Barnby upon Don, West Riding

Description
Barnby-upon-Don, or Barnby-Dun, a village, a township, and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Don, and on the Doncaster and Thorne railway, 5 miles NE by N of Doncaster, and it has a station of the name of Barnby-Dun on the M.S. & L.R., and a post and money order office under Doncaster. The parish includes also the township of Thorpe-in-Balne. Acreage, 2303; population of the civil parish, 516; of the ecclesiastical, 613. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, £114 with residence. The church was restored in 1868. there are two Methodist chapels, and some small charities.