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Conisbrough Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Conisbrough

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Conisbrough history

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Conisbrough appears to be the most important place in Anglo-Saxon and Viking South Yorkshire. In a will of around 1003 by Wulfric Spott, founder of Burton Abbey was bequeathed. The name of the name relates to a king’s stronghold and this is usually presumed to have been on the site of the castle or of the parish church.

Kilner connection

In 1863, the Kilner company opened a glass-making plant in Conisbrough. Caleb Kilner was sent to manage it in 1866, along with his cousin Kilner Bateson. In 1937, the company went bankrupt and rights to the product line were sold to the United Glass Bottle Manufacturers.

Literature

In Sir Walter Scott’s novel, Ivanhoe, ‘Coningsburgh Castle’ is based on Conisbrough. Scott’s Coningsburgh is an Anglo-Saxon fortress, based (perhaps knowingly) on the mistaken conclusion that its style marked it as a non-Norman castle.

Earth Centre

In the mid-1990s, a new tourist attraction, Earth Centre, opened on the site of the former Cadeby Main Colliery. It closed in 2005 after it failed to attract the expected number of visitors. In the 2008 drama Survivors, the centre was used as the place Abby was shot and taken in.

Sporting links

Yorkshire saw The Grand Depart for the Tour de France in 2014. It has also hosted the Olympic Torch Relay for the 2012 London Olympics. In 2016 the tour came through Conisbrough passing the famous castle on its way to Doncaster.

Conisbrough etymology

The name Conisbrough comes from the Old English Cyningesburh (first recorded c. 1000) meaning “king’s stronghold” or “King’s fortified place”

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Best Conisbrough places to visit

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Conisbrough has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Conisbrough’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Conisbrough’s information audio spots:

Yorkshire Main F.C. Yorkshire Main Football Club is a football club based in Edlington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. They play in the Doncaster Saturday League Premier Division.

River Dearne River Dearne South Yorkshire, England flows roughly east for more than 30 kilometres (19 mi), from its source just inside West Yorkshire to its confluence with the River Don at Denaby Main. The river was one of those affected by the 2007 United Kingdom floods. Industrialisation caused the river to become grossly polluted in the early nineteenth century and fish populations died.

Earth Centre, Doncaster The Earth Centre, Doncaster was a large-scale visitor attraction. It was located on a 400-acre former colliery site in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire. Opened in 1999, it used funding from the Millennium Commission, the European Commission and English Partnerships.

Dearne Valley The Dearne Valley is an area of South Yorkshire, England, along the River Dearne. It includes the towns of Wombwell, Wath-upon-Dearne, Swinton, Conisbrough and Mexborough. In 1995 the area became a regeneration area, as it suffered much from the sudden decline of the deep coal mining industry in the 1980s.

A630 road The A630 is an A road in South Yorkshire. It runs between Sheffield city centre and junction 4 of the M18 motorway. The road runs through Rotherham and Doncaster on the way.

Cadeby Main Colliery The Cadeby Main Colliery was a coal mine sunk in 1889. It commenced production in 1893 and was worked until it was exhausted in 1986.

St John the Evangelist’s Church, Cadeby St John the Evangelist’s Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Cadeby, South Yorkshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building. Victoria Cross recipient George Harry Wyatt is buried there.

Conisbrough Conisbrough is roughly midway between Doncaster and Rotherham. It is built alongside the River Don at 53°29′N 1°14′W / 53.483°N 1.233°W. It has a ward population of 14,333.

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