Kirk Sandall was originally a small hamlet named Sandal Parva, which may have played a role in the Battle of Hatfield in 633AD. Anyone...

Yorkshire’s most newly minted city also has some claim to being one its oldest settlements. Until it was granted city status as part of...

The name Conisbrough is derived from the Old English word Cyningesburh, which means King’s Stronghold, reflecting the town’s importance...

Mexborough is a stone’s throw from Swinton, and is another town built on the banks of the River Don, albeit one slightly larger than its...

After Rotherham, our next stop on the line to Doncaster is Swinton, a small town on the banks of the River Don that was once a centre for...

From Meadowhall, we head a relatively short distance along the railway line - and further downstream along the River Don - to the market...

Meadowhall is an area synonymous for most people with the Meadowhall Shopping Centre, a huge indoor complex which opened in 1990 on a...

From Woodhouse, we head further down the Sheffield-Lincoln to visit Kiveton Park, a rare (possibly unique) surviving example of a village...

The next stop is at Woodhouse, which like Darnall was once a village and eventually became a suburb of Sheffield. Unlike Darnall, its...

The first stop is at Darnall, once an Anglo-Saxon hamlet, which later became a medieval manor. No trace of its ancient past survives,...

Sheffield is a city built on industry. Famously, it grew around five rivers, which provided water power for dozens of grinding wheels...

As noted, South Yorkshire occupies roughly the bottom third of the West Riding of Yorkshire, bordering Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and...

I live in Sheffield and do a lot of walking in my spare time. I don't drive, so I do most of my walking from public transport. And so, in...