Warmsworth is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and civil parish

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

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...

. It has a population of 3,855. The main route to Warmsworth is the A1(M) and the A630. The River Don also runs next to Warmsworth, as well as a train line

Warmsworth railway station

Warmsworth railway station was a railway station to serve the village of Warmsworth, South Yorkshire, England and was on the Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway...

 from Doncaster to Sheffield. Warmsworth borders a number of other Civil Parishes in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, including: Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough and Cusworth is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It lies to the north west of Doncaster town centre and is split by the A1 motorway...

, Edlington

Edlington

Edlington is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, lying to the south west of Doncaster. It has a population of 8,276...

, Conisbrough

Conisbrough

Conisbrough is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is located roughly midway between Doncaster and Rotherham, and is built alongside the River Don at...

, Cadeby

Cadeby, South Yorkshire

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.-History:...

 and Balby

Balby

Balby is a suburb of Doncaster located to the south-west of the borough in the north of England. It is home to the former secondary school, now sports college Balby Carr...

. It lies 3.9 miles from the Centre of Doncaster. Warmsworth also has a primary school called Warmsworth Primary School, which is a feeder to Sir Thomas Wharton Community College

Sir Thomas Wharton Community College

Sir Thomas Wharton Community College is a secondary school in Edlington, Doncaster, England. The number of pupils on roll, as of 2009, is 1082, of which 120 are in the 6th form. It accepts pupils from the surrounding areas including Edlington, Warmsworth, Tickhill, Loversall, Wadworth, Micklebring...

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History

Warmsworth used to be part of the West Riding of Yorkshire

West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, County of York, West Riding , was based closely on the historic boundaries...

 until 1974 when it then became part of the new subcounty South Yorkshire. Also, Warmsworth was mentioned in the Domesday book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 in the 11th century, but was called a different name. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanery of Doncaster. The Quaker Thomas Aldham

Thomas Aldham

-Founder:Nothing is known of Aldham's parentage. He farmed successfully at Warmsworth, near Doncaster. In 1644, he married Mary Killam , whom her son Thomas described as "a Woman that truly feared God, and served him in her Day and Generation." Aldham's son William was instrumental in opening the...

 lived in Warmsworth and was instrumental, with George Fox

George Fox

George Fox was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends.The son of a Leicestershire weaver, Fox lived in a time of great social upheaval and war...

, in founding the nearby Balby

Balby

Balby is a suburb of Doncaster located to the south-west of the borough in the north of England. It is home to the former secondary school, now sports college Balby Carr...

 meeting (congregation).

Sport

Warmsworth also has a cricket club (Warmsworth Cricket Club) and a football club (Warmsworth Lions FC), which help Warmsworth to bring in young people from the surrounding villages.

Dolomite Quarry

Next to the village is a Limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 quarry, known as the 'Dolomite Quarry' because of small dolomite

Dolomite

Dolomite is a carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg2. The term is also used to describe the sedimentary carbonate rock dolostone....

 content, which stretches as far as Levitt Hagg

Levitt Hagg

Levitt Hagg is an abandoned hamlet in South Yorkshire, located approximately two miles southwest of Doncaster and near Conisbrough Castle. Limestone began to be quarried at the site in ancient times. Levitt Hagg was also the site, along with nearby environs in the Don Gorge, of ancient woodlands...

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