Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Balby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Balby-with-Hexthorpe, township and eccl. dist., Doncaster par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Don, 2 miles SW. of Doncaster, 1613 ac., pop. 3422; eccl. dist., pop. 1371; P.O. Here George Fox (1624-90) and his followers held the first meeting of the Society of Friends.
A village in Strafforth hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.