David of Doncaster David of Doncaster David of Doncaster is a member of Robin Hood's Merry Men in English folklore. Doncaster is a town near Barnsdale, where early ballads placed Robin Hood. He appears in one ballad in the Child collection, "Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow". The sheriff is giving an archery contest, and David, "a brave young man," warns Robin against going, because it is a trap. He reappears in later adaptations, both books and movies. In Howard Pyle's "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood", he appears as one of the youngest in the band, and a wrestler. In "A Gest
Doncaster Avoiding Line its original purpose, even more important today with faster trains on the East Coast Main Line in both freight and passenger. Doncaster Avoiding Line The Doncaster Avoiding Line is a railway line, which as its title suggests, avoids the town of Doncaster and routes goods traffic, principally coal and steel, away from the main line station where it would have to cross from the Sheffield line to the Hull or Cleethorpes lines and cause a bottleneck. The line was passed in an Act of Parliament in 1903 but work did not commence until 5 years later. Built mostly on embankment