Bentley, South Yorkshire
| Bentley | |
|---|---|
 A19 road through Bentley | |
  Bentley Shown within the Borough of Doncaster  Bentley Location within South Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE565056 |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Doncaster |
| Postcode district | DN5 |
| Dialling code | 01302 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Bentley is a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England two miles north of the town of Doncaster. The population of the ward within the Doncaster MBC borough at the 2011 Census was 14,191.[1] Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village was once owned by Edmund Hastings of Plumtree, Nottinghamshire, who had inherited it from his wife Copley's Sprotborough family. Hastings subsequently sold the manor to John Levett, a York lawyer born at High Melton who married the niece of Hastings's wife, who then conveyed it to Sir Arthur Ingram of York, High Sheriff of Yorkshire.[2][3]
A former mining village, it lies on the River Don. Bentley Colliery, which is now Bentley Park, closed in December 1993. Bentley and the nearby hamlet of Toll Bar were badly affected by floods in June 2007.
The local parish church of St. Paul's dates back to 1891. A second church, Church of SS Philip and James in the New Village area was dedicated in 1915
Bentley is made up of many parts; West End, New Village and Rostholme. Streets in Bentley include Cooke Street and High Street.
During the 2019 United Kingdom floods residents of Bentley were asked to leave their homes after the area suffered flooding.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Doncaster ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ The Topographer and Genealogist editor John Gough Nichols, 1858.
- ^ Deeds between Hastings and Levetts, Cooke of Wheatley Muniments, Sheffield Archives, The National Archives, nationalarchives.gov.uk
- ^ "Latest flooding information - Doncaster Council". www.doncaster.gov.uk. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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External links
- Bentley Explosion at 7am Sunday 13 June 2010
- Flood pictures 2007
- BBC News - Residents braced for more floods, 30 June 2007
- BBC News - Misery goes on for flood villages, 2 July 2007
- Conveyance of Bentley, The Topographer and Genealogist, John Gough Nichols, 1858
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