Barnby Dun

{{Short description|Village in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use British English|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox UK place  | official_name = Barnby Dun | local_name = | type = Village | country = England | region = Yorkshire and the Humber  | static_image = Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall - Canal Bridge.jpg | static_image_width = 200px | static_image_caption = Lifting bridge  | coordinates = {{coord|53.57|-1.07|display=inline,title}}  | post_town = [[Doncaster]] | postcode_area = DN | postcode_district = DN3  | dial_code = 01302  | constituency_westminster = [[Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster North]] | civil_parish = [[Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall]]   | london_distance_mi = 148 | london_distance_km = 239  | metropolitan_borough = [[Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster|Doncaster]] | metropolitan_county = [[South Yorkshire]] }}

'''Barnby Dun''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɑː|n|b|ɪ}}) is a village in [[Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]], England. Together with [[Kirk Sandall]] it forms the [[civil parish]] of [[Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall]]. It lies between [[Arksey]] and [[Stainforth, South Yorkshire|Stainforth]]. It is located about 4 miles north-east of Doncaster city centre.

Barnby Dun has a long history and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.<ref>{{cite web |author=The Domesday Book online |title=Yorkshire: West Riding A-B |url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/westriding1.html#barnbydun |access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref> The village has a church dedicated to [[Saint Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle|Saint Paul]], the structure of which dates back to the 13th century. Throughout its history, it has been a primarily agricultural village with later ties to industry; railways arrived at the village in the 1840s, and the nearby [[Thorpe Marsh Power Station]] opened in 1963.<ref name=":7">{{cite web |title=Barnby Dun History |url=http://www.barnbydunoldschool.co.uk/news.html |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=www.barnbydunoldschool.co.uk}}</ref> Today, Barnby Dun is a residential area with a mix of modern and older properties.

There are local shops, a primary school, and recreational facilities, such as a village hall and playing fields, in the area. The village is known for its friendly community and good transport links to nearby towns and cities, making it a popular choice for families and commuters.

The [[Church of St Peter and St Paul, Barnby Dun|parish church of St Peter & St Paul]] is Grade I listed.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1151488|desc=Church of St Peter and St Paul|accessdate=10 November 2021}}</ref>

The village is located {{convert|34.2|km|order=flip}} from Sheffield.<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from Barnby Dun [SE618094] |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/howfar?CCC=WRY,FROMGR=SE618094,FROMPN=BARNBY%20DUN |access-date=2 January 2018 |publisher=Genuki}}</ref> The village has 3,362 inhabitants (2016).<ref>{{cite web |title=Barnby Dun |url=https://citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-yorkshireandthehumber.php?cityid=E35000179 |access-date=2 January 2018 |publisher=City Population}}</ref> Barnby upon Don was a civil parish until 1921 when it became part of Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Relationships and changes Barnby upon Don AP/CP through time |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10396943 |access-date=3 April 2023 |publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time}}</ref> The civil parish had 774 inhabitants in 1921.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population statistics Barnby upon Don AP/CP through time |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10396943/cube/TOT_POP |access-date=3 April 2023 |publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time}}</ref>

==Geology== The bedrock on which Barnby Dun is built is primarily [[Sedimentary rock|sedimentary]] and composed of [[sandstone]] and [[gravel]]. The village sits atop the [[Chester Formation]], the bedrock of which was formed around 247.1 million years ago during the [[Olenekian]] age of the [[Triassic]] period. Its parent rock unit is the [[Sherwood Sandstone Group]].

In the newer parts of the village to the east, River Terrace Deposits are found dating to the present [[Quaternary|Quaternary period]], composed primarily of [[sand]] and gravel. [[Late Pleistocene]] [[alluvium]] deposits can be found in the far west of the village around the [[River Don Navigation]] canal, due to [[silt]], [[clay]] and gravel deposition on the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don floodplain]].

In a few areas in the north of the village, [[Pleistocene]] [[Glaciofluvial deposits|Glaciofluvial Deposits]] can be found dating to between 860 and 116 thousand years ago, likely corresponding to the [[Chibanian|Middle Pleistocene]] [[Ice age|Glacial Maximum]] of 140 thousand years ago. The village is bounded to the north and west by the Hemingbrough [[Glaciolacustrine deposits|Glaciolacustrine Formation]] of the [[Devensian |Devensian Stage]], deposits of which can be found within the parish of Barnby Dun at [[Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve|Thorpe Marsh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=British Geological Survey |url=https://www.bgs.ac.uk/technologies/the-bgs-lexicon-of-named-rock-units/ |website=www.bgs.ac.uk |publisher=BGS |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>

