Hampole
Coordinates: 53°35′10″N 1°14′15″W / 53.586016°N 1.237426°W
Hampole is a small village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with West Yorkshire. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the eastern boundary of the parish is marked by the Great North Road, and the parish lies in what was once the Barnsdale Forest. It has a population of 187.[1]
Hampole railway station opened in January 1885 and closed on 7 January 1952.
In addition to Hampole, the parish contains the hamlet of Skelbrooke, located approximately 1.2 miles north at an elevation of around 115 feet above sea level. The village has a 12th-century church. Close to the church is Skelbrooke Hall, the grounds of which contain some outstanding examples of ash and sycamore trees.
By the A1 road, near Skelbrooke, is Robin Hood's Well, with its stone cover designed by John Vanbrugh. There is also a Little John's Well to the west of Hampole village.
Hampole lies about two miles north west of the model village of Woodlands; and of Highfields Wood, where there is a brook known as Robin Hood's Brook.
See also
References
- ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Doncaster Retrieved 2009-08-27
External links
Media related to Hampole at Wikimedia Commons