Edlington is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, lying to the south west of Doncaster and Warmsworth.
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Edlington is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, which is a highly detailed survey and valuation of all the land held by the King William I and his chief tenants, along with all the resources that went with the land in late 11th-century England.
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St John the Baptist, Parish Church in Edlington is an Anglican Church, in the Diocese of Sheffield which forms part of the Church of England.
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St Mary's Catholic Church in Edlington is located within the grounds of St Mary's Catholic Primary School on Bungalow Road.
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Edlington Halt was a small railway station on the eastern terminus of the Dearne Valley Railway.
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Edlington Wood was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1979.
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Edlington Wood contains the site of an ancient Roman settlement, which was scheduled as an ancient monument and considered to be a 'nationally important' archaeological site.
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Joe Harvey was born in Edlington on 11 June 1918 and was a two-time FA Cup winning English football player and later manager.
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Ronald Flowers was born in Edlington on 28 July 1934 was an English football player, most known for his time at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Edlington was a member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup squad.
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Graham Kirkham CVO was born 14 December 1944 in Edlington, and is an English businessman famous for founding sofa retailer DFS.
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Edlington was born in Edlington and made many first ascents in the Alps after 1879.
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Edlington was well known for the first ascent of the ridge from the Aiguille de Bionnassay to the Dome de Gouter, in the Mont Blanc massif; a route that had defeated many experienced male climbers.
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Edlington was so fit she went faster than her guide for whom she had to wait for 45 minutes while he recovered.
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