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Finningley

Finningley
Gate into farmland off the A614 road near Finningley - geograph.org.uk - 1347134.jpg
Gate into farmland off the A614 road
Finningley is located in South Yorkshire
Finningley
Finningley
Finningley shown within South Yorkshire
Population 1,497 (2011)
OS grid reference SK674990
Civil parish
  • Finningley
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DONCASTER
Postcode district DN9
Dialling code 01302
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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UK
England
Yorkshire
53°28′59″N 0°58′59″W / 53.483°N 0.983°W / 53.483; -0.983Coordinates: 53°28′59″N 0°58′59″W / 53.483°N 0.983°W / 53.483; -0.983

Finningley is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of Nottinghamshire, Finningley lies along the A614 road, about six miles from the centre of Doncaster, at 53°29′N 0°59′W / 53.483°N 0.983°W / 53.483; -0.983, and at an elevation of around 23 feet above sea level. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,442, increasing slightly to 1,497 at the 2011 Census. The parish church of Holy Trinity is Norman, with a 13th-century chancel.

The place name Finningley contains the Old English word, fenn, a fen, a marsh, marshland + -ingas (Old English), the people of . . . ; the people called after . . . + lēah (Old English), a glade, clearing; (later) a pasture, meadow.'...so 'Clearing of the fen-dwellers'.

Finningley is known for its airport, formerly RAF Finningley. The station housed a 'V' force of Vulcan bombers during the Cold War, and for 35 years it hosted a regular air show which, by the 1990s, was the largest one-day military air show in the country. However, the end of the Cold War led to the airfield being closed in April 1996, with the air show dying with it.


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