==History== ===Pre-Norman era (pre–1066)=== Evidence of farming, upwards of 2,000 years ago, has been discovered in the north of Barnby Dun near Ling House, where a brickwork pattern field system<ref>{{cite web |title=LiDAR terrain map and aerial photograph of 53.574337, −1.081859 (SE 60895 09027), Barnby Dun Doncaster SE 61 09, 53.574337,-1.081859, 53.57434, −1.08186 () () |url=https://www.archiuk.com/cgi-bin/build_lidar_map.pl?map_location=53.574337,%20-1.081859%20(SE%2060895%2009027),%20Barnby%20Dun%20Doncaster%20SE%2061%2009,%20,%2053.574337,-1.081859,%2053.57434,%20-1.08186%20()&point_title=53.574337,%20-1.081859%20(SE%2060895%2009027),%20Barnby%20Dun%20Doncaster%20SE%2061%2009,%20,%2053.574337,-1.081859,%2053.57434,%20-1.08186%20()&ngr=SE%2060895%2009027&is_sub=&pwd=&lidar_model_key=LIDAR_Composite_1m_DTM_2022_Hillshade&county=&placename=53.574337,%20-1.081859%20(SE%2060895%2009027)&point_lat=53.574592&point_long=-1.083439&postcode= |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=www.archiuk.com}}</ref> was identified. One human cremation was also identified, potentially dating back further to the [[Bronze Age]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Lings, Barnby Dun, Doncaster. An Archaeological Evaluation |url=https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1045231&recordType=GreyLit |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=archaeologydataservice.ac.uk }}</ref>

Before the [[Norman Conquest|arrival of the Normans]] in 1066, there are mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] three landholders. These were [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] men named Ulfkil, Ketilbert and Oswulf, the first of whom was [[lord of the manor]] and held two taxed [[Oxgang|bovates]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7312195 |title=Catalogue description Place name: Barnby Dun, Yorkshire Folio: 307v Great Domesday Book Domesday... |date=1086}}</ref> Ketilbert and Oswulf, however, both held nine bovates in the parish<ref name=":1">{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7312825 |title=Catalogue description Place name: Barnby Dun, Yorkshire Folio: 321v Great Domesday Book Domesday... |date=1086}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7312723 |title=Catalogue description Place name: Barnby Dun, Yorkshire Folio: 319v Great Domesday Book Domesday... |date=1086}}</ref> and a [[priest]] and church are named in the lands of Oswulf, constituting the first reference of a religious site in Barnby Dun.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Barnby Dun |url=https://www.beakondoncaster.co.uk/barnbydunchurch/history/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |website=www.beakondoncaster.co.uk }}</ref>

In the Domesday Book, Barnby Dun is referred to as "Barnebi", highlighting the village's name as of [[Vikings|Norse]] origin when part of the [[Danelaw]]. The most prominent explanation for its etymology pertains to a "village of the children",<ref>{{cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20WR/Barnby%20upon%20Don |access-date=29 May 2024 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref> most likely referring to a settlement held jointly by multiple heirs.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A. D. |chapter=Barnby |date=1 January 2011 |title=A Dictionary of British Place Names |chapter-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086-e-1299 |access-date=29 May 2024 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-960908-6}}</ref> Some interpretations, however, claim the village's etymology links to being a boundary of the Forest of [[Barnsdale]], an ancient forest (later [[royal forest]]) which may have once rivalled [[Sherwood Forest]] in area.<ref>{{cite web |last=Britain |first=Safer |date=5 December 2017 |title=Yorkshire's Robin Hood: The Barnsdale Secret : Robin Hood, the Forgotten Forest of Barnsdale and the Lost King of the North |url=https://yorkshiresrobinhood.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-barnsdale-secret-robin-hood.html |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=Yorkshire's Robin Hood}}</ref>

===Post-Norman medieval period (1066–1453)=== By 1086, upon the publication of the Domesday Book, the lands of Ulfkil and lordship of the manor had been granted to the [[Robert, Count of Mortain|Count of Mortain]], comprising 18 bovates,<ref name=":0" /> while the lands of Ketilbert and Oswulf had been respectively granted to [[Roger de Busli|Roger of Bully]] and [[William de Percy]], who each held nine bovates as their predecessors had.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The latter's land was managed as lord by [[Vavasour family|Mauger le Vavasour]], who also held land near the present-day centre of Doncaster,<ref>{{cite web |title=Doncaster {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE5703/doncaster/ |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=opendomesday.org}}</ref> and whose son of the same name was born in Barnby Dun.<ref>{{cite web |title=FamilySearch.org |url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MFT7-D8V/sir-mauger-le-vavasour-1084-1135 |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=ancestors.familysearch.org}}</ref>

