Clayton is a village in the west of the

Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. It is named after its principal settlement, Doncaster, and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages. The ...

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and metropolitan county, metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of City of Doncaster, Doncaster and City of Sh ...

, England, on the border with

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. It lies to the north of

Thurnscoe Thurnscoe is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The village falls within the Dearne North ward of the Barnsley MBC. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is approximately fr ...

at an elevation of around 80 metres above

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. Together with Frickley, it makes up the

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of Clayton with Frickley, which at the 2001 census had a population of 208, increasing to 230 at the 2011 Census. The Parish Church of All Saints dates back to the 12th century and is a Grade II* listed building.

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