The Unofficial
Website
Greasbrough & the Surrounding Villages
including Munsbrough, Rockingham & Wingfield
Greasbrough has an old village centre with a Nineteenth Century church.
Wingfield, Rockingham and Munsbrough are new areas of housing around Greasbrough.
The Villages
Greasbrough
Please visit the village of Greasbrough here.
Munsbrough
Munsbrough is an area of housing on the way into Greasbrough from Rotherham. Prior to the modern estate there was an old hall demolished in the 1970s and the area was farmed and mined. The original recorded name was Mundesclerhalle in 1379 when the Mundesclerhalle family lived there.
Rockingham
Rockingham is a collection of housing estates from the 1960s or early 1970s.
Wingfield
Wingfield is a collection of housing estates, from the 1960s if I remember correctly. The name first appears on a map of 1597 as Wilfelde meaning either a wild or windswept field. Until the housing estates came it likely remained that way.
Other Pages to Visit
More about the halls in Greasbrough at Barbot Hall and Car House onsite at Rotherham Town & Borough >> Feature Articles >>
Rotherham Halls & Stately Homes.
More about the collieries in Greasbrough at The History of Rotherham >> Trade & Industry >> Coal Mining >> Coal Mining - A Short History of the Mains - Greasbrough Collieries.