Balby, Doncaster

Location Map

Balby is a suburban area in Doncaster, Doncaster

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.

Balby in historic gazetteers

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.

Balby in the Domesday Book

A village in Strafforth hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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