17 Facts About Edlington

1.

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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2.

Since 1974 Edlington has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire.

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3.

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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4.

Edlington appears in the Domesday Book as Eilintone and Ellintone.

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5.

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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6.

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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7.

Colliery was created by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company, which bought land in Edlington and leased the right to exploit the coal reserves under this and adjoining land from the Battie-Wrightson of Cusworth estate in several transactions in 1909 and 1910.

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8.

Edlington Halt was a small railway station on the eastern terminus of the Dearne Valley Railway.

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9.

Edlington Wood was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1979.

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10.

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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11.

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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12.

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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13.

Edlington was a member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup squad.

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14.

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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15.

Edlington was born in Edlington and made many first ascents in the Alps after 1879.

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16.

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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17.

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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