There are dozens of books about the town of Rotherham and other areas in the borough. These range from massive tomes to thin leaflets and cover subjects from the commonplace to the utterly arcane. I never realised that so much time, effort and ink could be expended about one small place. Here are some that I have read and used - there are many, many more! I will try and get an up to date list.
These are the ones I've noticed in 2009.
Some of these books are no longer in print but are available from Rotherham Library.
Rotherham United Soccer Yearbooks
The latest yearbook for Rotherham United is usually available. Older ones may be difficult to obtain.
Industrial Rotherham in Pictures
Paul Walters, Giles Brearley (Paperback - November 1998)
A History of Rotherham * Victorian Rotherham * Around Rotherham
Anthony P. Munford
Images of Sport: Rotherham United Football Club
Gerry Somerton (Paperback - 1 February, 2000)
A Lifetime in Steel
A pictorial history of iron and steel making in Rotherham
The Wentworth Monuments
Who was Lord Conyers?
Geoff Nuttall
A Patchwork of Parishes
The Ivanhoe Review
A regular Newsletter
Rotherham and District War Memorials
Andrew Featherstone & Frank Westwood
A History of Rotherham's Roads and Transport
Howard Smith
Rotherham
Freda Crowder & Dorothy Greene
In and Around Rotherham
Compiled by Peter Tuffrey
Reminiscences of Rotherham
George Gummer
Rotherham & District Transport Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Charles C. Hall
Around Rawmarsh and Parkgate
Anthony Dodsworth
Aspects of Rotherham 1,2,3
Ed. Melvyn Jones
Rotherham's Woodland Heritage
Melvyn Jones
Historic Notices of Rotherham
John Guest - This 19th Century tome is long out of print although available but not for loan in Rotherham Local Studies Library. It was in a pretty tatty state last time I ask to use it. I believe that you can get it on CD.
Iron and Steel Town: an Industrial History of Rotherham
Anthony P. Munford
Jenkins of Rotherham 1856-1981: 125 Years of Industrial History
Robert Jenkins
The Story of Rotherham Glassworks
Judith A Schofield
Platt of Rotherham Mason - Architects, 1700-1810
John Douglas Potts
Kelly's Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham
Yorkshire Parish Records: Marriage Registers: Rotherham 1798-1837
Phillimore's Parish Register Series
Records of the Feoffees of the Common Lands of Rotherham
Margaret Harriet Mackenzie
Windmills of My Mind: Life Supporting Rotherham United
Wayne Houghton
National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases: Barnsley, Rotherham & Doncaster
G.L. Crowther
North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route: Chesterfield-Sheffield - Rotherham
Bob Pixton
Rotherham Transport History
John Attridge
The Roman Forts of Templeborough near Rotherham
Thomas May
The Chapel of Our Lady on Rotherham Bridge
Dorothy Greene
Rotherham as it Was
Robert G Neville, John Benson
Movie Palaces of Rotherham
Stuart Smith, Brian Hornsey
Rotherham's Film Pioneers, 1898 - 1911
Stuart Smith
Cycling Around South Yorkshire: 15 Circular Rides Around Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster
Arnold Robinson
Walks Around Sheffield and Rotherham
Brian Smailes
Rotherham Roundwalk 1984
J. L Ferns
Chapel, Church and Pit: A study of colliery and community development in the Canklow and Treeton areas of Rotherham
Harold Tinkler
Rotherham Town Public Houses 1820-1990
Paul Satterthwaite
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Rotherham
Kevin Turton
Rotherham High School Jubilee, 1910 - 1960
Elizabeth Bower
From mid - 2004 Rotherham Library now has an online search facility for books available to borrow which you can access via the Rotherham Online website front page.
The Rotherwood Press publishes many books about Rotherham which might not otherwise get beyond the manuscript stage. I believe that it is a Rotherham Libraries venture and you should contact the library if you have something you thing the world ought to share.
There are a number of small publishing companies in Rotherham but I know nothing about them or the type of material they publish.
