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The Ancient Parish of RAWMARSH
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"RAWMARSH, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 2 miles N. of Rotherham, 8 from Sheffield, 10 from Barnsley, 46 from York. Pop. 1,259. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Lawrence, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £8. 7s. 3½d. Patron, the Lord Chancellor.Here is a small Charity School, founded early in 1600, by one Thomas Wilson, and Edward Goodwin."
"KILNHURST, in the townships of Swinton and Rawmarsh, and parish of Rawmarsh, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Kilnhurst Hall, the seat of William Turner, Esq.) 5 miles NE. of Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley.
Here are six Alms or Hospital Houses, value, each, £3. 6s. 8d. per annum."
"LANE HEAD, a farm-house in township and parish of Rawmarsh; 3 miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield."
"PARKGATE, a single house in the parish of Rawmarsh; 1 mile S. of Rawmarsh."
"ROSE HILL, (the seat of Robert Leighton, Esq.) in the township and parish of Rawmarsh; 3 miles from Rotherham."
"ROUNDWOOD, a farm-house in the township and parish of Rawmarsh; 2½ miles N. of Rotherham."
"RYECROFT, a farm-house in the township and parish of Rawmarsh; 3 miles N. of Rotherham."
"STUBBING, (or Stubbin) a farm-house in the township and parish of Rawmarsh; 3½ miles N. of Rotherham."
"UPPER HAUGH, in the township and parish of Rawmarsh, upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3 miles N. of Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield and Barnsley."
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Rawmarsh.
- The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Rawmarsh.
- The Methodist Church, Rawmarsh.
- The Methodist Church, Rawmarsh.
- The Salvation Army, Rawmarsh, (being extended).
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Rawmarsh.
- The Victoria Gospel Mission Church, Rawmarsh.
- The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Rawmarsh.
- The National Spiritualist Church, Rawmarsh.
- The former Methodist Church, Rawmarsh.
- The Cemetery Chapel, Rawmarsh.
- St. Nicholas' Church, Ryecroft (view 1).
- St. Nicholas' Church, Ryecroft (view 2).
- Ryecroft Methodist Church, Ryecroft.
- St. Thomas' Church, Kilnhurst.
- The former Primitive Methodist Church, Kilnhurst.
- A transcription of the Rawmarsh Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Rawmarsh in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The following transcriptions are transcriptions of transcriptions originally done in 1988 by Wath and Mexborough Archives. These documents have many typographical errors and so we cannot vouch for the accuracy in the original transcription. If you find anything of interest here, please be sure to check the original Parish Registers source material.
Transcriptions by Jack Parry of:- The transcripts of Rawmarsh Baptism Registers for:
- 1558-1569, 1570-1579, 1580-1589, 1590-1599, 1600-1609, 1610-1619 1620-1629, 1630-1649,
- 1650-1659, 1660-1669, 1670-1679, 1680-1689, 1690-1699, 1700-1709, 1710-1719, 1720-1729,
- 1730-1739, 1740-1749, 1750-1759, 1760-1769, 1770-1779. 1780-1789 1790-1799, 1800-1809,
- 1810-1819, 1820-1829, 1830-1839, 1840-1849, 1850-1854, 1855-1859, 1860-1864, 1865-1869,
- 1870-1874, 1875-1879, 1880-1884, 1885-1889, 1890-1894, 1895-1899.
- The transcripts of Rawmarsh Marriage Registers for:
- The transcripts of Rawmarsh Burial Registers for:
- 1558-1579, 1580-1599, 1600-1619, 1620-1659, 1660-1669, 1670-1679, 1680-1689, 1690-1699,
- 1700-1709, 1710-1719, 1720-1729, 1730-1739, 1740-1749, 1750-1759, 1760-1769, 1770-1779,
- 1780-1789, 1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1829, 1830-1839, 1840-1849, 1850-1854,
- 1855-1859, 1860-1864, 1865-1869, 1870-1872, 1873-1875, 1876-1878, 1879-1881, 1882-1884,
- 1885-1887, 1888-1890, 1891-1893, 1894-1896, 1897-1899.
- The transcripts of Rawmarsh Baptism Registers for:
- The transcripts of Kilnhurst Primitive Methodist Baptisms 1879-1959.
- The transcripts of The Wesleyan Chapel Baptism Registers for Kilnhurst 1873-1948.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Rawmarsh.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Rawmarsh to another place.
- A transcription of the Rawmarsh Congregational Church History
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- 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.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK436962 (Lat/Lon: 53.460751, -1.344794), Rawmarsh which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The 1914-18 and 1939-45 War Memorial near St. Mary's Church, Rawmarsh
- 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:
- (SE955436) Parkgate
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.