# The Humberside and South Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993, Note: 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/168/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/humberside-and-south-yorkshire-county-boundaries-order-1993/note
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