Denaby Main is a village situated between
Mexborough and
Conisbrough in the
Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in
South Yorkshire, England. It was built by the Denaby Main Colliery Company to house its workers and their families, and originally given the name
Denaby Main Colliery Village, to distinguish it from the village of
Denaby, situated about ⅔ mile away on the road to Hooton Roberts and Kilnhurst; from that time, the old village became known as
Old Denaby. In due course the
Colliery Village part of the name was lost, leaving the village to be known as
Denaby Main.