Scawsby is a suburb of

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, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-west of the city centre on the

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close to its terminus with the A638.

Geography

Scawthorpe, Sunnyfields,

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and

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are neighbouring villages and suburbs. The local parish church in Scawsby is the Church of St Leonard and St Jude on Barnsley Road. Scawsby is not a

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in its own right, mostly forming part of

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parish, which had a population of 2,936 at the 2011 census. Therefore, it has no official boundaries, but is generally considered to be separated from Sunnyfields by the

Roman Ridge Roman Ridge is a bridleway that was part of the Roman road of Ermine Street, between Scawsby and Redhouse to the north of Doncaster, England. This footpath departs from the A638 road at The Sun junction with the A635 (or Barnsley Road). Its ...

to the north, and is interwoven with Cusworth to the south. Scawsby Hall - geograph

Listed buildings in the village include 17th century Scawsby Hall and a Tudor cottage. The A635 Barnsley Road is the main thoroughfare through Scawsby. On Barnsley Road is the local primary school, Scawsby Saltersgate Junior School, with Scawsby Saltersgate Infant School, Scawsby Community Centre, Scawsby Health Centre, and two

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, Scawsby Mill and The Sun. Rosedale School,

Ridgewood School Ridgewood School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Scawsby, Doncaster, England. The school gained academy status in October 2011, and was a specialist Engineering College prior to September 2015. Catchment area The S ...

and Stone Hill School are all other schools in Scawsby. It is a short distance down from junction 37 of the A1(M) Doncaster Bypass. Scawsby is in the BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire television regions. The local radio stations are TX1 Radio, which covers all of Doncaster and Bassetlaw, Sine FM, a community radio station for Doncaster,

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, a commercial station for South Yorkshire, and

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, the local BBC station.

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and

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networked stations also cover the area.

History

In 2012,

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reported on Scawsby Fisheries, a

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shop on Rowena Drive which attempted for charity the world fish and chip portion record, with a fry of ''33lb (15kg) of battered cod alongside 64lb (29kg) of chips''. Scawsby Day College of Education operated here in the village, until it closed in 1976. In the ''

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'' it was part of the

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. Its head of manor is

, a village about 3.5 miles north-west of Scawsby.

References

External links

Scawsby Saltersgate Junior SchoolScawsby Saltersgate Infant SchoolScawsby Health Centre Doncaster Council
{{South Yorkshire, state=collapsed Villages in Doncaster