Arksey

Arksey
Arksey
	All Saints' church
	Arksey Location within South Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE580068
Metropolitan borough	Doncaster;
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DONCASTER
Postcode district	DN5
Dialling code	01302
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°33′19″N 1°07′32″W / 53.5553°N 1.1256°W

Arksey is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It had an estimated population of 1,303 as of 2010.^[1] It was the birthplace of the children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd on 9 January 1890. Arksey has four satellite hamlets, Shaftholme, Tilts, Almholme and Stockbridge.

The sey in Arksey means island in Old English, which is appropriate as the village is surrounded by marshland.

History

Arksey is older than the Domesday Book (more facts on that in an external link below).

The parish church of All Saints is Grade I listed, dating back to the 1120s.^[2]

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