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Rotherham |
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| Town Population |
117,262 |
| Council Population |
248,175 |
| City Status |
NO |
| Lord Mayor |
NO |
| Anglican Cathedral |
NO |
| University |
NO |
| Football Champions |
English League (0)
FA Cup (0) |
| Britain in Bloom Winners |
1 Time |
While there were Iron Age and Roman settlements in the area now covered by
the town, Rotherham itself was not founded until the Dark Ages. It soon
established itself as a key Saxon market town, lying, as it does, on a Roman
road near a forded part of the Don.
In the 1480s the Rotherham-born Archbishop of York, Thomas Rotherham,
instigated the building of a college (The College of Jesus) to rival the
colleges of Cambridge and Oxford. This and the stylish new parish church of All
Saints made Rotherham an enviable and modern town at the turn of the 16th
century. But the college was dissolved under the reign of Edward VI - its assets
stripped for the crown. By the end of the 16th century, Rotherham had fallen
from a fashionable college-town to a notorious haven of gambling and vice.
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LOCAL HISTORY AND CIVIC SOCIETIES |
| Rotherham
Civic Society |
Details |
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Mrs. Sheila Cameron
1 Beechwood
Lodge
Rotherham
S65 2BJ
Phone:
01709 370922
Email: information@rotherhamcivicsociety.org
Website: http://www.rotherhamcivicsociety.org/
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We stand for
protecting and preserving all that is best in the heritage of our town and
district and improving the environment for the present and future
generations.
We
believe that a lot of things can go wrong if worried people stand back and
do nothing. That is why we as a group, try to ensure that local people
have a voice in matters concerning ....
•
planning
• architecture
• historic
buildings
• conservation
• air
pollution
• public
transport
• countryside
• road
safety
We welcome
new members and new ideas. In particular, we should like to see younger
people taking a more positive role in building the future in which they
have a major stake.
If YOU care
about Rotherham, why not join us now? For membership information contact
Sheila Cameron at the address opposite.
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This page was last updated: 12 September 2005
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