About Us

The Community Assembly of Rawmarsh is located in a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire in the British Isles. Historically, Rawmarsh sits within the West Riding of Yorkshire, a few miles north-northeast of Rotherham town centre and south-southwest of Swinton. The village also forms part of the Sheffield Urban Area.

Coal was mined in the Haugh area from the mid-15th century and in the Parkgate area since around 1700, mostly from small pits under the ownership of Earl Fitzwilliam. Deeper mining came in the mid-19th century when the town became ringed with collieries. These included Warren House and Warren Vale to the north and Stubbin which was later followed by New Stubbin and its railway, the Stubbin Incline. This linked to the Greasbrough Canal on the western side and the River Don in Parkgate with two mainline railways serving the towns of Aldwarke Main and Roundwood. The last of the collaries to close was New Stubbin in 1978.

Now a residential area, Rawmarsh is known for its church, Rawmarsh St Mary's Parish Church, which dominates the view at the top of Rawmarsh Hill. There has been a church in the town since Norman times (c 1127).

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