Bentley, South Yorkshire
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Bentley is a village in South Yorkshire
, England
two miles north of the town of Doncaster
.
The village was once owned by Edmund Hastings of Plumtree, Nottinghamshire
, who had inherited it from his wife Copley's Sprotborough family. Hastings subsequently sold the manor to John Levett
, a York lawyer born at High Melton who married the niece of Hastings's wife, who then conveyed it to Sir Arthur Ingram of York, High Sheriff of Yorkshire
.
A former mining village it lies on the River Don, Bentley and the nearby hamlet of Toll Bar were badly affected by floods in June 2007.
Bentley is made up of two parts, Bentley West End which is the part closest to town and Bentley New Village which is the part closest to Toll Bar.
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
two miles north of the town of Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
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The village was once owned by Edmund Hastings of Plumtree, Nottinghamshire
Plumtree, Nottinghamshire
Plumtree is a village and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 221.It is situated to the south east of Nottingham, between the villages of Tollerton and Keyworth....
, who had inherited it from his wife Copley's Sprotborough family. Hastings subsequently sold the manor to John Levett
Levett
Levett is an Anglo-Norman territorial surname deriving from the village of Livet-en-Ouche, now Jonquerets-de-Livet, in Eure, Normandy. Ancestors of the earliest Levett family in England, the de Livets were lords of the village of Livet, and undertenants of the de Ferrers, among the most powerful of...
, a York lawyer born at High Melton who married the niece of Hastings's wife, who then conveyed it to Sir Arthur Ingram of York, High Sheriff of Yorkshire
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
The High Sheriff of Yorkshire was an ancient High Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years. A list of the sheriffs from the Norman conquest onwards can be found below...
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A former mining village it lies on the River Don, Bentley and the nearby hamlet of Toll Bar were badly affected by floods in June 2007.
Bentley is made up of two parts, Bentley West End which is the part closest to town and Bentley New Village which is the part closest to Toll Bar.