Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Miliband was born in the Fitzrovia district of Central London to Polish Jewish immigrants Marion Kozak and Ralph Miliband, a Marxist intellectual and native of Brussels who fled Belgium during World War II. Prime Minister Tony Blair made Miliband Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office in May 2006.

Doncaster North is a constituency in South Yorkshire, England, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Ed Miliband of the Labour Party….Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)

Doncaster North
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Ed Miliband (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Don Valley and Goole

Don Valley
Major settlements	Hatfield, Thorne, and Conisbrough.
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	Nick Fletcher (Conservative)

Doncaster, town and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, north-central England. The borough lies in the historic county of Yorkshire, except for the parish of Finningley and an area west of Bawtry, both of which belong to the historic county of Nottinghamshire.

South Yorkshire

On Twitter, John Hayes said: “Doncaster is not a city. We were a market town, I say ‘were’ due to the fact there isn’t much left of the market now. “You want to see a city visit Sheffield, Leeds etc and you will see an entirely different infrastructure.

Doncaster was ceded to Scotland in the Treaty of Durham; it was never formally returned to England.

The 9th May, 1941, is commonly regarded as the night Doncaster suffered its worst bombing of World War Two, with 16 people killed and 73 injured. Above: Bomb damage at Balby, Doncaster in May 1941.

Doncaster has been named as one of Britain’s top ten worst towns to live in – for the second year in a row. More than 80,00 people voted for the worst place to live in England 2020 – with Doncaster being edged up to runners-up spot in the survey by website I Live Here.

One such tragedy occurred in Dewsbury in 1940 when a bomb was dropped in North View, Savile Town, killing two people, a mother and daughter. Only a brief paragraph appeared in the Reporter stating a number of “northern” towns had been bombed – but no towns were named and no-one was reported killed.

The historic market town is often known for its racing heritage and sits in the heart of South Yorkshire. It is also known for its railway heritage and wealth of history.

At the heart of Doncaster is an historic market town where Norman castles, Regency buildings and a rich railway and horse racing heritage thrive. But Doncaster has also evolved. Now a modern metropolis, it offers an exciting mix of green open spaces and nature reserves with spectacular shopping and nightlife too.

Doncaster: Flatlander (especially by people from Sheffield), Knights, Doleite.

Danum

Siblings Andrew and Sarah each latterly held a 12.5 per cent stake in Club Doncaster Limited, the parent organisation which owns more than 98 per cent of Doncaster Rovers Limited.

When the Roman authorities built a fort on the banks of the River Don they called it Danum, meaning the place or river called Danu. This was the name that the local Iron Age inhabitants gave to the river. The Romans commonly used local names to name their forts.

English: habitational name from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, named from the river name Don (a Celtic name meaning ‘water’, ‘river’) + Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’.

Famous People Born In Doncaster

• Jeremy Clarkson. 11 April 1960, British.
• Louis Tomlinson. 24 December 1991, British.
• Lottie Tomlinson. 04 August 1998, British.
• Phoebe Tomlinson. 23 March 2004, British.
• Johannah Poulston. 25 March 1973, British.
• TheOrionSound. 11 July 1995, British.
• Felicite Grace Tomlinson.
• SeaPeeKay.

West Riding

Sheffield based confectioner’s Maxons are renowned for their traditional array of sweets and sherbets, but the Yorkshire Mixture is one of its best, comprising a variety of fruit and mint humbugs, pear drops and fruit rock.

“People from Sheffield are called Sheffielders.

The three Ridings* – North, West, East – are the historic divisions of Yorkshire. My ‘ridings’ are a series of bike trips exploring England’s largest county, as defined by its traditional borders. * There’s no South Riding, because ‘North Riding’ etc is essentially a contraction of ‘North Thirding’.

Yorkshire (/ˈjɔːrkʃər, -ʃɪər/; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

England. When used in reference to England, “God’s own country” refers to the legend that as a boy Jesus visited England with his great uncle, Joseph of Arimathea.

Humberside was abolished on 1 April 1996, with four unitary authorities being formed: North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire.

Before the reform of local government in 1974, brought about by the Local Government Act 1972, Goole was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was then placed in the Boothferry district of the county of Humberside, until that was abolished in 1996. Since 1996, Goole has been in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.