sentences:  The River Don used to run directly through the middle of the village, on its route to its confluence with the River Trent near Adlingfleet.However, in 1626, Cornelius Vermuyden began the drainage of Hatfield Chase, and re-routed the river northwards from Stainforth to join the River Aire.He also re-routed the River Idle and the River Torne, both of which joined it at Sandtoft and contributed to its flow.