Hampole

Hampole
Hampole
 Hampole shown within South Yorkshire
Metropolitan boroughDoncaster
Metropolitan county South Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town DONCASTER
Postcode district DN6
Dialling code 01302
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentDoncaster North
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Coordinates: 53°35′10″N 1°14′15″W / 53.586016°N 1.237426°W / 53.586016; -1.237426

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.

The parish includes the villages of Hampole, Skelbrooke and Barnsdale.

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

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Doncaster Retrieved 2009-08-27

External links

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