Kirk Sandall

Kirk Sandall
Kirk Sandall
	Entering Kirk Sandall
	Kirk Sandall Location within South Yorkshire
Civil parish	Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall;
Metropolitan borough	Doncaster;
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DONCASTER
Postcode district	DN3
Dialling code	01302
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°33′00″N 1°05′00″W / 53.5500°N 1.0833°W

Kirk Sandall is an outer suburb of Doncaster, located around 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of the city centre, in the civil parish of Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall, in the county of South Yorkshire, England.

In 1921 the parish had a population of 606.^[1] On 1 October 1921 the parish was abolished to form "Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall".^[2]

The name Sandall derives from the Old English sandhalh meaning 'sandy nook of land'. Kirk derives from the Old Norse kirkja meaning 'church'.^[3]

References

↑ "Population statistics Kirk Sandall AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
↑ "Relationships and changes Kirk Sandall AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2025.