About Carcroft
Carcroft is a rural village, which falls within the Adwick ward of Doncaster, at it's Northern edge. Recently the Borough was awarded new status, as the City of Doncaster. Historically, until 1974, it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
It borders woodland to the North which separates it from the neighbouring village of Owston. To the West, the village merges seamlessly with Skellow having subsumed the areas previously known as Hobcroft and Bullcroft. Just to the North-West is the historic village of Burghwallis.
From 1912 until 1970, the village hosted Bullcroft Colliery, which mined coal seams 600 metres below ground level. This was until these deep seams were worked via the nearby colliery of Brodsworth, which itself closed in 1990. Once Bullcroft colliery closed, the major employer became the large Asda supermarket.
The memorial wheel for the Bullcroft Colliery is pictured.
A new website has been added showing the many changes to the area in the last 100 years. It is called Lost Neighbourhoods around Carcroft.
It borders woodland to the North which separates it from the neighbouring village of Owston. To the West, the village merges seamlessly with Skellow having subsumed the areas previously known as Hobcroft and Bullcroft. Just to the North-West is the historic village of Burghwallis.
From 1912 until 1970, the village hosted Bullcroft Colliery, which mined coal seams 600 metres below ground level. This was until these deep seams were worked via the nearby colliery of Brodsworth, which itself closed in 1990. Once Bullcroft colliery closed, the major employer became the large Asda supermarket.
The memorial wheel for the Bullcroft Colliery is pictured.
A new website has been added showing the many changes to the area in the last 100 years. It is called Lost Neighbourhoods around Carcroft.
