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Coordinates: 53°28′N 1°12′W / 53.46°N 1.20°W
| Edlington | |
  Edlington shown within South Yorkshire |
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| Population | 8,276[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Metropolitan borough | Doncaster |
| Metropolitan county | South Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DONCASTER |
| Postcode district | DN12 |
| Dialling code | 01709 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Don Valley |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Edlington is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, lying to the southwest of Doncaster. The original parish town of Edlington is now known as Old Edlington. New Edlington is adjacent to (and north of) Old Edlington.
At the start of 2009, Edlington was featured in the reigonal news as a fire broke out inside Edlington School. Pupils had just left the school for the Christmas holidays and the school they were due to move into, Sir Thomas Wharton was unaffected.
Edlington was home to Yorkshire Main Colliery which was, until its closure in 1986, one of the largest coal mines in Great Britain.[citation needed]
Since 1974 Edlington has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in the Metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, though it was not part of the County Borough of Doncaster beforehand. It lies within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The Antiochian Orthodox parish of St. Columba and St. Kentigern is located at the top of Staveley St.
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Sites of special scientific interest
There are two sites of special scientific interest close to Edlington. Edlington Wood is a 99.7 hectare site which was designated for its biological interest in 1979.[2]
New Edlington Brickpit is a disused brickpit which has been mostly infilled. It is important due to the geological features from the Upper Permian which are 8 meters thick at the brickpit. The site was notified in 1989 and is only 0.2 hectares (0.4 acres).[3]
2009 attempted murders
On Sunday 5 April 2009 an 11 year-old boy was found with critical head injuries near to the Brickpit, while his 9 year-old friend was found wandering nearby with knife wounds. Local residents told the media that both boys had been hit with a brick, slashed with a knife, and burned with cigarettes.[4] On Tuesday 7 April two brothers, aged 10 and 11, who had been arrested on 5 April, were each charged with both the attempted murder and robbery of both of the injured boys.[5]
References
- ^ Institute for Statistics
- ^ Edlington Wood Natural England. Retrieved on 2009-02-14
- ^ New Edlington Brickpit Natural England. Retrieved on 2009-02-14
- ^ BBC News: Boys arrested over vicious attack
- ^ BBC News: Brothers charged with boys attack
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