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

DUNSCROFT, a hamlet in Hatfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 3½ miles SW of Thorne. A small cell to the abbey of Roche was once here.

Dunscroft through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31131

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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