The Unofficial Website
Newhill
Newhill is the new settlement on the hill - simple! Newhill Park, although park is a rather posh name for it, is all that remains of the grounds of Newhill Hall. So far I have been unable to find out much about Newhill Hall, other than it was built for the Payne family and is now gone. Newhill Grange, which would have been the estate farm in the posh days is still there and seems to have been converted into several homes. The modern Newhill is an area of housing to the west of the town of Wath upon Dearne which, I am presuming, was built on land that once belonged to the Newhill Estate.
The Payne Mausoleum
This early 19th Century monument in Newhill Park is listed site but I know nothing else about it. This is what I have found. The mausoleum was built in 1834 for John Payne who was a local landowner. He was a politically inclined liberal and a supporter of the American Colonists. The Mausoleum is in New Hill Park which was once the grounds of Payne's home, Newhill Hall (now demolished). In July 2007 when we went for a stroll around Wath the monument was looking in a pretty shabby state with a lot of loose stones and not even a sign up to say what it was.