T. Sheppard, "Yorkshire's Contribution to Science", A. Based upon a Child Ballad,[8] the theory is founded on the premise that St Mary Magdalene is the only possible church in the area to fit the description,[9] but no firm evidence exists for this supposition. Davis indicates that there is only one church dedicated to Mary Magdalene within what one might reasonably consider to have been the medieval forest of Barnsdale, and that is the church at Campsall. Following the departure of the Romans, who had a small fort two miles to the west which guarded the crossing of the River Skell by the Great North Road, an early wooden Saxon church was established at Campsall, although nothing of this remains today. It was not until the 1950s that major changes began to affect the village. The Campsall Society for the Acquisition of Knowledge was founded in the late 1830s when the family of Mr. Charles Wood rented Campsall Hall and employed several promising young scholars - English and European - to tutor their sons Neville, Willoughby and Charles Junior. NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Campsall, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place.
The village falls within the civil parish of Norton, the Norton & Askern ward of Doncaster Council and the House of Commons constituency of Doncaster North. Campsall hosts the secondary school Campsmount Academy, which has undergone large scale change over the years. During this time the Bacon-Franks abandoned Campsall Hall; it was rumoured that Mrs Bacon-Frank was growing tired of the view of Askern Colliery from the Hall. “Campsall is situated a little more than a mile north-west of the spa town of Askern.
During this time Campsall was r… [1] In 1879, when the Rev. The village contains Campsall Country Park. Following the Conquest a large Norman church was built out of local stone to serve the local population who were engaged with agricultural and rural employment during the mediaeval period. The present church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, was established towards the end of the eleventh century[2] and contains features of almost every style of architecture since that time. The ancient parish included the townships of Norton, Sutton, Askern, Fenwick, and Moss,[2] all of which became separate civil parishes in 1866. Parish History [edit | edit source]. The villagers were still mostly employed with farming and working on the two estates and even the establishment of nearby Askern Colliery in 1910 had little impact on the work force of Campsall. At opposite ends of the village, the Bacon-Franks constructed Campsall Hall and the Cooke-Yarboroughs built Campsmount.