Doncaster was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
It consisted of an area surrounding, but not including, the town of Doncaster.
[4] Doncaster Rural District Council were granted armorial bearings on 30 October 1947.
[4] On 1 April 1974 the Local Government Act 1972 came into effect, reorganising administrative areas throughout England and Wales.
The rural district was abolished, and its area merged with the County Borough of Doncaster and a number of other districts to form the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, part of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire.