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Bawtry
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<p>Bawtry is a <a href="/facts/Market_town/gLsYmDe6">market town</a> and <a href="/facts/Civil_parishes_in_England/4GuHX8Wm">civil parish</a> in the <a href="/facts/City_of_Doncaster/gU8xkrfX">City of Doncaster</a> in <a href="/facts/South_Yorkshire/s3bSSRW6">South Yorkshire</a>, England. It lies 8 miles (13 km) south-east of <a href="/facts/Doncaster/W7pNAMjk">Doncaster</a>, 10 miles (16 km) west of <a href="/facts/Gainsborough%2c_Lincolnshire/VE8cSSQN">Gainsborough</a> and 8 miles (13 km) north-west of <a href="/facts/Retford/sAWLojac">Retford</a>, on the border with <a href="/facts/Nottinghamshire/maY0RSJn">Nottinghamshire</a> and close to <a href="/facts/Lincolnshire/RqAUXE0F">Lincolnshire</a>. The town was historically divided between the <a href="/facts/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire/Tey2GKGg">West Riding of Yorkshire</a> and Nottinghamshire. Its population of 3,204 in the 2001 UK census increased to 3,573 in 2011, and was put at 3,519 in 2019. Nearby settlements include <a href="/facts/Austerfield/jjcKV8wg">Austerfield</a>, <a href="/facts/Everton%2c_Nottinghamshire/6IDUoAXp">Everton</a>, <a href="/facts/Scrooby/xTpclg27">Scrooby</a>, <a href="/facts/Blyth%2c_Nottinghamshire/9xap8GDY">Blyth</a>, <a href="/facts/Bircotes/SYB4554H">Bircotes</a> and <a href="/facts/Tickhill/0T18THFt">Tickhill</a>. </p>