Bentley with Arksey is a former

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(18661974) and urban district (19111974) adjacent to the town of

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in the

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Civil parish

The parish included the villages of

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, Arksey,

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, Shaftholme and

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Urban district

On 1 April 1911 the civil parish was removed from the rural district and constituted a separate urban district. It was divided into five wards for election of members of the urban district council. The council's headquarters were in Cooke Street, Bentley.

Abolition

From 1 April 1974 the

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reorganised administrative areas throughout England and Wales. Bentley and Arksey was combined with ten other authorities to form the

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. At the census of 2001 it had a population of 33,968.Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Urban Areas : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population''
Retrieved 26 August 2009 There are no civil parishes in the former urban district.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bentley With Arksey Unparished areas in South Yorkshire Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Former civil parishes in South Yorkshire Urban districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire 1866 establishments in England Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster