# The Humberside and South Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/168 · made 24 January 1993

This Order makes changes, largely in open areas, to the boundary between Humberside (district of Boothferry) and the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire (metropolitan borough of Doncaster). The parishes affected are as follows–

Made under: Local Government Act 1972 (Section 51, Section 67)

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
Made 24th January 1993
Laid before Parliament 8th February 1993
Coming into force
for the purposes referred to in article 1(2) 1st December 1993
for all other purposes 1st April 1994
The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order which gives effect to proposals submitted to him under sections 47, 48(1) and 51(1) of that Act, more than six weeks before the making of this Order, by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England:

## 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Humberside and South Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st December 1993 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976.
(3) For all other purposes, this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order–
“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Humberside;
“Humberside” means the county of Humberside, and “Boothferry” means the district of Boothferry in that county;
“the map” means one or more of the 4 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Humberside and South Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accord ance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;
“South Yorkshire” means the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, and “Doncaster” means the metropolitan borough of Doncaster in that county; and
“ward” means a ward of the metropolitan borough or district to which an area is transferred, except in article 5, where it means a ward of Doncaster.

## 3 Transfers from Humberside (Boothferry) to South Yorkshire (Doncaster)

Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Humberside, from Boothferry, and from the parish named in column 3 to–
(a) South Yorkshire;
(b) Doncaster;
(c) the parish and ward mentioned in column 4; and to
(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division and the South Yorkshire East coroner’s district.
TABLE
1
2
3
4
Area marked–
On map–
Transferred from Humberside, from Boothferry, and from the parish of–
To South Yorkshire, to Doncaster, and to–
D & F
4
Belton
Parish of Hatfield
Hatfield Ward
A
3
Crowle
Parish of Thorne
Thorne Ward
A
2
Snaith and Cowick
Parish of Sykehouse
Stainforth ward
L
1
Wroot
Parish of Blaxton
South East Ward

## 4 Transfers from South Yorkshire (Doncaster) to Humberside (Boothferry)

Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from South Yorkshire, from Doncaster, and from the parish named in column 3 to–
(a) Humberside;
(b) Boothferry;
(c) the parish, ward and electoral division mentioned in column 4; and to
(d) the Epworth and Goole petty sessional division and the North Humberside and Scunthorpe coroner’s district.
1
2
3
4
Area marked–
On map–
Transferrd from South Yorkshire, from Doncaster, and from the parish of –
To Humberside, to Boothferry, and to
E & G
4
Hatfield
Parish of Belton
and Belton ward
South Axholme electoral division
H
4
Hatfield
Parish of Epworth
Epworth and Belton ward
South Axholme electoral division
J
1 & 4
Hatfield
Parish of Wroot
Haxey ward
South Axholme electoral division
B
3
Thorne
Parish of Crowle
Crowle ward
Mid Boothferry electoral division
B
2
Thorne
Parish of Snaith and Cowick
Snaith ward
Mid Boothferry electoral division

## 5 Consequential change to parish and district ward boundaries within Doncaster

In consequence of the boundary changes effected by articles 3 and 4, the following alteration shall be made to parish and metropolitan borough ward boundaries within Doncaster–
The part of the parish of Hatfield marked K on map 1 shall be transferred to the parish of Blaxton, and to the South East ward.

## 6 Town and country planning

(1) In this article, “provision” means a provision of a development plan (as defined in section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990).
(2) Any provision applying to an area transferred by this Order shall continue to apply to that area, notwithstanding the transfer, until replaced by a provision which so applies, and which is expressed to supersede the preserved provision. by authority of the Secretary of State

## Signature

Robin Squire
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
29th January 1993

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes changes, largely in open areas, to the boundary between Humberside (district of Boothferry) and the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire (metropolitan borough of Doncaster). The parishes affected are as follows–
In Humberside
In South Yorkshire
Belton
Crowle
Blaxton
Hatfield
Epworth
Wroot
Sykehouse
Thorne
Snaith and Cowick
Consequential changes are made to the boundaries of local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts.
The map and table forming part of this Note (pages 4 and 5) give a general guide to the location, area and population of the land affected. Prints of the detailed order maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Boothferry District Council, and of the Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, and additionally at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.
The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/246, amended by S.I. 1978/247) contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.
TABLE OF AREAS AFFECTED
Transfer(s) from–
Parishes affected
Description–
Humberside
(Boothferry)
to S. Yorks.
(Doncaster)
Article 3
Area (in hectares):150
Population: 10
Belton/Hatfield
Transfer of open area located west of Anchor Drain
and Goodcop Cottage, and North of Holme farm.
Transfer of small area located South of
Winters Low Bank Drain, including Goodcop Farm
buildings and Goodcop Pumping Station.
Crowle/Thorne
Minor realignment in vicinity of Crowle Waste affecting
Swinefleet Warping Drain and the disused tramway
Snaith/Sykehouse
Realignments to centre of Rivers Don and Went at
Went bridge/Went Green
Wroot/Blaxton
Transfer of area bounded in the north by Candy Farm and
in the south by Ninescores Lane, so that boundary follows
Candy Bank, Twelve Foot Drain and the drain runninng
south from Thatch Carr Plantation.
S.Yorks. (Doncaster) to Humberside (Boothferry) Article 4 Area: 1120 Population: 65
Hatfield/Belton
Realignment to the South of Goodcop Cottage to follow
centre of Winters Low Bank Drain.
Transfer of open area located south-east of Willow Lodge
Farm, and West of Old Catline Drain.
Transfer of area bounded by the Anchor Drain in the north
and West, and including Plains House Farm
Hatfield/Epworth
Transfer of large area lying to the West of Old Catline
Drain and the Scawcetts Drain, starting at a point north-west
of Selby Farm and running southwards to Riverside Farm
and Tunnel Pit Bridge. Area includes Don Farm Buildings,
West Carr houses, Roe Carr, Snow Cottage, The Roe,
Ninevah Farm buildings, and Parts of North Idle Drain
and Lindholme Lake
Hatfield/Wroot
Transfer of large area located to the North of the River
Torne commencing north-east of Candy Farm and
continuing in that direction through Wroot acres to Roe
Carr drain. The new boundary generaly follows the line of
Moor Bank Drain.
Properties transferred include Ellerholme Farm, and the
pumping station near Tunnel bridge Pit Bridge.
Thorne/Crowle
Transfer of large area located to the east of Swinefleet Warping Drain/Bletchers Drain, starting from a point north-west of Crowle Waste, and running southwards through Thorne Waste to Dirtness Bridge in the east and Anchor Drain in the west. The following are included in the transfer–
Medge Hall, Lover’s Ground, New Warp Farm, Crook o' Moor Farm and Bridge, Dirtness Groves Farm, Groves Farm Cottage, Jacque’s Cottage, Hain’s farm and parts of Poplars Farms Farm and Jacque’s Farm.
Thorne/Snaith
Transfer of area including Bank Side Farm, and part of the A614 road.

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