HAMPOLE: Doncaster Parish #14 of 43
Doncaster is a historically diverse place. The town itself has a lot of history, but once you get out into the sticks, you realise just how much the entire borough has too, and not all of it you would expect to know much about, especially when the parish in today's video features some history more associated with Nottingham, some 30-40 miles away.
We have seen though even in just the handful of parishes in South Yorkshire that have been featured on the channel, how England as a whole is intrinsically linked together, like a woven mesh of fabric with layers criss-crossing each other throughout.
Perhaps then the legend of Robin Hood, who's name instantaneously brings Sherwood Forest to mind, makes some form of sense to have some history associated with it in the West of Doncaster, which was once a thick dense woodland. In fact, most of the area of this parish was covered with trees, forming Barnsdale Forest, which now only exists in clumps rather than the swathe of leaves it was.
A connection to Robin Hood isn't all in this place either. There's some old railway history too and an abandoned mansion with a gruesome story behind one of it's former residents. On top of all that, one of the country's major roads runs through the parish )whilst also providing the only road access to the cricket club). Oh and di I mention there are two villages in this parish too, the second one home to a grand old hall and church rebuilt after a 19th century fire.
There's a lot to take in here. Step forward HAMPOLE.
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Hampole Manor and the story of Neil Silvester/Carol Barrett:
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BOARDED UP DONCASTER
Doncaster's high street has been a focal point for revitalization under the Levelling Up funding initiated by the previous Tory government. But with Labour now in power and preparing to release their new budget, will those promises be kept? In this video, we explore the future of Doncaster’s high street, examining whether Labour will continue the funding commitments or if the town's economic hopes could be at risk. Join us as we discuss what the future holds for Doncaster and its community. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share your thoughts in the comments!
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Doncaster’s City Centre Levelling Up Masterplan (in force)
Doncaster’s plans for the 20 million high street regeneration fund
Doncaster’s plans for Warf Road Brownfield site (planned)
Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
Labours retail campaign promises
Mayor of the City of Doncaster
Soham to Kingslynn 28 05 22
This is a video showing the journey from Soham in Cambridgeshire to Kingslynn in Norfolk and back.
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A Walk around Burghwallis, May 2020.
Burghwallis is a village near Doncaster in South Yorkshire.
The video was made as a project during the Coronavirus lockdown in May 2020.
Burghwallis. Grange Lane. Well Lane. Old Village Street. Abbes Walk. St. Helen's Church. Scorcher Hills Lane. Burghwallis Hall.
Brian Hudson. Burghwallis Pinfold.
New Doncaster racecourse from Asda side
New Doncaster racecourse from Asda side 12/10/06
SOUTH HIENDLEY: Wakefield Parish #18 of 30
Today we hit the South of Wakefield once again after a brief trip North to come back to the second of two “twins” and I use that term loosely here because the first of the two twins was really just a small hamlet that’s attached to a much larger village.
This one’s split into two discernible sections connected by a common. The South of the village is the much more residential part and features the only village shop (although the North of the village did have one as well until recently), as well as featuring a number of entries for the village Scarecrow Festival this year!
In the North we have things like the village pub – the only one left in the village now after the demise of the Fox Inn – and the primary school. By far the most interesting thing this one has though comes in the form of the common that you’ll find between the two areas. This was the site of the former colliery – a drift mine no less – which now is common land, free to anyone and everyone to walk across without sticking to footpaths.
In the Southwest of the parish is Felkirk, a small area defined by a church and an old schoolroom (which you might have seen before on a Parish Noticeboard episode!). Felkirk takes it’s name from an old Norse word meaning “church made of wood or planks”, and it would eventually name the parish which had settlements of the likes of Grimethorpe and Brierley to its name once.
Hodroyd Hall and the old railway line that we’ve seen before finish this one off, and did I mention Holgate’s Hospital? That’s where we’re going to begin the Hemsworth episode as it straddles the border between that this. Read “South Heendley” here – welcome to SOUTH HIENDLEY.
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At Doncaster Train Station
A random footage from the train station.
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Filmed in Castleford & Pontefract
The Link Between Employee Engagement & Customer Engagement / Andrew Stephenson - DFS
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The session will cover how HR have been at the heart of this journey, transforming the cultural landscape of the business and helping create a truly world class British company.