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Bawtry is a village which lies at the point where the Great North Road crosses the River Idle. It is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson, on the conjunction of the A514, A631 and A638 roads. Its geographical location is 53° 25' 40" North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 20 metres above sea level. Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Bawtry Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Bawtry Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... This page is about the A1 road in Britain. ... The River Idle is a river in Nottinghamshire, England. ... Doncaster is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 kmÂ² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/kmÂ² Ethnicity... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Bircotes is a mining village in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, on the border with the metropolitan borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire). ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ...

Bawtry was originally a small Roman settlement. It is just south of Robin_hood_airport formerly RAF_Finningley. Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain is the term applied to the historical period when Britain was under Roman rule, usually considered AD 44 to 410. ... Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is a new international airport due to open in April 2005. ... RAF Finningley was a Royal Air Force station near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. ...

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Bawtry (344 words)
	Bawtry, a market town and township which is generally considered to be in the West Riding of Yorkshire ; part of the town is, however, in Nottinghamshire.
	Bawtry is in the parish of Blyth, and partly in that of Scrooby.
	Bawtry is situated on a slight eminence which gradually slopes towards the river Idle, eastward of the town.

Bawtry (1749 words)
	At Bawtry, the Great North Road enters Yorkshire and is met by the Roman road coming from Lincoln via the Trent ford at Littleborough.
	Bawtry itself, lying just two miles south of and directly in line with the end of the runway may not feel quite the same in a few years though modern airliners are a good deal quieter than the V-bombers that used to be based here.
	From Bawtry to just south of this milestone the road follows the straight route of the Roman road but the Great North Road bends towards the north west as it approaches Rossington Bridge while the Roman road continued straight on.

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