Stainforth, South Yorkshire
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| Stainforth | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | 4,000 (approx) | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | SE6411 | |
| Administration | ||
| District: | Doncaster | |
| Metropolitan county: | South Yorkshire | |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Constituent country: | England | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Ceremonial county: | South Yorkshire | |
| Historic county: | Yorkshire | |
| Services | ||
| Police force: | South Yorkshire Police | |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} | |
| Ambulance: | Yorkshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | DONCASTER | |
| Postal district: | DN7 | |
| Dialling code: | 01302 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Doncaster North | |
| European Parliament: | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
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Stainforth is a small town located roughly north-east of Doncaster, close in locality to Hatfield, South Yorkshire and Thorne.
[edit] Place-name meaning
The place-name means 'stony ford' from Old English stanig 'stony' and ford 'ford'. Its name was recorded as Staneforde in 1428.
More recently, Stainforth was a mining village, with the Hatfield Main Colliery at its centre. The colliery was open for around 80 years, from when it entered full production in 1921 up to it closing in August 2001. In the summer of 2006 work began on reopening the colliery, with the aim of full production by May 2007.
The colliery and the surrounding area have been used in a number of television series and films, most notably Dalziel and Pascoe and Brassed Off, and more recently Faith.
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[edit] See also
| Ceremonial county of South Yorkshire | ||
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| Metropolitan districts: | City of Sheffield • Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham • Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster • Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley | |
| Cities/Towns: | Adwick le Street • Anston • Armthorpe • Askern • Aughton • Barnsley • Bawtry • Birdwell • Beighton • Bentley • Chapeltown • Conisbrough • Cudworth • Darfield • Darton • Dinnington • Dodworth • Doncaster • Finningley • Great Houghton • Grimethorpe • Harthill • Hatfield • Highlane • Hoyland Nether • Kirk Sandall • Maltby • Mexborough • Moorends • Mosborough • Norton • Oughtibridge • Rawmarsh • Rossington • Rotherham • Royston • Scholes • Sheffield City Centre • Stainforth • Stocksbridge • Swinton • Thorne • Thorpe Hesley • Thurcroft • Thurnscoe • Tickhill • Todwick • Treeton • Wales • Wath upon Dearne • Wharncliffe Side • Wombwell • Woodsetts • Worsbrough See also: List of civil parishes in South Yorkshire |
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