Town file
Mexborough, South Yorkshire
Mexborough, South Yorkshire (Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 168, "A Killer In The Cards" (23 April 2020).
- Town
- Mexborough
- County
- Doncaster
- Region
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Episodes
- 168
- Approximate location
- 53.494, -1.291
Episode 168 / 23 April 2020 / 147 min / full
A Killer In The Cards
"Mexborough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England" about 0:05:01
The case: The Mexborough murders of (August 1988). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2020
- Population
- 15,244
- Median age
- about 39
- Religious
- 66%
- Violence and sexual offences
- 37.8%
- Antisocial behaviour
- 22.6%
- Shoplifting
- 7.8%
- Public order offences
- 6.5%
- Criminal damage and arson
- 6%
- Burglary
- 5%
- Robbery
- 0.9%
History, in brief
- Mexborough lies at the north-eastern end of a dike called the Roman Ridge, thought to have been built by Brigantes in the first century AD against a Roman invasion, or after the fifth century against the Angles. about 0:07:28
- The earliest written references to Mexborough are from 1086 AD. about 0:09:10
- After the Norman Conquest the area fell under the control of Norman Baron Roger de Bulsey. about 0:09:22
- The remains of an earthwork in Castle Park are thought to be a castle built in the eleventh century. about 0:09:30
- A consumer cooperative called the Rochdale Pioneers was formed in the 1840s by nine working men, aiming to supply the necessities of life. about 0:09:55
- In 1903 land was bought in the middle of Mexborough for a big central cooperative store, but the scheme went under. about 0:11:06
- For a few hundred years the railway locomotive maintenance and stabling depot was the major employer; the depot's heyday was in the 1920s. about 0:11:27
- The railway depot closed in 1964, followed by the decline of coal mining in the 1980s. about 0:12:06
The reviews read out
"After many years the family gave it a go on a Sunday and called it a mistake: five minutes waiting with no explanation, carvery food slopped onto the plates, a stodgy menu meal left uneaten and so little lighting they may as well have eaten in the dark. Out of five of them, not one happy bunny."about 0:12:47
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Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.