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In response to both on their respective webpages, Parliament confirmed that in the event of another independence referendum, the UK Government would allow Doncaster a local referendum on leaving the United Kingdom to join the new independent Scotland as an exclave if it was demanded by petition first, provided that the independent Scotland ...
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 City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. [2] [3] [4] It is named after its principal settlement, Doncaster, and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages.
Highlands and Islands (of Scotland) Teuchters, used by other Scots and sometimes applied by Greater Glasgow natives to anyone speaking in a dialect other than Glaswegian Hinckley Tin Hatters [50] Holmes Chapel Sherlocks, The Chaps Holyhead Hole-in-heads (pejorative) Honiton Huns Horbury Dead Horses Horley Hee-Haws Hornsea
They received national attention following a request to participate in the Scottish Cup, attempting to exploit a loophole arguing that Doncaster was a part of Scotland as the Treaty of Durham, which gave the city to Scotland, was never officially withdrawn. [7]
In 1969, the Home Secretary, James Callaghan, stated that there were six cities in Scotland (without naming them) and Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Elgin, Glasgow and Perth were the only burghs listed as cities in 1972. [10] [60] The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 completely reorganised Scotland's local administration in 1975. All burghs ...
This page lists all earldoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.. The Norman conquest of England introduced the continental Frankish title of "count" (comes) into England, which soon became identified with the previous titles of Danish "jarl" and Anglo-Saxon "earl" in England.
Doncaster "Donny" [76] [77] – shortened version of Doncaster. Dundee "City of Discovery" [78] – name referring to the RSS Discovery, the sailing ship used by Robert Falcon Scott in his attempt to reach the South Pole – which was constructed in the city, and returned there in 1986. [79]