Welcome to
Barnby Dun Community Association
The Old School, Top Road, Barnby Dun,
Doncaster, DN3 1DB
The Barnby Dun Community Association is a self funding organisation, a registered
charity, leasing Barnby Dun’s Old School Building and Caretakers house, with the
assistance from local authorities, voluntary and other organizations namely CDC,
Yorkshire Forward, YRCC, DEFRA, Dept of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, E.E.C.
to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare
for recreational and leisure-time occupations for the community of Barnby Dun and
surrounding district
Committee Members
Chairman: John Berriman , Treasurer: Colin Tidmarsh, Secretary: Gordon Ackroyd ,
Booking Clerk: Trudy Collingwood, Alan Collingwood, Christine Pearson, Tim Cutts.
Background / History
In 1871 "The Old School” was built at a cost of £185 from money raised and donated
from parishioners by Reverend John Duffin.
In 1904 it was stressed that the school was too small.
In 1994 after a wonderful life the school was closed and allowed to go derelict.
In July 2005 a team of volunteers formed a committee and with aid of various grants
managed to save the old school and it was re-opened as a self financing community
project known as :-
Barnby Dun Community Association