Aldwarke
'old fortification', Old English ald + weorc. Source: A Dictionary of British Place Names in Names & Places
History
In 1822 Aldwarke was in the township of Kimberworth , and parish of Rotherham; it was 3.5 miles from Rotherham.
Aldwarke Hall,was at one time the residence of Samuel Walker, Esq. grandson of Samuel Walker (1715-1782) of Masbrough Iron Works. Aldwarke was the ancient seat of the Clarelles, Fitzwilliams, and Foljambes. It lies remote from the parish of Ecclesfield; being separated from it by the parishes of Rawmarsh and Rotherham.
William Fitzwilliam was born at Aldwarke Hall. An eminent naval commander, and Earl of Southampton, he was the son of Sir Thomas Fitzwilllam and Lucy Neville of Aldwarke Hall. He died at Newcastle, in 1542, while on an expedition to Scotland.
Aldwarke Main Colliery was sunk in 1867. Seven men were killed in an accident in 1875.
Described in 1879 as six miles east of Ecclesfield Village, a detached hamlet of the ancient parish of Ecclesfield, to which it still pays poor rates; it is in Wortley union, Rotherham county court district, and petty sessional division, and Rotherham polling district of South-West Yorkshire.
Ecclesiastically it forms part of the new parish of Holy Trinity, Dalton, and is in York diocese and archdeaconry, and Rotherham rural deanery. It had 62 inhabitants in 1871. The Hall was occupied by Mrs. and Captain Egerton, and the Farm by Mr.Thomas Turner.
