Cadeby, South Yorkshire
Encyclopedia
Cadeby is a village and civil parish
in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
in South Yorkshire
, England
. It is about five miles west of Doncaster
, and four miles east of Mexborough
.
family, and later by their descendants, the Copley baronets. Later, it was inherited by barrister Thomas Levett
, a native of High Melton, who sold to his brother, York
barrister John Levett
, who in turn sold it to Edmund Hastings, Esq., of Plumtree, Nottinghamshire
.
which was notified in 1977 for its geological interest. The site covers 97 hectares (240 acres) of the old quarry. It is one of 35 sites of special scientific interest in South Yorkshire.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England.In addition to the town of Doncaster, the borough covers Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley....
in South Yorkshire
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
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. It is about five miles west 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"...
, and four miles east of Mexborough
Mexborough
Mexborough is a town in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, situated on the north bank of the River Don west of its confluence with the River Dearne...
.
History
The manor of Cadeby was held in medieval times by the Norman baronial FitzwilliamFitzwilliam
Fitzwilliam may refer to:Persons:*Richard FitzWilliam, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam , Irish nobleman and politician*Wendy Fitzwilliam , Trinidad and Tobago's second Miss Universe...
family, and later by their descendants, the Copley baronets. Later, it was inherited by barrister Thomas Levett
Thomas Levett
Thomas Levett , was an Oxford-educated Lincoln's Inn barrister, judge of the Admiralty for the Northern Counties and High Sheriff of Rutland...
, a native of High Melton, who sold to his brother, York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
barrister 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...
, who in turn sold it to Edmund Hastings, Esq., 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....
.
Cadeby quarry
Close to the village is Cadeby quarry, a site of special scientific interestSite of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
which was notified in 1977 for its geological interest. The site covers 97 hectares (240 acres) of the old quarry. It is one of 35 sites of special scientific interest in South Yorkshire.