Carcroft is a rural village and

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in 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 and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham. I ...

, England.

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part of the

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, the village is roughly six miles north-north west of

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated i ...

. At the time of the 2011 Census the village fell within the ward of Adwick in the Doncaster MBC.

Geography

It borders woodland to the north which separates it from the neighbouring village of Owston. To the west the village merges with

Skellow Skellow is a village in rural South Yorkshire part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is roughly north-west of Doncaster. The village falls in the Askern Spa Ward ...

having subsumed the areas previously known as Hobcroft and Bullcroft. A string of small industrial estates connect it with

Adwick le Street Adwick le Street is a village in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The Adwick ward of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council had a population of 15,911 at the 2011 Census. It is situated north-west of Doncaster. Under the 2011 ce ...

to the south. East of the village lies mixed farmland and woodland. Like its neighbour to the west much of Carcroft is made up of former council housing estates (most of which had been colliery company housing). The old centre of the village remains with High Street supporting a variety of small independent shops. The furniture retailer

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also began here as Northern Upholstery and a large outlet for the firm still stands on a small trading estate just off High Street opposite an

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superstore. DFS Head office, factory and distribution centre is based a mile away at Adwick le Street. The village had a library until it was closed down in 2012 during the cutbacks imposed by the government.

History

A small portion of Carcroft is redeveloped land that had been occupied by the

Bullcroft Colliery Bullcroft Colliery was a coal mine situated by the village of Carcroft north of Doncaster. The Bullcroft Colliery Company was formed in April 1908 and sinking of the shafts commenced immediately. In January 1909, at a depth of , a water course y ...

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which operated from 1912 until 1970 when it was merged underground with nearby

Brodsworth Colliery Brodsworth Colliery was a coal mine north west of Doncaster and west of the Great North Road. in South Yorkshire, England. Two shafts were sunk between October 1905 and 1907 in a joint venture by the Hickleton Main Colliery Company and the S ...

. The viability of reopening this coal face has been under investigation DMBC Report on proposed scheme for coal recovery and community woodland restoration however as yet no moves to restore mining in the area have been made. The village has two churches - the

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St Michael & all the Angels church, and the Catholic St George & the English Martyrs.

References

External links

Health statistics for Carcroft

Primary school

Carcroft Motorcycle Park
Villages in Doncaster Adwick le Street {{SouthYorkshire-geo-stub

Geography

History

See also

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