Arksey

Arksey is a village in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England.

[1] It was the birthplace of the children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd on 9 January 1890.

Arksey has four satellite hamlets: Shaftholme, Tilts, Almholme and Stockbridge.

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

[2] The Parish Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building, dating back to the 1120s.