Fishlake

Fishlake
Entering Fishlake from the east
Fishlake Fishlake shown within South Yorkshire
Population	682 (2011)
Civil parish	Fishlake
Metropolitan borough	Doncaster
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Doncaster
Postcode district	DN7
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Doncaster North

Fishlake is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. It has a population of 628,^[1] increasing to 682 at the 2011 Census.^[2] There is a local myth called "The Cockatrice of Church Street". The story goes that the mythical beast resides near the Churchyard, those unlucky enough to hear its call are said to never sleep again. ^[3][4]

St Cuthbert's church

The local church, dedicated to St Cuthbert, is Grade I listed. Most of the building dates from te 14th and 15th century, parts (namely the southern door) can be traced back to the 12th century when England was under Norman rule.^[5] According to legends, Cuthbert was buried here.^[6]

Sir William de Notton, later Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, was Lord of the Manor of Fishlake in the 1340s. In 1350 he and his wife Isabel conveyed it to John de Birthwaite, the Prior of Monk Bretton Priory, to build a chantry chapel at Woolley Church, where prayers were to be said for the souls of the Royal family as well as Notton's own family. The timing of the grant suggests that Notton was giving thanks for England's deliverance from the first outbreak of the Black Death.^[7]

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