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Mexborough
Mexborough (South Yorkshire)
Mexborough

Mexborough shown within South Yorkshire
Population 14620
OS grid reference SE475005
Metropolitan borough Doncaster
Metropolitan county South Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MEXBOROUGH
Postcode district S64
Dialling code 01709
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
European Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Barnsley East and Mexborough
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°29′57″N 1°16′59″W / 53.4992, -1.283

Mexborough is a town on the north bank of the River Don west of its confluence with the River Dearne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Divisions and environs South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a Metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England. Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Divisions and environs South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine government office Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The S postcode area, also known as the Sheffield postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Barnsley, Chesterfield, Dronfield, The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. South Yorkshire Police is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing South Yorkshire in England. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the Statutory fire and rescue service for the area of South Yorkshire, England. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service is the NHS Ambulance service covering most of Yorkshire in England. Yorkshire and the Humber is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Barnsley East and Mexborough is a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities, Towns and Villages in the historic English county of Yorkshire. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. This article is about the river in South Yorkshire England For other rivers with the same name see Don River (disambiguation. The River Dearne is a River in South Yorkshire, England. It flows roughly east for more than thirty kilometres from its source just inside The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a Metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England. Divisions and environs South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

The town is served by Mexborough railway station. Mexborough station serves the town of Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England.

A market town since at least 1177 AD, Mexborough was originally a Celtic settlement. Market town or market right is a legal term originating in the Medieval period for a European settlement that has the right to hold Markets Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts The settlement was strategically important, as it was the only area for many miles where the River Don could be forded. This article is about the river in South Yorkshire England For other rivers with the same name see Don River (disambiguation.

The earthwork remains of a Brigantes (Celtic tribe) structure (which formed part of a series of defensive structures running from Mam Tor, Castleton to Mexborough) can be found where Castle Park is now sited, and a Brigantes road passed through the settlement (which subsequently formed part of the Roman Road Ickneild Street/Ryknild Street). The Brigantes were a Celtic tribe who in pre-Roman times controlled the largest section of Northern England and a significant part of the Midlands Mam Tor is a 517 m (1696 ft high peak near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. This article is about the English village in Derbyshire For other uses see Castleton. Icknield Street or Ryknild Street is a Roman road in Britain that runs from the Fosse Way at Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire It is believed the structure was subsequently utilised and re-fortified by both the Romans and the Saxons. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. It was last rebuilt as a functioning motte and bailey castle in the 11th century by Roger de Busli, a Norman Baron. Roger de Busli (c1038 – c1099 was a Norman Baron who accompanied William the Conqueror ( Duke of Normandy) in his successful conquest The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. Baron is a specific Title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber

An earthwork rampart, The Roman Ridge, which originally stretched from where Nursery Street in Sheffield now stands to Windhill in Mexborough, can still be located between Kimberworth and Mexborough. The rampART is a squatted Social centre in the Whitechapel area of East London. The Roman Ridge (or Roman Rig) is a Dyke in South Yorkshire, England that runs from near Wincobank in Sheffield to Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Kimberworth is a Suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The ridge is believed to have been constructed by the Brigantes sometime after 43AD in an attempt to defend against the Roman advance to the north. The ridge was subsequently used as defence against the Angles and Scandinavians after the Roman withdrawal from Britain around 410 AD. The Angles is a modern English word for a Germanic-speaking people who took their name from the cultural ancestral region of Angeln, a modern district located in Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 The ridge may subsequently have been used by the Saxons to mark part of the boundary between the Saxon Kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia. For their language see Anglo-Saxon language. Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Tribes in the south A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or Mercia (ˈmɝsiə was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.

According to local legend, Mexborough takes its name from a Saxon Chieftain called Meoc, and is believed to have been known in the Saxon era as Meoc’s Burg. A traditional tribal chief is the leader of a Tribe, or the head of a tribal form of self-government However, Mexborough is recorded in the Doomsday book (1086AD) as Mechesburg (Meches meaning Saxon Chieftain and Burg meaning fortification). The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey Fortifications are Military Constructions and Buildings designed for defense in Warfare Humans have constructed defensive works for It is no longer known what the Celtic name for the settlement was.

With the exception of St. John’s the Baptist C of E church, which is of Saxon origin (probably constructed on top of a Celtic site of worship), most of the buildings in the town are post-1800. This article refers to the religious act For the album by Michael W A few pre-1800 buildings remain, including several public houses; the Ferryboat Inn, the George and Dragon, the Bull’s Head and the Red Lion.

Throughout the 18th, 19th and much of the 20th centuries the town’s economy was based around coal mining, quarrying, brickworks and the production of ceramics, and it soon became a busy railway junction. An economy is the realized social system of production exchange distribution and consumption of goods and services of a country or other area Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or Minerals are extracted A Brickworks also known as a brick factory is a factory for the manufacturing of Bricks, from Clay or Shale. The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός ( keramikos) A junction, in the context of Rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge These industries lead to an increase in industrial illness and an increase in the mortality rate. Mortality rate is a measure of the number of Deaths (in general or due to a specific cause in some population scaled to the size of that population per unit time Although the town boasted a cottage hospital, the lack of suitable facilities led to Lord Montagu donating land for a new hospital to be built. The original concept of a cottage hospital was a small rural hospital having up to 25 beds Lord Montagu laid the first stone at the site in 1904. The site is still a working hospital, and now forms part of the Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS trust. Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107713

The industries which led to the creation of Montagu hospital did not only bring problems to the town, they also led to an increase in population and, for some, an increase in wealth and opportunity. Many more public houses and other businesses were created, many of which are still trading today. Trade is the willing exchange of goods, services, or both Trade is also called Commerce. It was in one of these public houses, the Montagu Arms, that Stan Laurel stayed overnight after performing at the town’s Prince of Wales theatre on the 9th of December 1907. Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 &ndash February 23, 1965) was an English comic actor writer Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one

Following the demise of the coal mining industry in the 1980’s Mexborough, like many ex-mining towns and villages, is still in the process of economic and social recovery. Demise is an Anglo-French legal term (from French démettre, from Latin dimittere, to send away for a transfer of an estate An economy is the realized social system of production exchange distribution and consumption of goods and services of a country or other area Definition In the absence of agreement about its meaning the term "social" is used in many different senses referring among other things to attitudes

Famous residents

William Ian 'Iron' Hague was a boxer who was the British Heavyweight Champion between 1908 and 1911 Graham Oliver (born 6 July 1952, Mexborough, South Yorkshire) is an English Guitarist Career He played Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in 1977 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Dan Clarke is a British auto racing driver born October 4, 1983 in Mexborough, most recently competing in the Champ Car World Series. HVM Racing is an auto racing team owned by Keith Wiggins that is competing in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades primarily for use in the Indianapolis Bass Player is an album by New Zealand reggae band Rhombus. It was released in 2003 Deathcore is an amalgamation of two musical styles Metalcore and Death metal. Bring Me the Horizon (often abbreviated to BMTH) is a Deathcore band from Sheffield, Yorkshire.
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