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A new market hall was constructed in the middle of the cleared area. The new building was designed by John Butterfield, [ 5 ] and was two storeys high, with a U-shaped plan. In 1870, more buildings were cleared, to permit the construction of the Doncaster Corn Exchange to infill the "U", and project to the front.
The interior of the Corn Exchange in 2011. The first corn exchange in Doncaster was a structure erected by Onions, Wheelhouse & Co at a cost of £900 and completed in 1844: it was a simple two-bay structure with iron columns supporting some girders and a pitched roof. [2]
Doncaster has also taken over events whose traditional homes have closed, such as the Lincoln Handicap in 1965. More history was made at Doncaster in 1992 when it staged the first ever Sunday meeting on a British racecourse. A crowd of 23,000 turned up despite the absence of betting. The racecourse is used for other functions.
Town ward is a ward in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The ward contains 105 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward contains the central part of the town ...
It was renamed in 1988 after a change of ownership, with the new name reflecting the name of the street which passes to the east of the centre and which is one of Doncaster's main shopping streets. The sale of the centre came just a year after Frenchgate had undergone a £200 million facelift to transform it into the country's first shopping ...
It said the current postmaster had resigned and the premises on Market Street would be withdrawn for use. A new service would launch at Best Store on Doncaster Road, and would open for 97 hours a ...
Doncaster (/ ˈ d ɒ ŋ k ə s t ər,-k æ s-/ DONK-ə-stər, DONK-ast-ər) [3] [4] is a city in South Yorkshire, England. [5] Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield.
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