In 1221, the first reference is made to a church leader of "St Peter in Barnebi", during a dispute between the [[monk]]s of [[Roche Abbey]] and Hugh, [[parson]] of the church in Barnby Dun, who had been accused of interfering with the right of the monks to collect [[tithe]]s of [[grain]] in the village. The outcome of the dispute, adjudicated by the Abbot of [[Selby]] and two [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|priors]] in [[York]], was that the monks would continue to collect tithes in Barnby Dun as long as payment of eleven pounds of [[incense]] were made to the church annually, and that an adequate area of land was cultivated by the monks.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f586efcc-da8c-447f-9c10-bfda40ec1a2a |title=Award relating to tithes in Barnby |year=1221 }}</ref>

In 1244, the second recorded church leader – Benedict – can be found as [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of the church of St Peter and St Paul, Barneby. Later on in the 13th century, likely during the term of rector William de la Ryvere, the original wooden structure of the church was replaced by the beginnings of the present-day [[limestone]] building, though many additions and alterations have been made throughout the intervening centuries.<ref name=":3" />

During the 1221 dispute, one Hugh Folioth or Foliot is named, and it appears that throughout 13th century the [[Foliot family]] were landholders in Barnby Dun, including Richard Foliot who held one quarter of the village by 1292.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9596250 |title=Catalogue description Debtor: Richard Foliot [who held one-quarter of Barnby Dun, Strafforth Wapentake, W.R.,... |date=14 July 1292 |language=Latin}}</ref> Some five years later, in 1297, the manor of Barnby Dun is referenced as being held by Richard de Barnby and his family<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9598098 |title=Catalogue description Debtor: Richard de Barnby {Bernaby} knight [family held Barnby Dun in Strafforth... |date=18 June 1297 |language=Latin}}</ref> and other de Barnbys are referenced as potential lords in Barnby Dun around this time.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9600155 |title=Catalogue description Debtor: Thomas, son of Thomas [? lord] of Barnby Dun {super Done} [Strafforth Wapentake,... |date=13 July 2023 |language=Latin}}</ref> In 1347, the widow of Frank de Barnby – Idonia – leased the manor of Barnby-upon-Don to Piere de Marchelay for the remainder of his life.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/9f11f31a-962d-4ae6-abaa-472b0e44df58 |title=Confirmation by John Earl de Warenne of lease for life |year=1347 }}</ref> Also in the 1340s, during the term of John de Barneby, the rectory of Barnby Dun was replaced by a vicarage.<ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki: Data from the 'Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum' from the year 1842., Yorkshire (West Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/BarnbyDun/ChurchCol_BarnbyDun |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=www.genuki.org.uk }}</ref> It remains as such to the present day.

The [[Poll Tax of 1379]] records 108 households in Barnby Dun, here referred to as Barmby super Done, and the tax collected from the village totalled 36 shillings and three pence. The village's vicar at the time, John Prest, can be seen on the tax as Johannes Presteson, and many other surnames display the agrarian nature of the village and of the time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki: Subsidy Roll (Poll Tax) for 1379 for the Yorkshire parish of Barnby Dun, Yorkshire (West Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/BarnbyDun/BarnbyDunSubsidyRoll |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=www.genuki.org.uk }}</ref> The church tower was constructed in 1450 during the vicariate of William Russel.<ref name=":3" />

On 27 October 1452 occurred the rape and abduction of Joan Beaumont in the village of [[Thorpe in Balne]], which lies in the parish of Barnby Dun. Joan, the [[widow]] of Sir Henry Beaumont (1411–1447),<ref>{{cite web |last=Hebrew |first=Dr Wilton McDonald-black |title=Henry de Beaumont (± 1411-± 1447) » M(a)cDonald Family Site – black Jewish YAHYA family line 3 » Genealogy Online |url=https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/mcdonald-family-site/I817607.php |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=Genealogy Online }}</ref> was abducted at [[Solemn Mass|high mass]] from the [[Listed buildings in Thorpe in Balne|12th-century chapel beside the manor house]] by a group of some forty men led by Edward Lancaster of [[Skipton]] – who raped, threatened and forcefully married her – and including John Paslewe [Pashley],<ref>{{cite web |title=Pashley Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History |url=https://forebears.io/surnames/pashley |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=forebears.io}}</ref> a resident of Barnby Dun proper. Beaumont's servants, John Cooke and John Louth, were also assaulted and 100 shillings were stolen from the Beaumont estate.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last= Luffman|first=Roger |date=3 September 2012 |title=James Fretwell's Diary – circa 1720 |url=https://doncasterhistory.wordpress.com/local-history-1/james-fretwells-diary-circa-1720/ |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=Doncaster History }}</ref> A petition was made to parliament in 1453 by Joan's son Henry and contracted husband Charles Nowell, Esq. which resulted in Lancaster's imprisonment and the reformation of [[Annulment|marriage annulment]] laws to reduce the vulnerability of widowed women.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9061544 |title=Catalogue description Petitioners: Henry Beaumont, knight; Charles Nowell, esquire; John Twycrosse, yeoman. ... |year=1453 }}</ref>

