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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.
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council describes the street as a "secondary retail area" with a "down at heel" appearance, [2] this often being ascribed to the Frenchgate Shopping Centre taking business away from less central areas of the town. [4] In 2020, the council made the street one-way, in an attempt to make it more pedestrian-friendly. [5]
English: Map of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, in 2019, which became the City of Doncaster district in November 2022. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165% Geographic limits: West: 1.36° W; East: 0.84° W; North: 53.67° N; South: 53.40° N
In 1902, a tramway was constructed along the street, which operated until 1930. [4] The street was made a conservation area in 1977. Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council describes it as one of the town's "most prestigious thoroughfares", with "massive scale, stone construction and blend of civic and corporate character". Most of the buildings ...
[1] [2] In 1781, a Roman altar was found on the street. [3] In 1557, the Hospital of St Thomas almshouses were built on the road, being rebuilt in the 1730s and finally demolished in 1963. [4] The road became one of the main shopping streets of the town; Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council describe it as currently the principal shopping ...
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 ...
The DN postcode area, also known as the Doncaster postcode area, [2] is a group of 32 postcode districts in northern England, within 13 post towns.These cover eastern South Yorkshire (including Doncaster), north Lincolnshire (including Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Barnetby, Barrow upon Humber, Barton-upon-Humber, Brigg, Cleethorpes, Gainsborough, Immingham and Ulceby), parts of north Nottinghamshire ...
It was renamed in 1988 after a change of ownership, with the new name reflecting the name of the street which passes to the east of the centre and which is one of Doncaster's main shopping streets. The sale of the centre came just a year after Frenchgate had undergone a £200 million facelift to transform it into the country's first shopping ...