Doncaster is a minster town in South Yorkshire, England.
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40 Facts About Doncaster
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Possibly inhabited earlier, Doncaster grew up on the site of a Roman fort of the 1st century CE, at a crossing of the River Don.
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The first section of road to the Doncaster fort had probably been built since the early 50s, while a route through the north Derbyshire hills was opened in the later 1st century, possibly by Governor Gn.
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Doncaster is generally identified with Cair Daun listed as one of 28 British cities in the 9th-century History of the Britons traditionally ascribed to Nennius.
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Doncaster suggests that the street name Frenchgate indicates that Fossard invited fellow Normans to trade in the town.
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Many of Doncaster's streets are named with the suffix "-gate", after the old Danish word gata, meaning street.
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Doncaster was connected to the rail network in 1848 and a plant and carriage works for Great Northern Railway was constructed in the town in 1853.
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Doncaster and surrounding settlements became part of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1899.
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Doncaster has traditionally been prosperous within the wapentake of Stafford and Tickhill.
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Doncaster is represented in the House of Commons by three Members of Parliament ; two from Labour and one from the Conservatives.
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UKIP party leader Nigel Farage claimed that by holding the conference in Doncaster, UKIP were "now parking our tanks on the Labour Party's lawn", referring to Labour leader Ed Miliband's Doncaster North constituency.
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Additionally, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is one of twelve districts in the United Kingdom to have a directly elected mayor, currently Ros Jones, who was re-elected in 2021.
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All three MPs for Doncaster expressed support for city status, with Don Valley's Nick Fletcher speaking for it in Parliament.
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Alongside seven other towns, Doncaster was announced to have succeeded in its bid to gain city status on 20 May 2022 as part of the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
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Doncaster skyline is dominated by the minster in the middle of the town.
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Thorne and Hatfield Moors, east of Doncaster, is the largest area of low-lying peat bog in the United Kingdom.
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Doncaster is within a green belt that extends into the surrounding counties.
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Doncaster has a maritime climate lacking extreme temperatures, like much of the British Isles.
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The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster had a 2011 population of 302,402, while a mid-2019 estimate was 310,000.
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Doncaster emerged as an industrial centre in the late 18th to 20th centuries.
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The Doncaster Plant became famous for building LNER locomotives Flying Scotsman and Mallard, as well as many thousands more locomotives.
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Doncaster PSB is one of the largest signalling centres on the UK network, controlling hundreds of route-miles of railway.
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Doncaster was the sole production site of the McCormick Tractors brand, and the factory employed around 380 people.
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Doncaster sits on the European route E15 and is the starting point of European route E13.
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Doncaster is situated on the A1 and M18 motorways, within 20 minutes of the key M1 and M62 motorways.
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Doncaster is a European hub with a new international airport, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, which opened in 2005.
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Doncaster is an important railway town with a station on the East Coast Main Line.
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Doncaster is served by several commercial and community radio stations.
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Doncaster Free Press is a weekly newspaper distributed across the greater Doncaster region.
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The earliest important race in Doncaster's history was the Doncaster Gold Cup, first run over Cantley Common in 1766.
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The Doncaster Cup is the oldest continuing regulated horserace in the world.
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Doncaster has a men's basketball team called the Doncaster Danum Eagles who compete in National League Division 2.
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Doncaster additionally has an American football team called the Doncaster Mustangs, who are in Division 1 of the British American Football League.
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