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The Ancient Parish of WATH UPON DEARNE

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"WATH UPON DEARNE, a parish-town, in the upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles N. of Rotherham, 9 from Doncaster, 11 from Sheffield, 45 from York. Pop. 1,001. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Doncaster, value, ~£15. 10s. 2½d. Patrons, the Dean and Cannons of Christ Church, Oxford.

Here is a National School, founded by the Trustees of Mrs. Ellis's charity, in 1819."

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Abdy Barrow Birdwell Flatt Brampton Coaley Lane Cortworth Elsecar Harley Hoober Hall Hoober Stand

Hoyland Hoyland Common Lower Blacker Middle Blacker Milton Furnace Newhill Over Blacker Platt's Common Rainbrow Park Royds Skiers Hall

Spital Stead Street Farm Swinton Thorpe Hesley Tingle Bridge Upper Hoyland Wentworth Wentworth House West Melton

Census

• Under the FreeCen project, a part of the 1891 Census has been transcribed for a part of this parish.

Churches

• Here are photographs of:
  • The churches in Wath upon Dearne, Wentworth and Swinton.
  • The Churches in the rest of the Ancient Parish of Wath upon Dearne
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • All Saints Church Wath upon Dearne.
  • Holy Trinity Wentworth.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Nether Hoyland.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Swinton.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Wath upon Dearne.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Wentworth.

Community Websites

• Wentworth Village

Description and Travel

• Wentworth Woodhouse was built for Thomas Wentworth (who became the first Marquis of Rockingham) in the second quarter of the 18th century. Here is a close up photograph of the house. Further information can be found on the Britannia Historical web-site.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1834 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.

History

• Edward Wilkinson has written a short article about the villages of Newhill, Hoyland Common and Platt's Common.

Maps

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• For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
• For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
• Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
• View maps of Wath upon Dearne and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Names (Geographical)

• The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
  • (SK365977) Hood Hill

Societies

• This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
  • Rotherham FHS
  • Doncaster and District FHS