Wheatley, South Yorkshire

Wheatley is an inner suburb of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England.

It lies immediately north-east of the centre of Doncaster, mostly south of the A630 dual carriageway. It is bounded to the north by the River Don, to the east by Wheatley Hills, and to the south by Intake. Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

There are numerous new housing and retail developments currently under construction to the north of the A630, opposite the Wheatley Centre shopping park.

History
The name "Wheatley" means 'Wheat wood/clearing'. Wheatley was recorded in the Domesday Book as Watelag/Watelage. Wheatley was formerly an extra-parochial tract, from 1866 Wheatley was a civil parish in its own right, on 9 November 1914 the parish was abolished and merged with Doncaster. Wheatley was an urban district from 1900 to 1914. In 1911 the parish had a population of 5363.