Whiston
Witestan 1086 (Domesday Book). The white stone Source A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & Places
Whiston, Pleasley Road c1960
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
Described in the late 1800's as a considerable village in a pleasant valley, 6 miles E by N of Sheffield and 2 miles S by E of Rotherham.
Its parish has 1050 inhabitants and 3780 acres of land of which Sir George Sitwell is lord and principal owner, though the Duke of Norfolk owns Canklow Woods, 243 acres, and is said to be lord paramount.
Whiston has its own website Whiston Web, included are details of Upper Whiston and Guilthwaite
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