Arksey, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Arksey or Bentley-with-Arksey, a parish in the W.R. Yorkshire, on the G.N.R. and the ri—er Don, 2 miles N of Doncaster. It has a station on the railway, and includes the hamlets of Almhoime, Bodies, Doncaster-Bridgend, Scaw-thorpe, Shafthoime, and Stockbridge. It has a post and money order office of the name of Bentley, under Doncaster. Acreage, 5133; population, 1880. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £135 with residence. The church is ancient, and was restored under the direction of Sir G. G. Scott, in 1869-70. There are 2 Methodist chapels, 12 almshouses, and other charities. There are quarries in the neighbourhood, and traces of Roman military works.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Arksey All Saints | |
Poor Law union | Doncaster | |
Riding | West | |
Wapentake | Strafforth and Tickhill |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Arksey:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1557-1916 | 1754-1902 | 1562-1930 | 1558-1929 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Arksey from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Arksey (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Arksey are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: