Wickersley
Wicresleia 1086 (Domesday Book). Woodland clearing of a man called Víkarr. Source A Dictionary of English Place-Names. A. D. Mills. Oxford University Press, 1998.
Described in 1822 as a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill,liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Tickhill, 9 from Sheffield, 47 from York. Population 432. The Church is a rectory, dedicated toSt. Alban, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £8. 0s. 5d. Patrons, Henry Kater, Esq. This place is famous for a fine bed of stone, peculiarly adapted for the making of Grindstones, 5000 of which, are annually sent by land carriage to Sheffield.
Wickersley, Royds Moor c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
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