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Doncaster ( or ), is a large market town in South Yorkshire , England . Together with its surrounding suburbs and settlements , the town forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster , which had a population of . The town itself has a population of 109 , 805 . Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire , Doncaster is about from Sheffield , with which it is served jointly by an international airport , Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield in Finningley . The Doncaster Urban Area had a population of 158 , 141 in ___MASK91___ and includes Doncaster and the neighbouring small town of Bentley as well as some other villages . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth - largest in the world . In ___MASK91___ the island had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The island of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over ___MASK13___ , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England . It is the southernmost county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and had a population of ___MASK13___ . 34 million in 2011 . It has an area of and consists of four metropolitan boroughs , Barnsley , Doncaster , Rotherham and Sheffield . South Yorkshire was created on ___MASK13___ April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act ___MASK19___ with Barnsley as its county town . The metropolitan counties are a type of county - level administrative division of England . There are six metropolitan counties , which each cover large urban areas , typically with populations of ___MASK13___ . 2 to 2 . ___MASK93___ million . They were created in ___MASK19___ and are each divided into several metropolitan districts or boroughs . Justin Portal Welby ( born 6 January ___MASK1___ ) is the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and the most senior bishop in the Church of England . Welby was the vicar of Southam , Warwickshire , and most recently was the Bishop of Durham , serving for just over a year . As Archbishop of Canterbury he is the Primate of All England and the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion . The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . ___MASK13___ million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest and second - most populous island in England . It is located in the English Channel , about ___MASK39___ miles ( 6 km ) off the coast of Hampshire , separated by the Solent . The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times , and is known for its mild climate , coastal scenery , and verdant landscape of fields , downland and chines . Augustine of Canterbury ( first third of the 6th century  probably 26 May ___MASK6___ ) was a Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597 . He is considered the " Apostle to the English " and a founder of the English Church . The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England , the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury . The current archbishop is Justin Welby . His enthronement took place at Canterbury Cathedral on ___MASK57___ . Welby is the 105th in a line which goes back more than 1400 years to Augustine of Canterbury , the " Apostle to the English ", sent from Rome in the year 597 . Welby succeeded Rowan Williams . A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England , and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county . Created in ___MASK52___ by the Local Government Act ___MASK19___ , metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts . However , all of them have been granted or regranted royal charters to give them borough status ( as well as , in some cases , city status ). Metropolitan boroughs have been effectively unitary authority areas since the abolition of the metropolitan county councils by the Local Government Act 1985 . However , metropolitan boroughs pool much of their authority in joint boards and other arrangements that cover whole metropolitan counties , such as combined authorities . England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over ___MASK24___ smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The Church of England ( C of E ) is the Anglican Christian state church of England . Headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury ( currently Justin Welby ) and primarily governed from London with the monarch as the supreme governor , the Church of England is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion . The church dates its formal establishment as a national church to the 6th - century Gregorian mission in Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury , with considerable features introduced and established during and following the English Reformation in the 16th century . Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes . It comprises most of Yorkshire ( South Yorkshire , West Yorkshire , the East Riding of Yorkshire including Hull , the shire county of North Yorkshire and the City of York ), North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire . It does not include Middlesbrough or Redcar and Cleveland ( which are in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire but not in the shire county ). The population in ___MASK91___ was ___MASK76___ , 284 , 000 . The Diocese of Sheffield is an administrative division of the Church of England , part of the Province of York . The Gregorian mission or Augustinian mission was sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 596 to convert Britain ' s Anglo - Saxons . Headed by Augustine of Canterbury , by the death of the last missionary in ___MASK33___ the mission had established Christianity in southern Britain . Along with the Irish and Frankish missions it converted other parts of Britain as well and influenced the Hiberno - Scottish missions to Continental Europe . The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire , England . From ___MASK100___ to 1974 the administrative county , County of York , West Riding ( abbreviated : " County of York ( W . R .)") ( the area under the control of West Riding County Council ), was based closely on the historic boundaries . The lieutenancy at that time included the City of York and as such was named West Riding of the County of York and the County of the City of York . Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish Sea to the north and west , and the Bristol Channel to the south . It had a population in ___MASK91___ of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate . Barnsley ( locally ) is a large town in South Yorkshire , England , located halfway between Leeds and Sheffield . Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire , the town centre lies on the west bank of the Dearne Valley . Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley , of which Barnsley is the largest and its administrative centre . At the ___MASK91___ Census , Barnsley had a population of 91 , 297 . The Province of York is one of two ecclesiastical provinces making up the Church of England and consists of ___MASK12___ dioceses which cover the northern third of England and the Isle of Man . York was elevated to an archbishopric in 735 : Ecgbert was the first archbishop . At one time the Archbishops of York also claimed metropolitan authority over Scotland but these claims were never realised and ceased when the Archdiocese of St Andrews was established . Finningley is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster , in South Yorkshire , England . Historically part of Nottinghamshire , Finningley lies along the A614 road , about six miles from the centre of Doncaster , at , and at an elevation of around 23 feet above sea level . According to the ___MASK10___ census it had a population of ___MASK13___ , 442 , increasing slightly to ___MASK13___ , 497 at the 2011 Census . The parish church of Holy Trinity is Norman , with a 13th century chancel . A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography . A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non - sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless of the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in ___MASK63___ and reaffirmed by the United Nations in ___MASK75___ , a resident of a country is subject to the independent exercise of legal jurisdiction . The Bishop of Doncaster is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield , in the Province of York , England . The title takes its name after the town of Doncaster in South Yorkshire . The current bishop is Peter Burrows , since ___MASK65___ February 2012 . The Local Government Act ___MASK19___ ( c 70 ) is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974 . Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire , England . Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire , its name derives from the River Sheaf , which runs through the city . With some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire , the city has grown from its largely industrial roots to encompass a wider economic base . The population of the City of Sheffield is and it is one of the eight largest regional English cities that make up the Core Cities Group . Sheffield is the third largest English district by population . The metropolitan population of Sheffield is ___MASK13___ , 569 , 000 .