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Thrybergh
Thrybergh comes from the old English meaning three hills. The village centre came into being at some time between the 6th and 9th centuries and was a Saxon manor. It is written as Triberge in the Domesday Book. Other than the church, the only remnant of the village's Mediaeval past is the stump of a 12th Century cross on what used to be the village green (now housing). Parts of St Leonard's date back to about 900 including the blocked doorway in the south nave wall. The present St Leonard's Church dates mostly from about the 1430s. The church is open to visitors alternate Sundays contact 01709 851537.
Then in 1797 an Act of Enclosure was passed for Dalton and Thrybergh. Enclosures meant that previously common land was fenced so that common folk could not use it to graze their animals. I don't know what it did to Thrybergh and Dalton but it devastated the lives of landless labourers in many places.
There are some 17th Century buildings which remind you of Thrybergh's farming past. Fosters Garden Centre is in a converted barn and there is another granary barn and stables from this century but in March 2005 this was a right old mess. Although the roof had been substantially repaired the windows were all blocked up with breeze blocks from the little we could see. The Post Office and adjoining buildings were originally a school built in the 18th Century whilst Chestnut Tree Farm was rebuilt in this century on older foundations.
Thrybergh Hall built for the Fullerton family in 1812 still exists as the Clubhouse for Rotherham Golf Club. The road down to it is marked 'Private' and conscientious citizen that I am I did not venture down it. Thrybergh Manor House was actually built about the same time as the Dower House for Thrybergh Hall.
There are some very nice and very substantial houses along the main road through Thrybergh. I went to look at one (only a semi) nearly thirty years ago when I was first entering the property market. I did not buy it because it was at the upper end of my budget, needed a lot of work on it and I did not like the main road. I still don't like the main road. Pity really 'cause the house is probably worth a fair few bob these days.
As for the rest of Thrybergh it consists largely of housing estates and schools. Some of the housing estates have unenviable reputations. Many of the residents worked in the nearby Silverwood Colliery but that is closed so I expect that there may be a whole generation about largely unused to work. The Silverwood tips have been opencasted and parts have been cleaned up and transformed into, you've guessed, housing estates.
Thrybergh has some of the qualities of a nice old village but the main road passing through the middle of it is a pain. I'm told that the traffic is nowhere near as bad as it used to be when it was a trunk road but I still find it off-putting. Another downer is that there does not seem to be a pub in the older part and an old hostelry or two are the making of a village. Third downer is that the village green has disappeared under housing.
More Pages:-
Thrybergh Slide Show
The Legend of St Leonard of Reresby
Other Pages to Visit
Visit Thrybergh Country Park onsite at Recreation in Rotherham >> Parks >> Country Parks >> Thrybergh Country
Park.
Visit Silverwood Colliery onsite at The History of Rotherham >> Other History Pages >> The History of Trade & Industry in Rotherham >> Coal Mining-Silverwood.