=== Portington family (1480–1798) === In 1480, John Portington was born in Barnby Dun, the son of Thomas Portington who himself was son of Robert Portington, who both lived in the village but had originally hailed from [[Portington, East Riding of Yorkshire|Portington]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9V5N-NC2 |title=John Portington |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=www.familysearch.org}}</ref> The 1480s mark the arrival of the Portington family, who would go on to become lords of the manor in Barnby Dun and be associated with the village for the best part of 300 years after their arrival.

By the end of the 16th century, the Portingtons had lived in Barnby Dun for over a century and had been involved in land disputes through the 16th century,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9241375 |title=Catalogue description Robert Whitehed v John Portyngton: land in Barnby upon Don, Yorkshire. [Standard... |year=1517}}</ref> including the seizure of tithe payment to the parsonage in [[Hatfield, South Yorkshire|Hatfield]] in the 1530s.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7484122 |title=Catalogue description Short title: Portyngton v Snydall. Plaintiffs: Thomas Portyngton of Hensam (i.e.,... |date=1533–1538}}</ref> In the 1530s and 40s, Lionel Portington and Thomas Hungate were involved in disputes over the manor of Barnby Dun<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7494660 |title=Catalogue description Short title: Portyngton v Hungate. Plaintiffs: Lionel, brother and heir of Thomas... |date=1544–1551}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7489016 |title=Catalogue description Short title: Hungayt v Partyngton. Plaintiffs: Thomas HUNGAYT, esquire, and Isabel his... |date=1538–1544}}</ref> and Hungate was leased part of the manor by [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] in 1553.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16921517 |title=Catalogue description Lease, for 21 years, granted by Mary I to Thomas Hungate, esq, one of the four chief... |date=14 November 1553 }}</ref> A similar set of manors including Barnby Dun were in 1581 leased by [[Elizabeth I]] to [[Thomas Heneage]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16921489 |title=Catalogue description Lease, for 57½ years, granted by Elizabeth I to Thomas Heneage, treasurer of her... |date=8 May 1581 |language=Latin}}</ref>

The manor of Barnby Dun by the late 16th century mostly belonged to the Blyth family. Throughout the 1580s and 90s, John Blyth, William Blyth and Anthony Blyth – who also owned part of the manor of [[Quarmby]] – were involved in a series of [[Conveyancing|conveyances]] and [[indenture]]s primarily including the Kaye family,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/500ff933-5e6f-4556-b160-c18847c32f31 |title=Catalogue description Indenture whereby John Blythe, Elizabeth his wife, and William Blythe of Rotherham... |year=1587 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8acf8de7-b500-4f70-b3c3-b1b211f2d748 |title=Catalogue description Ante nuptial agreement between John Blyth of Quarmby and John Kaye of Wodsome. Thomas... |date=1575–1586 }}</ref> William West,<ref name=":5">{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/67e3bf37-8a13-4c52-806a-8bfc09f235e8 |title=Catalogue description Assignment by Thomas Cleyton to William, son of William West, and Roger Gregory of the... |date=1594–1601 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3795004 |title=Catalogue description Short title: West v Blyth. Plaintiffs: William West . Defendants: William Blyth and... |date=1591–1596}}</ref> John Farrar,<ref name=":6">{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/c440cca4-1506-4d84-8394-ed2455f12605 |title=Conveyance |date=7 December 1591 }}</ref> Edward Bathecombe<ref name=":6" /> and Roger Gregory<ref name=":5" /> – of the prominent and ancient Gregory family<ref name=":8" /> – which resulted in a complicated [[Moiety title|moiety]] comprising several lords.

