Arksey

Arksey
All Saints' Church, Arksey
Arksey is located in South Yorkshire
Arksey
Arksey
Location within South Yorkshire
Population1,303 (2010 est.)[1]
OS grid referenceSE580068
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDONCASTER
Postcode districtDN5
Dialling code01302
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
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]

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