Arksey

Village in South Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Region

53°33′19″N 1°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.

The sey in Arksey means island in Old English, which is appropriate as the village is surrounded by marshland.

Arksey is older than the Domesday Book.^[2]

The Parish Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building, dating back to the 1120s.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Arksey Community Profile 2010" (PDF). Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.
^ Arksey in the Domesday Book
^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1191878)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 March 2019.