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| | GENUKI: Rotherham |
 | | Rotherham is situated near the conflux of the rivers Rother and Don; the latter of which being navigable to Sheffield, and communicating with canals and rivers, opens a water communication with all the principal towns in the county; as well as Lincolnshire and Lancashire. |
 | | "ROTHERHAM, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6 miles from Sheffield, 11 from Tickhill, 12 from Doncaster and Barnsley, 15 from Penistone, 16 from Worksop, (Notts.) 49 from York, 160 from London. |
 | | The town is far fron elegant; the streets are narrow, and irregular; and the houses have, in general, a dull and dingy appearance. |
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