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Fishlake
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Fishlake is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. In 2001 it had a population of 628, increasing to 682 at the 2011 census. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book where the name is given as fiscelac, from Old English fisc-lacu, 'fish-stream'.
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Vinony's link graph records 38 inbound references to Fishlake, and connects out to Office for National Statistics, Doncaster and England.
It is catalogued under topics including Civil parishes in South Yorkshire, Grade I listed churches in South Yorkshire and Villages in Doncaster.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Doncaster
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 6,483
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Doncaster
- Population
- 682
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- Fishlake
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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Fishlake is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. In 2001 it had a population of 628, increasing to 682 at the 2011 census. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book where the name is given as fiscelac, from Old English fisc-lacu, 'fish-stream'.
==History== There is a local myth called "The Cockatrice of Church Street". The story goes that the mythical beast resides near the churchyard; those unlucky enough to hear its call are said to never sleep again.
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