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The Streets of Rotherham
The Streets of Rotherham Index:-
- All Saints Square
- Alma Road including Maltkiln Street & the Maltings
- Bridgegate including Bridge Street, New Zealand Yard & Red Lion Yard
- Clifton Lane
- Corporation Street including Market Street & Domine Lane
- College Street & Vicarage Lane
- Effingham Square
- Effingham Street
- Frederick Street
- High Street
- Howard Street
- Main Street including Don Street and The Statutes
- Over the River
- The Doncaster Gate Area
- The Moorgate Area
- The Wellgate Area
- The Westgate Area
- The Wharncliffe Street Area
- Upper Millgate
Here you can have a stroll along some of the streets in the centre of Rotherham. This is not an exhaustive survey - just a few photographs I've taken in passing. You will notice that in Rotherham there are many 'Gates' but you will look in vain for walls. The word gate is an Old Norse (still spoken by some around here) word from the verb 'to go', meaning street or way. This was pronounced at one time as gatteh with a glottal on the double t and later as yate, before attaining its modern and confusing spelling and pronunciation. The names used are the current street names - many of them went by other names in previous centuries but I'm not going to go deeply into that subject here.
There are four self guided trails around Rotherham detailing the heritage of the town. You could walk all four in the same afternoon as they don't cover a lot of mileage but do cover some of the same ground.
The Mediaeval Trail
The Industrial Trail
The Victorian Trail
The Town Centre Trail
There is also a leaflet, called I believe, "A Walk around Rotherham" cost last time I looked £1.50. Given the rate of change, progress or what you will this is well out of date nowadays.
Street Maps of Rotherham
You can obtain a free Rotherham Street Map which includes areas out to Brinsworth, Greasbrough, Thrybergh and Whiston. There is also a map of the cycle routes in Rotherham. Published by Rotherham Borough Council and produced by CycleCity Guides, the map is available free from council offices. The Rotherham map, based on the Ordnance Survey's South Yorkshire Street Atlas, is the largest in the CycleCity series - 50 per cent more mapping - and covers the whole of the borough.
All maps and leaflets can be obtained for free from the Rotherham Visitor Centre on the corner of All Saints Square and Bridgegate.