Parish records at Barnby Dun's church of St Peter and St Paul began in 1599.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/3a5bb773-e0d9-41af-aa1b-3e0672b61ff1 |title=Barnby Dun, St Peter and St Paul parish records |date=1599–1979 }}</ref>

{{Quote box |quote=''Approach boldly, reader, whosoe’er thou art, if an honest man and one who follows the King, but if less than that depart, lest unknowingly, and by chance, thou shouldst press with thy heel these pious ashes, for Roger Portington’s bones lying beneath can ill bear a rebel’s foot. A man of ancient lineage and faithful to his chief illustrious, broken down by plunder and imprisonment, weary of years, as it were heavy with sleep, has gone to sleep, awaiting the morn of resurrection with Jane his wife, till the last trumpet shall sound.'' |author=17th-century memorial to Roger Portington |source=Church of St Peter and St Paul, Barnby Dun (translated from original [[Latin]]) |width=50% |align=right |qalign=center }}

In 1637, [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] granted – among other lands and tenements – free rents and tenancies in Barnby Dun to his third cousin [[James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond|The Earl of Lennox]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/451185f8-77e1-4b75-b171-e6971d616ebb |title=Copy letters patent from King Charles I |year=1637 }}</ref> which may have pre-emptively evidenced a strong [[Cavalier|royalist]] sentiment on behalf of the most senior Portington and lord at the time, Roger Portington. Thus, at the outbreak of the [[English Civil War]] in the 1640s, Portington enlisted as a [[Lieutenant colonel|Lieutenant-Colonel]] and fought for his monarch but was taken prisoner for 16 years in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Civil War Petitions |url=https://www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk/ |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk }}</ref> his commitment being remembered after his liberation in 1660 on a 17th-century memorial which remains to the present day in Barnby Dun's church.<ref>{{cite web |title=[25307] St Peter & St Paul, Barnby Dun : Roger Portington |date=20 June 2009 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/14996294996/ |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":8">{{cite web |title=Barnby upon Don Genealogy Resources & Parish Registers {{!}} West Riding |url=https://forebears.io/england/yorkshire/barnby-upon-don#sid13169 |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=forebears.io}}</ref>

Seemingly as a result of his service to the royalist cause, by 1673 Portington – now in his seventh decade – was solely referred to as the lord of the manor of Barnby Dun. He died in late 1683<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCFD-N5L |title=Rodger ( Roger) Portington |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=www.familysearch.org}}</ref> and the manor passed to his eldest son, also named Roger. The Portingtons remained as lords of the manor until the death of his grandson, a fourth Roger Portington, on 13 May 1751.<ref name=":4" /> The last remaining Portington in Barnby Dun was Ann Portington, sister of the final Roger Portington, who in November 1793 aged 73 was declared a [[lunatic]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10565871 |title=Catalogue description Ann Portington, spinster of Barmby upon Dunn [Barnby Dun], Yorkshire: commission and... |date=14 November 1793 }}</ref> She died in January 1798.

===Arrival of industry (1730–2012)=== After significant deliberation in the 1720s, the passage of the [[River Dun Navigation Act 1725]] ([[12 Geo. 1]]. c. 38) and [[River Dun Navigation Act 1726]] ([[13 Geo. 1]]. c. 20) and later disagreements in the early 1730s,<ref name=":9">{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/ef2484e7-b39b-487b-a05f-05f991c45d19 |title=COPY of proposals concerning the navigation upon the River Don, signed by Richd. Whitaker (Mayor) and Sam'l. Shore. |date=5 February 1731 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/bb745610-2754-4cfc-a061-38b736645f8e |title=Letter from Edward Simpson to Joseph Mellish. |date=15 March 1731 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/29499f6e-5f65-4be4-973d-830bcffdb35e |title=Letter from Edward Simpson to Joseph Mellish. |date=15 April 1731 }}</ref> a cut was made for the construction of the [[River Don Navigation|River Dun Navigation]] canal, and a [[Lock (water navigation)|lock]]<ref name=":9" /> and flood banks were constructed at Barnby Dun.<ref name=":7" />

{{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Barnby Dun Inclosure Act 1766 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of Great Britain | long_title = An Act for enclosing and dividing a Common, called Thorpe Marsh, and a Piece of Land called Grumble Hirst, within the Parish of Barmby upon Dunn, in the County of York. | year = 1766 | citation = [[6 Geo. 3]]. c. ''72'' {{small|Pr.}} | territorial_extent = [[Great Britain]] | royal_assent = 14 May 1766 | commencement = 17 December 1765{{efn|Start of session.}} | repeal_date = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = Current | original_text = | collapsed = yes }} In 1766, Thorpe Marsh and Grumble Hurst – both lands in the parish of Barnby Dun, though parts of Grumble Hurst lied in the parish of Arksey<ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/node/233449/places/6 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=www.genuki.org.uk |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531131434/https://www.genuki.org.uk/node/233449/places/6 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – were enclosed by the '''{{visible anchor|Barnby Dun Inclosure Act 1766}}''' ([[6 Geo. 3]]. c. ''72'' {{small|Pr.}}). The enclosure award was granted two years later. Barnby Dun would itself later be enclosed in 1803, the award being granted in 1808.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e6a43175-e4c2-4767-b02c-a96f276b781d |title=Volume of Local Enclosure Acts |date=1761–1828 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f82b1852-422f-4e0b-81d1-4b4cac7ddbc3 |title=Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall parish council records |date=1768–1959 |others=Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall parish council }}</ref>

On 10 July 1798, a 29-year-old [[James Bruce (1769–1798)|James Bruce]], fifth son of the [[Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin|5th Earl of Elgin]] and former [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Marlborough]], was drowned in the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]] while attempting to cross at Barnby Dun on horseback.

