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In the News (Thu 12 Nov 09)

  
  Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | Homepage
Doncaster Council is working in partnership with South Yorkshire Police and the Frenchgate Centre to prevent young people from shoplifting.
Doncaster businesses have seen an increase in their footfall since the Borough Treasure scheme has launched because of the new visitors they have been able to welcome.
Doncaster has scored a major coup by attracting a crew of astronauts to the town in November.
www.doncaster.gov.uk   (245 words)

  
  Doncaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, (and in the former West Riding of Yorkshire), England.
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, UK and the hub of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster.
Doncaster is still attempting to assert its weight in the area with a new international airport, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield which opened in 2005, and the regeneration ongoing in the town centre.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doncaster   (2334 words)

  
 Doncaster
Doncaster was the cornerstone of the rebuilding of the Eaton Stud near Chester, England.
Doncaster was sired by Stockwell, known as "The Emperor of Stallions." Stockwell, a son of The Baron out of Pocahantas, had been a classic performer himself, accounting for the Two Thousand Guineas and the St. Leger.
Doncaster, being a backward colt and also suffering from the effects of a kick in the stifle, did not compete as a juvenile, and in fact, was not seen under colors the first time until the Two Thousand Guineas of 1873.
www.tbheritage.com /Portraits/Doncaster.html   (1068 words)

  
 Doncaster: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Conisbrough castle is a castle in the town of conisbrough near doncaster, south yorkshire, england....
In the early part of the 20th Century Doncaster became one of the largest coal mining[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] areas in the country, EHandler: no quick summary.
Robin hood airport doncaster sheffield is a new international airport located at the former raf finningley base in finningley, south yorkshire....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/doncaster.htm   (1755 words)

  
 Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.
In addition to the town of Doncaster, the borough covers Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley, where the former Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber base was converted into a passenger airport, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, opened in spring 2005.
It is widely thought that a Political scandal popularly known as Donnygate, was a major factor behind the residents of the area voting for the establishment of a directly-elected mayor in 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster   (411 words)

  
 McCormick Tractors International Limited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The original premises, built in 1938 on land purchased from Doncaster Corporation, were requisitioned by the government for munitions works at the outbreak of World War II.
In July the 10,000th model BM was built and the first Doncaster built engines also came on stream.
The component parts for the B-450 and B-614 tractors were still made at Doncaster Works and sent by road to Carr Hill on a daily basis.
www.mccormick-intl.com /uk/doncaster_history.htm   (916 words)

  
 Doncaster - Wikitravel
Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England.
Doncaster is situated approximately 6 miles from Robin Hood Airport where airlines such as Thomsonfly and Ryanair connect Doncaster to major European cities such as Dublin, Paris and Amsterdam.
Doncaster can be reached from most of England and part of Scotland.
wikitravel.org /en/Doncaster   (340 words)

  
 Doncaster railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doncaster railway station serves the town of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England.
It is situated on the East Coast Main Line, and is about five minutes walk from Doncaster town centre.
Doncaster is served by train operators including GNER, Northern Rail, Virgin Trains, First TransPennine Express, Central Trains, Hull Trains and Midland Mainline.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doncaster_railway_station   (244 words)

  
 Doncaster, Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Doncaster, formerly an orchard area, is now residential and is 1.5 km east-north-east of Melbourne.
In 1915 Doncaster and the former Bulleen shires were united as Doncaster and Templestowe shire.
Doncaster's census populations were 1158 (1911) and 1538 (1947).
www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/doncaster.html   (627 words)

  
 Doncaster
Doncaster is pleasantly situated, chiefly on the south bank of the river Don, and consists of several streets, of which High-street, about a mile in length, is spacious and handsomely built.
Doncaster was the Roman Danum, and has been on the highway between north and south from the earliest times.
The line of the old road is pretty much straight through the centre of modern Doncaster and forms the main shopping street, pedestrianised in part but with the old buildings largely intact on both sides of the road it is not too hard to imagine how the road appeared one or two centuries ago.
www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk /doncaster.htm   (2833 words)

  
 Invest in the UK - England, Yorkshire and the Humber: DONCASTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Doncaster is located in South Yorkshire, close to Sheffield and 30 miles south of Leeds, and 170 miles north of London.
Doncaster has one of the leading transport networks across the whole of the UK Doncaster Racecourse, located just a few miles outside of Doncaster's centre, forms one of the largest business and leisure assets in the country.
Doncaster in South Yorkshire is the place to locate your business if you want the best in national and international transport links, land and business centres ready for use and a town centre offering cutting edge facilities in education, sport and leisure.
www.invest-in-the-uk.com /doncaster.html   (882 words)

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