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Greasbrough Area
Greasbrough - Munsbrough - Rockingham - Wingfield

village imageGreasbrough is north-west of Rotherham on the road to Barnsley and few remains of an old village centre with a 19th Century church. Wingfield, Rockingham and Munsbrough are new areas of housing around Greasbrough. In 2009 Rotherham Council are looking to release green belt land at Bassingthorpe Farm for housing. It looks as if the site which is large enough for a projected 3600 homes takes up a substantial wedge of land between Greasbrough, Kimberworth Park, Masbrough, Northfield and Rawmarsh.

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 collieries in Greasbrough at History - Trade & Industry - Rotherham-Coal Town - Rotherham Collieries - Greasbrough Collieries.
Recreation - Rotherham's Parks - Urban Parks - Greasbrough Park.

Useful Information

Greasbrough (part of the Images of England series)
by Jane Dodsworth.
Greasbrough A History by Cyril Wilson.
The work was revised by the author before his death in 2001 and is now available from Rotherham Library or Greasbrough Community Library - cost £4.50 (2002).
Greasbrough Community Library
Address:- Coach Road, Greasbrough, Rotherham. Tel. 44 (0)1709 551477.
Greasbrough United Church
Services on Sundays at 10.30am. Women's Friendship Group meet on Wednesdays at 2pm. House Meeting at Tuesday 10am. Greasbrough United Church (formerly Greasbrough Methodist Church and Masbrough Chapel & Greasbrough United Reformed Church) is a Local Ecumenical Partnership serving the communities of Greasbrough, Munsbrough, Rockingham and Wingfield.
Address:- Potter Hill, Greasbrough, Rotherham, S61 4NU.
St Mary's Church
Craft Club Mondays, Parents and Toddlers Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Address:- Church Street, Greasbrough, Rotherham Tel. 44 (0)1709 551288.

Village Links

Map of Greasbrough Area
Greasbrough Youth FC
Boys' and Girls' teams. There are different contact numbers for different teams. Visit their website at www.greasbroughyouthfc.org.uk.

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