The Park (Woodlands)
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The Park is the name of the centrepiece of Woodlands
model village
, with about 120 houses set around a green of about 10 to 15 acres (60,702.9 m²). The houses overlook woodland or green open space, and do not face each other across a road as with traditional industrial villages.
Woodlands
was built in the early years of the 20th century as tied cottages for the miners at nearby Brodsworth Colliery
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Woodlands, South Yorkshire
Woodlands is a model village, 3 miles north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was designed and built in the early 20th century by Percy Bond Houfton as tied cottages for the miners of the neighbouring Brodsworth Colliery...
model village
Model village
A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, in most cases built from the late eighteenth century onwards by industrialists to house their workers...
, with about 120 houses set around a green of about 10 to 15 acres (60,702.9 m²). The houses overlook woodland or green open space, and do not face each other across a road as with traditional industrial villages.
Woodlands
Woodlands, South Yorkshire
Woodlands is a model village, 3 miles north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was designed and built in the early 20th century by Percy Bond Houfton as tied cottages for the miners of the neighbouring Brodsworth Colliery...
was built in the early years of the 20th century as tied cottages for the miners at nearby Brodsworth Colliery
Brodsworth Colliery
Brodsworth Colliery was a colliery near Woodlands, South Yorkshire, England that closed in 1990. It was renowned for the superb model village of Woodlands that housed its workers...
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