The following year, flooding was mentioned at the River Don in Barnby Dun.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/0e6fa6e4-98cf-41dd-aacf-57eae60acf95 |title=Letter to Bryan Cooke from G(eorge) Cooke at Wheatley |date=17 April 1799 }}</ref> In 1822, the population of the village was 495, excluding an additional population of 122 in Thorpe in Balne, of the same parish. There was also recorded one house in an area of the parish known as Reedholme,<ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki: Barnby Dun, Yorkshire (West Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/BarnbyDun |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=www.genuki.org.uk }}</ref> which was ruined by 1849.<ref>{{cite web |title=View map: Ordnance Survey, Yorkshire 277 (includes: Armthorpe; Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall; Bentley with Arksey; Doncaster.) – Ordnance Survey Six-inch England and Wales, 1842–1952 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/102345154 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=maps.nls.uk}}</ref> Reedholme and the ruins of Reedholme House are now part of [[Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve]].

By the early 1820s, plans were being produced for the construction of a railway which would pass through Barnby Dun.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/31565cdc-b3b6-4a7e-9dfd-06d27435fae9 |title=(1) Plan of an intended railroad from Wentbridge to Barnby upon Dun and a branch there from Womersley to Kirk Smeaton all in the West Riding of the county of York, 1822; (2) Section... to Barnby upon Dun; (3) Section of the intended branch... to Kirk Smeaton |date=30 September 1822 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/ddc56d94-0893-4c40-821e-f9c0df7085cf |title=Correspondence addressed to M. Ellison about effect on Sheffield Collieries of proposed railways from Worsbro' Bridge to Oxspring, and Womersley to Barnby Dun |date=1821–1822 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/03d618cb-c742-4cb1-a4fa-18714157937f |title=Plan for a proposed rail road intended to be made from or near to Barnby upon Dun to the lime rocks at Womersley with a branch therefrom on the south side of the river Went at Norton Priory to the turnpike road at Wentbridge all in the West Riding of the county of York, 1821 |date=29 September 1821 }}</ref> The original [[South Yorkshire Railway]] opened in 1849, but did not pass through Barnby Dun until 1856 when a line along the River Dun Navigation was created between Doncaster and [[Thorne, South Yorkshire|Thorne]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKtbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT55 |title=Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons |date=1857 |publisher=Ordered to be printed }}</ref> The line was opened on 7 July 1856, along with the first [[Barnby Dun railway station|railway station in Barnby Dun]].

In 1860, prominent landowner George Frederick Milnthorp – who also held part of the manor alongside Richard Heptonstall and one Mr. Ross in 1881<ref name=":8" /> – built the first of three malt kilns in the village, located near to the boundary with Kirk Sandall. This represented one of the first shifts in employment opportunity after the agricultural era for residents of Barnby Dun.<ref name=":7" />

The [[West Riding and Grimsby Railway]] opened in 1866, intersecting the north of Barnby Dun.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/99882ca3-b9b6-4e73-a9aa-56573b3ef1a7 |title=Lancashire & Yorkshire and Great Eastern Junction Railway. |year=1864 }}</ref> This railway line is now crossable in the parish at Applehurst Lane (private),<ref>{{cite web |title=Applehurst Lane Level Crossing – The ABC Railway Guide |url=https://abcrailwayguide.uk/applehurst-lane-private-level-crossing-doncaster |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=abcrailwayguide.uk}}</ref> Thorpe Road,<ref>{{cite web |title=Thorpe Road Level Crossing – The ABC Railway Guide |url=https://abcrailwayguide.uk/thorpe-road-public-level-crossing-doncaster |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=abcrailwayguide.uk}}</ref> Bramwith Road<ref>{{cite web |title=Bramwith Road Level Crossing – The ABC Railway Guide |url=https://abcrailwayguide.uk/bramwith-road-public-level-crossing-doncaster |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=abcrailwayguide.uk}}</ref> and Stainforth Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stainforth Road Level Crossing – The ABC Railway Guide |url=https://abcrailwayguide.uk/stainforth-road-public-level-crossing-doncaster |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=abcrailwayguide.uk}}</ref>

