In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hesley like this:

HESLE, a village in Harworth parish, Notts; on the river Idle, 2 miles NW of Bawtry.

Hesley through time

Hesley is now part of DONCASTER District. Click here for graphs and data of how DONCASTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hesley itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hesley, in Doncaster and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26675

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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