Bentley with Arksey is a former civil parish (18661974) and urban district (19111974) adjacent to the town of Doncaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire.A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bentley with Arksey Urban District Retrieved 28 August 2009
Civil parish The parish included the villages of Bentley, Arksey, Scawthorpe, Shaftholme and Tilts.
Urban district On 1 April 1911 the civil parish was removed from Doncaster Rural District and constituted a separate urban district. It was divided into five wards for election of members of the urban district council. The council's headquarters were in Cooke Street, Bentley.
Abolition From 1 April 1974 the Local Government Act 1972 reorganised administrative areas throughout England and Wales. Bentley and Arksey was combined with ten other authorities to form the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. At the census of 2001 it had a population of 33,968.Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Urban Areas : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Retrieved 26 August 2009 No successor parish was formed so it became unparished.
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