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Mexborough est une ville britannique située dans le Yorkshire du Sud (Angleterre). Sa population est estimée à 15 244 habitants.

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Mexborough

Mexborough is a town in the City of Doncaster District, South Yorkshire, England, between Manvers and Denaby Main, on the River Don close to where it joins the River Dearne, and the A6023 road. It is contiguous with Swinton to the southwest and Conisbrough to the east. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Mexborough had a population of 15,244 at the 2011 Census.

Old Market Hall, Mexborough

The Old Market Hall is a pub in Mexborough, a town in South Yorkshire, in England, which formerly served as a market and town hall. In the 1870s, the Mexborough Local Board of Health was offered land to construct a covered market. It was undecided until Joel Kirby offered to manage the market; it did not take up his offer, but he did conduct the opening ceremony, in July 1880. The design of the building was based on the Norfolk Market Hall in Sheffield, but on a smaller scale. It comprised a main hall 93 feet (28 m) by 57 feet (17 m), with twenty shops lining the outside: ten for general butchers, and ten for pork butchers and other grocers. In the centre were 18 stalls, and there were four further stands at the north end. It had a glazed roof, 20 feet (6.1 m) high at its peak. There were entrances on all sides, that from the west up a flight of steps. There was a cellar underneath, used for storage for the weighman's office, and at the north end were a suite of offices for the local board, with a meeting room above, having a capacity of 200 people. The market was a success, and in 1927 it was stated that it "has had much to do with the prosperity of the town as any other single factor". Meanwhile, Mexborough Urban District Council, which was successor to the local board of health, established its own offices in Adwick Road. In 1974, the market moved to a new building, and the entire structure was later converted into a pub, now operated by Wetherspoons.

St John's Church, Mexborough

St John the Baptist Church is the parish church of Mexborough in South Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the 12th century, and the core survives from this period. The chancel is 13th century, while other parts date from the 14th and 15th century. The south aisle was rebuilt in 1891, and an apse was added. The church was Grade I listed in 1986. It is dedicated to St John the Baptist. The church is built of sandstone; the chancel with rubble, and other parts with coursed stone. The roofs are a mixture of lead and copper. The nave has north and south aisles, a south porch, and a clerestory on the north side. The tower is at the west end, with a two-light west window, buttresses, gargoyles, a parapet, and an octagonal spire. The chancel has a priest's door, several lancet windows, and one three-light window, in addition to the 19th century polygonal apse. Inside, the nave roof is 15th or 16th century. There is a piscina in the chancel, and the font is Mediaeval. In the south aisle are the remains of a cross which dates from between the 10th and 12th centuries. There are several 17th century monuments, and 17th century oak panelling in the apse, which may have been relocated from Mexborough Old Hall. The Creed, Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments are inscribed in the north aisle, uncovered by the Victorian restoration, and some of the stalls were designed by Robert Thompson.

Mexborough engine shed

Mexborough engine shed was an engine shed in Swinton, in South Yorkshire, England. It was built by the Great Central Railway and opened in 1875. The shed was built slightly to the west of the current Mexborough station on land between the River Don and the River Don Navigation. It had 15 dead end roads, and could handle about 150 steam locomotives, mainly for use on freight trains. The London and North Eastern Railway operated the shed from 1923. In 1948, on the formation of British Railways Eastern Region, Mexborough bore the shed code 36B, then 41F from 1958. It closed in February 1964. Most of the locomotives stabled at Mexborough were used for hauling coal trains. The coal originated from the many collieries in the South Yorkshire coalfield and wagons of coal were despatched to locations all over the country. However, the main destinations were the industries and power stations in Lancashire. With the opening of the Wath marshalling yard in 1907, Mexborough supplied locomotives for collecting wagons from the collieries, for re-marshalling of the wagons at Wath and for hauling coal trains across the steeply-graded "Woodhead" route across the Pennines into Lancashire. In the 1920s, the depot was the stabling point for what was then the most powerful locomotive in the UK, the London & North Eastern Railway's Class U1 Garratt. It was used for banking heavy coal trains up the Worsborough incline on the Woodhead route. In 1942 during the Second World War, three former Great Eastern Railway LNER J15 locomotives were drafted-in to assist with coal traffic. In the 1950s, the route from Wath to Manchester was electrified. Consequently, the demand for the steam locomotives from the Mexborough depot reduced. The electric locomotives were stabled at Wath rather than Mexborough. Even the steam shunting engines for the marshalling work at Wath yard were replaced by diesel shunters in 1957. The use of steam locomotives for collecting coal from local collieries was also phased out and the depot closed in 1964. The site of Mexborough depot is now occupied by units in an industrial estate off of Meadow Way in Swinton. In its heyday, the depot had its own football team, Mexborough Locomotive Works F.C.

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Mexborough (ward)

Mexborough is one of 21 electoral wards in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, covering the town of Mexborough. It forms part of the Doncaster North parliamentary constituency. Its three councillors are members of the localist party Mexborough First.