Although schools had been mentioned in Barnby Dun throughout the 19th century, the first official school opened in the village came in 1871 by the vicar of the time, John Duffin. The first headmaster was Charles Newbound.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.barnbydunoldschool.co.uk/about.html |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=www.barnbydunoldschool.co.uk}}</ref> Also in 1871, the population of the parish was recorded as 484.<ref name=":7" /> Duffin, who had studied at [[St John's College, Cambridge]],<ref name=":8" /> became the longest serving church leader on record at St Peter and St Paul by 1890, and he died on 3 April 1906 at the age of 80, having served as vicar in Barnby Dun for 50 years. During his term, in 1887, the number of bells in the church were increased to six.<ref name=":3" />

Barnby Dun's [[Methodism|methodist]] church records began in 1875.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/60adbaa8-a00c-4b22-9ee3-6df94ed7341c |title=Barnby Dun Methodist Church records |date=1875–1980 |others=Barnby Dun Methodist Church }}</ref>

In 1909, a pipe organ was installed in the church by [[Norman and Beard|Norman & Beard]],<ref name=":3" /> which was given by George Frederick Milnthorp and [[Andrew Carnegie]] of [[Skibo Castle]]. It replaced an earlier 1862 organ by Samuel Meacock (1826–1903), given by John Henry Newsome,<ref>{{cite web |title=NPOR {{!}} The National Pipe Organ Register |url=https://npor.org.uk/survey/D08137 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=npor.org.uk}}</ref> who had also given to the church a [[stained glass]] window to the memory of his father, James Newsome, his mother and his elder brother.<ref name=":8" /> Milnthorp died on 5 May 1923 aged 81 after having sold much of his land on the boundary with Kirk Sandall to [[Pilkington|Pilkington's Glass Works]].<ref name=":7" />

Sandhurst was built on Station Road by Samuel Porter in 1910<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandhurst, Station Road, Barnby Dun |url=https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/1570511/doc_0_1.pdf |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=Robinson Hornsby}}</ref> alongside significant sand and gravel workings in the area and near Park Hill around the same time.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8719dca2-17f1-4772-bfd3-75b4db1a56b1 |title=Plan of Sand and Gravel Pits, Barnby Dun. Shows area and dates of working. Coloured. Plan No. 117 Scale 60' – 1 |date=8 September 1919 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/bf766f11-3e76-4ae1-b592-c3683fc84a85 |title=Articles of partnership between S. Porter and Son., Barnby Dun contractors and F. G. Foster, of Selby, surveyor. Sand and gravel workings. |date=14 August 1914 }}</ref> The Star Inn, originally located closer to the canal,<ref>{{cite web |title=View map: Ordnance Survey, Yorkshire CCLXXVII.3 (Barnby Dun With Kirk Sandall; Hatfield; Stainforth) – Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales, 1841–1952 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/125649412 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=maps.nls.uk}}</ref> was rebuilt opposite Ramper Lane by [[architect]] Harry Armitage Hickson in the early 1920s.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/6219c8e8-691d-42a6-8df0-36530b783ad1 |title=Records of H A Hickson of Doncaster, Architect. |date=1921–1940 |others=Hickson, H A, fl 1934 – 1936, architect of Doncaster }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Map Document View |url=https://www.oldmapsonline.org/images/omo_share_img.jpg |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=www.oldmapsonline.org }}</ref>

The construction of [[Thorpe Marsh Power Station]] began in 1959 and the station opened in 1963, providing a new, significant opportunity for employment in Barnby Dun.<ref name=":7" /> Four workmen were accidentally killed at Thorpe Marsh on 7 January 1973,<ref>{{cite web |title=Thorpe Marsh Power Station (Workmen's Deaths) (Hansard, 5 March 1973) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1973/mar/05/thorpe-marsh-power-station-workmens |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref> and a memorial stone was placed by the site of the power station. It has since been relocated to the church of St Peter and St Paul.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bateman |first=Stephanie |date=23 March 2023 |title=Relocation of memorial stone marking the lives of those killed at Thorpe Marsh Power Station now in the grounds of Barnby Dun Church |url=https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/relocation-of-memorial-stone-marking-the-lives-of-those-killed-at-thorpe-marsh-power-station-now-in-the-grounds-of-barnby-dun-church-4077419 |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=Doncaster Free Press}}</ref>

