5] The area in which Levitt Hagg is located was known as Conisbrough Cliffs and was composed of two quarries: Near Cliff, which had been exhausted by 1791; and "Far Cliff" which included the long-gone early industrial hamlet of ...
[2] [3] His research during this time led to him editing a volume with his colleague Eric Higgs, Science and Archaeology (1963), and a text book for archaeologists, Digging up Bones (1963). [3] The demonstratorship was a time-limited appointment and after three to five years he would have to look for a new job.
[1] [note 1] [2] Originally, the Cheswold was an arm of the River Don, the southernmost arm that flowed south and eastwards across the northern part of Doncaster. [3] It met the original course of the River Don in the Friendly Street/Low Fishergate area, although it is unsure whether or not the route was a natural part of the Don, or if it was ...
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: Doncaster: Multiple: Natural history, archaeology, local history, fine and decorative art, pottery in Yorkshire Elsecar Heritage Centre: Elsecar: Barnsley: Industry: Early industrial and mining village, exhibits on local history and industry and a Newcomen beam engine, buildings house an antiques centre, craft shops, Elsecar Heritage ...
Donald "Don" Henson FSA FHEA MCIfA (9 May 1956 - 11 April 2021 [1]) was a British archaeologist and prehistorian, specialising in public archaeology. [ 2 ] Biography
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.