Arksey

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Arksey
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All Saints' Church, Arksey
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Arksey
Location within South Yorkshire
Population1,303 (2010 est.) [1]
OS grid reference SE580068
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DONCASTER
Postcode district DN5
Dialling code 01302
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°33′19″N1°07′32″W / 53.5553°N 1.1256°W / 53.5553; -1.1256

Arksey is a village in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It had an estimated population of 1,303 as of 2010. [1] It was the birthplace of the children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd on 9 January 1890. Arksey has four satellite hamlets: Shaftholme, Tilts, Almholme and Stockbridge.

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The name Arksey derives from the Old Norse personal name Arnkel combined with the Old English ēg meaning 'island'. [2]

Arksey is older than the Domesday Book. [3]

The Parish Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building, dating back to the 1120s. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arksey Community Profile 2010" (PDF). Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Arksey in the Domesday Book
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1191878)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 March 2019.


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