Norton railway station (South Yorkshire)

Norton (South Yorkshire) railway station served the village of Norton, in South Yorkshire, England.

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Norton, Doncaster

Norton is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, on the borders with North and West Yorkshire. The civil parish also includes the villages of Campsall and Sutton; it had a population of 4,381 in the 2001 Census, increasing to 4,625 in 2011. The northern boundary of the parish is marked by the River Went, while the A1 Great North Road forms the western boundary.

Campsall

Campsall is a village in the civil parish of Norton, in the Doncaster district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) to the north-west of Doncaster, at an elevation of around 50 feet above sea level. The village contains Campsall Country Park. The village falls within the Norton & Askern ward of Doncaster Council and the House of Commons constituency of Doncaster North. The Parish is situated on the “Magnesian Limestone Belt”, a landscape feature formed by a narrow north–south trending escarpment. The Magnesian Limestone Belt is typified by well drained and fertile soils, which were ideal for agriculture and the establishment of settlements like Campsall. Before the Industrial Revolution, the area to the east was occupied by the inaccessible and waterlogged marshes of the Humberhead Levels, whilst to the west was the Barnsdale Forest, an area associated with the legend of Robin Hood and various outlaws and bandits who preyed upon travellers on the Great North Road. In 2021 it had a population of 1878.

Walden Stubbs

Walden Stubbs is a small, rural village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was less than 100, so the details are included in the civil parish of Womersley. Situated close to the border with South Yorkshire, and north of Doncaster, it is 7 miles (11 km) south east of Pontefract, and lies close to the River Went, which rises at Featherstone. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, where it is described as consisting of seven households and two ploughlands. The name of the village derives from either Old German, Waldin or the Old English son of Walda. The second part, Stubbs is the Old English term for tree stumps. The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the rural district of Hemsworth until 1974. Under the Redcliffe-Maud Report, Walden Stubbs was originally due to be part of the "Mid-Yorkshire" district, which was roughly the same as the modern Wakefield district but was due to cover a larger area than was eventually established. Instead, from 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The Askern Branch Line runs through this village, which has two level crossings. This rail line now carries freight and passenger trains from London Kings Cross to Bradford Interchange. There is also the occasional diverted passenger train from the East Coast Main Line.

St Mary Magdalene, Campsall

St Mary Magdalene is a parish church in the Church of England in Campsall in South Yorkshire. It is Grade I listed. There is a service every Sunday at 11:00.