Abdy is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Abdy postcode: S62 7SJ

Retail in Abdy

There are great places to visit near Abdy including some great towns, cities, shopping centres and airports.

Places near Abdy feature a number of interesting towns including Wath-upon-Dearne.

The area around Abdy features a number of interesting cities including Sheffield, and Doncaster.

Abdy's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

There are a several good airports in the area around Abdy like Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Abdy History

There are some historic monuments around Abdy:

• Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street
• Hallsteads moated site, Grimethorpe
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section S of Hoober House
• Frickley Old Hall moated site
• Cross in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church
• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm
• The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine
• Caesar's Camp, Scholes Coppice
• Site of St Helen's Chapel
• Dovecote at Barnburgh Hall
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long S of Abdy Farm
• Cross located on the former village green
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long on Birchcliff Bank
• Kimberworth motte and bailey castle
• Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation
• Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top)
• The glassworks cone
• Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm
• Roman Ridge: section 250yds (230m) in length N of Kimberworth Park Road
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 300yds (270m) long on Clay Hill
• Cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church
• Roman Ridge: section 520yds (480m) E of Dyson's Cottage to Long Plantation
• Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill
• Roman Ridge: section 150yds (140m) long W of Bow Brown Wood
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 135yds (120m) long, E of Hoober House
• Castle Hills motte and bailey castle, Mexborough
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Blue Man's Bower moated site, Whiston
• Swinton Pottery (The Rockingham Works), 310m and 120m north west of Keeper's Cottage
• Cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Darfield
• Roman Ridge: section 500yds (460m) long, N of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• The former Elsecar Ironworks
• Roman Ridge: section 330yds (300m) long, S of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long in Wath Wood
• Market cross
• Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road
• Medieval standing cross and early 20th century memorial cross
• Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement
• Old Bridge
• Kimberworth Manor moated site
• Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm
• Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood
• Canklow Hill earthworks
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long from Hill Top Lane to Little Common Lane
• Hemingfield Colliery
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long N of Birchwood (E of Chemical Cottages)