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Edlington
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Also known as Edlington, South Yorkshire, Edlington, Yorkshire

Edlington is a town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, lying to the south west of Doncaster and Warmsworth. It has a population of 8,276. The original parish town of Edlington is now known as Old Edlington; adjacent, and to the north, is New Edlington. It is often referred to by locals as 'Edlo'. Since 1974 Edlington has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire. It had, since 1894, formed part of Doncaster Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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Place details

Locality
Doncaster
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
Winding wheel from Yorkshire Main Colliery 1911 to 1985 - geograph.org.uk - 637011.jpg
UK place.static_image_width
250
UK place.static_image_caption
Winding wheel from Yorkshire Main Colliery
UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Edlington
UK place.population
8,276
UK place.population_ref
(2001)
UK place.metropolitan_borough
City of Doncaster
UK place.civil_parish
Edlington
UK place.metropolitan_county
South Yorkshire
UK place.region
Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.constituency_westminster
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
UK place.post_town
DONCASTER
UK place.postcode_district
DN12
UK place.postcode_area
DN
UK place.dial_code
01709
UK place.os_grid_reference
SK5397
UK place.type
Town

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Wikidata facts

Population
7856
Image
Winding wheel from Yorkshire Main Colliery 1911 to 1985 - geograph.org.uk - 637011.jpg
Dialing code
01709
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OS grid reference
SK5397
postal code
DN12
Commons category
Edlington, South Yorkshire
P8168
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Article

24 sections
Contents
  • Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic period
  • Saxon meaning
  • Great Domesday Book
  • Churches
  • St Peter's Parish Church
  • St. John the Baptist Church
  • Edlington Methodist Church
  • St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
  • Antiochian Orthodox Church of St. Columba and St. Kentigern
  • Warmsworth and New Edlington National Spiritualist Church
  • The Edlington (Yorkshire) Land and Development Company Limited
  • Edlington Halt
  • Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  • Scheduled ancient monuments
  • People
  • Viscount Molesworth 1st
  • Joe Harvey
  • Ron Flowers
  • Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham
  • Katharine Richardson
  • Yorkshire Main Colliery
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Edlington is a town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, lying to the south west of Doncaster and Warmsworth. It has a population of 8,276. The original parish town of Edlington is now known as Old Edlington; adjacent, and to the north, is New Edlington. It is often referred to by locals as 'Edlo'. Since 1974 Edlington has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire. It had, since 1894, formed part of Doncaster Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

== Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic period ==

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