It was announced on 8 June 1993 that Thorpe Marsh Power Station would be closing following the [[Privatization|privatisation]] and dissolution of the [[Central Electricity Generating Board]] in 1991. The station closed in 1994<ref>{{cite web |title=Thorpe Marsh Power Station (Hansard, 16 June 1993) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1993/jun/16/thorpe-marsh-power-station |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref> and its six [[cooling tower]]s were progressively demolished on 1 April 10 June, 5 and 19 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 October 2014 |title=ABLE Thorpe Marsh {{!}} Able UK |url=http://www.ableuk.com/sites/land-sites/thorpe-marsh/ |access-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004142328/http://www.ableuk.com/sites/land-sites/thorpe-marsh/ |archive-date=4 October 2014 }}</ref> No explosives were used to protect the River Don, and [[bulldozer]]s were used instead.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thorpe Marsh Power Station Cooling Towers, Doncaster |url=https://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/thorpe-marsh-power-station |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=www.theviewfromthenorth.org}}</ref>

===Recent history (1967–present)=== On 4 September 1967, Barnby Dun railway station was closed and later demolished in July 2008.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C505392 |title=Catalogue description Proposed withdrawal of passenger services from Barnby Dun Station |date=1967}}</ref>

The Old Manor House at Barnby Dun was demolished in 1969 and its surrounding land replaced by a housing estate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=D9b Doncaster Nucleated Settlement Gazetteer |url=http://sytimescapes.org.uk/files/u1/docs/D9b-Doncaster-Nucleated-Settlement-Gazeteerv3.pdf |website=sytimescapes.org.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201225247/http://sytimescapes.org.uk/files/u1/docs/D9b-Doncaster-Nucleated-Settlement-Gazeteerv3.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Manor House From The West At Barnby Dun (OS60/F11/2) Archive Item – Ordnance Survey Collection {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/OS60/F11/2 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=historicengland.org.uk }}</ref>

[[Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve]], on the ancient pasture and [[marsh]]land site adjacent to Thorpe Marsh Power Station, was opened on 16 May 1980.<ref>{{cite web |title=Article – The History of Thorpe Marsh Power Station (by Dave Cook) |url=https://priorieshistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/2012/03/article-history-of-thorpe-marsh-power.html |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=priorieshistoricalsociety.blogspot.com}}</ref> It is now managed by [[Yorkshire Wildlife Trust]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Thorpe Marsh |url=https://www.ywt.org.uk/nature-reserves/thorpe-marsh-nature-reserve |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=www.ywt.org.uk }}</ref> while the banks of [[Ea Beck|Thorpe Marsh Drain]] are maintained by the [[Environment Agency]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline Examining Authority's Report of Findings and Conclusions and Recommendation to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (p. 111; 8.6.15, 8.6.16) |url=https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/EN070003/EN070003-000714-Thorpe%20Marsh%20Report%20of%20the%20ExA.pdf |website=Infrastructure Planning Inspectorate |publisher=The Planning Inspectorate (Kelvin MacDonald) |access-date=29 July 2022 |ref=p. 111; 8.6.15, 8.6.16 |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730002728/https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/EN070003/EN070003-000714-Thorpe%20Marsh%20Report%20of%20the%20ExA.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1982, the old wooden [[swing bridge]] across the River Dun Navigation canal connecting Madam Lane and Fordstead Lane was demolished and replaced by a new [[bascule bridge]] which remains to the present day.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/cbde6344-7dd2-4b8c-a62d-73608e81162d |title=Barnby Dun: photographs of the building of the Bascule Bridge 1982 and local personalities 1984–1992 |year=1984–1992 |others=Clark, Neil G, d 2001, of Barnby Dun }}</ref>

In 1994, Barnby Dun Old School closed and was replaced by Barnby Dun Primary Academy. The Old School was reopened in July 2005 as a community centre, and the site is leased to local businesses.<ref name=":7" />

Large housing developments were undertaken in the east of Barnby Dun in 2000, followed by further plans to develop housing on a 27.7-acre site north of Hatfield Lane in 2019. The construction of 166 houses were proposed by Stonebridge Homes, though such plans are yet to come to fruition.<ref>{{cite news |last=Farrell |first=Stephen |date=18 January 2024 |title=Housing plans submitted for South Yorkshire site |url=https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/housing-plans-submitted-for-south-yorkshire-site |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=Insider Media Limited}}</ref>

==Transport== Boats are used on the canal and [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]]. [[Barnby Dun railway station]] operated here until its closure. [[Kirk Sandall railway station]] still operates close by.

==Education== Barnby Dun Primary School is here. Arksey School is in the neighbouring village of [[Arksey]].

==See also== *[[Listed buildings in Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall]]

== Notes == {{Notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Doncaster]] [[Category:Geography of Doncaster]] [[Category:Villages in South Yorkshire]]