Doncaster

:This article is about the town of Doncaster in England. See also Doncaster, Victoria for the suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

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Doncaster, Victoria - Melbourne - Australia

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Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, (and in the former West Riding of Yorkshire), England which has been recognised nationally as an emerging regional city . It is popularly referred to by some of its residents as Donny.

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South Yorkshire - West Riding - Yorkshire - England

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Doncaster forms the hub of what is the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. During the 1950's much of the traditional industrial housing within the town was pulled down to make way for commercial development. The resident population of 'old' Doncaster is now quite low as much of what was Doncaster now forms a Central Business District with the majority of the population living in surrounding areas. The former mining villages surrounding Doncaster now act as commuter zones with major roads from these areas acting as arterial routes. This effect has added to the on-going expansion of the area.

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Doncaster is one of very few major Roman Towns still in existence within the country not to have been given city status. Coupled to this, Doncaster is the fifteenth largest population centre outside of London and yet still only exists as a town despite having a population larger than many cities. The reason for this has been attributed to its close proximity within the region to major cities such as Sheffield. Doncaster is now playing 'catch up' and is asserting its weight and size on the regional stage. As a result, Doncaster has set out to affirm its national status as a city by re-inventing itself. Huge investment has poured into Doncaster with projects such as a new International Airport, Sports Stadium, University, Performance Venue, Racecourse Development, Lakeside, Shopping and Transport Interchange.

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City status - Sheffield

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In 1194, Doncaster was awarded a Royal charter and 'Borough' status by King Richard I who was at the time fighting on the battlefields of France.

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