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Arksey
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	All Saints' church
	Arksey Location within South Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE580068
Metropolitan borough	Doncaster;
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DONCASTER
Postcode district	DN5
Dialling code	01302
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°33′19″N 1°07′32″W / 53.5553°N 1.1256°W

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Arksey is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was the birthplace of the children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd on 9 January 1890.

The sey in Arksey means island in Old English, which is appropriate as the village is surrounded by marshland.

Arksey is older than the Domesday Book (more facts on that in an external link below).

This South Yorkshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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 '''Arksey''' is a village in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster]] in [[South Yorkshire]], England. It was the birthplace of the children's writer [[Barbara Euphan Todd]] on 9 January 1890.
-The '''''sey''''' in ''Ark'''sey''''' means ''island'' in old English, which is appropriate as the village is surrounded by marshland.
+The '''''sey''''' in ''Ark'''sey''''' means ''island'' in Old English, which is appropriate as the village is surrounded by marshland.
+== History ==
+{{expand section}}
+Arksey is older than the Domesday Book (more facts on that in an external link below).
 ==External links==
 * {{Commons category inline|Arksey}}
 * {{OpenDomesday|SE5706|arksey|Arksey}}
-== History ==
-Arksey is older than the Doomsday Book, (more facts on that in an external link above).
 [[Category:Villages in South Yorkshire]]