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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.
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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.
English: Map of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, in 2019, which became the City of Doncaster district in November 2022. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165% Geographic limits: West: 1.36° W; East: 0.84° W; North: 53.67° N; South: 53.40° N
The street runs north-east, from the junction of High Street, St Sepulchre Gate and French Gate, to Market Place. St George Gate leads off its north-west side. The most notable building on the north-west side of the street is Clock Corner at 1 Baxter Gate, a shop with an octagonal clock tower.
Thorne is a market town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It has a population of 16,592, [ 1 ] increasing to 17,295 at the 2011 Census.
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The borough was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former County Borough of Doncaster, the urban districts of Adwick-le-Street, Bentley with Arksey, Conisbrough, Mexborough, and Tickhill, Doncaster and Thorne rural districts, and the parish of Finningley from East Retford Rural District and small ...