Carcroft
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| Population | 4,312 |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SE540098] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DONCASTER |
| Postcode district | DN6 |
| Dialling code | 01302 |
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| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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Carcroft is a rural village in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is roughly 6 miles (10 km) north-north west of Doncaster. At the time of the 2011 Census the village fell within the ward of Adwick le Street & Carcroft in the Doncaster MBC.
At the 2021 census, the combined population of Carcroft and its neighbour Skellow was 7,823.[1] In 2023, the Get Doncaster Moving website published a document citing Skellow's population alone as 3,800 at the time.[2][3] This would suggest that Carcroft currently has a population close to 4,023 on its own, making it the second most populous of the villages in the ward after Woodlands.[4][5]
Geography
It borders woodland to the north which separates it from the neighbouring village of Owston. To the west the village merges with Skellow having subsumed the areas previously known as Hobcroft and Bullcroft. A string of small industrial estates connect it with Adwick le Street to the south. East of the village lies mixed farmland and woodland.
Like its neighbour to the west much of Carcroft is made up of former council housing estates (most of which had been colliery company housing). The old centre of the village remains with High Street supporting a variety of small independent shops. The furniture retailer DFS also began here as Northern Upholstery and a large outlet for the firm still stands on a small trading estate just off High Street opposite an Asda superstore. DFS Head office, factory and distribution centre is based a mile away at Adwick le Street. The village had a library until it was closed down in 2012.[6]
History
A small portion of Carcroft is redeveloped land that had been occupied by the Bullcroft Colliery [1] which operated from 1912 until 1970 when it was merged underground with nearby Brodsworth Colliery.[7] The viability of reopening this coal face has been under investigation [8] however as yet no moves to restore mining in the area have been made.
The village has two churches - the Church of England St Michael & all the Angels church, and the Catholic St George & the English Martyrs.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Census Data UK. "2021 UK Census: Carcroft Middle layer Super Output Area". censusdata.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Get Doncaster Moving. "Get Doncaster Moving: Skellow Community Profile" (PDF). getdoncastermoving.org. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Get Doncaster Moving. "Get Doncaster Moving: Skellow Community Profile 2023". getdoncastermoving.org. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Get Doncaster Moving. "Get Doncaster Moving: Woodlands Community Profile" (PDF). getdoncastermoving.org. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Get Doncaster Moving. "Get Doncaster Moving: Woodlands Community Profile 2023". getdoncastermoving.org. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Closed Doncaster village libraries to be auctioned". The Star. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
- ^ (scroll to end of page for documentary images & commentary)
- ^ DMBC Report on proposed scheme for coal recovery and community woodland restoration
External links
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