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| | Combs &c. Families of Rotherham, Strafforth and Tickhill, West Riding, Yorkshire, England |
 | | ROTHERHAM, a parish, comprising the market town of Rotherham, the chapelry of Tinsley, and the townships of Brinsworth, Catcliffe, Dalton, and Orgreave, in the southern, and the chapelry of Greasbrough, and the township of Kimberworth in the northern, division of the wapentake of Strafforth And Tickhill, West riding of the county of York... |
 | | The Archdale Memoirs do not reference the parish of Rotheram, but in regard to Yorkshire, the author states (page 1) that John ARCHDALE (Staffordshire implied) "is stated to have been "of kin" to Alice, Elizabeth and Rose, daughters and co-heiresses of John COWELL of Dungworth Storrs, in the chapelry of Bradfield." (Ref. Harleian Ms. |
 | | The Midsummer sessions for the West riding are held here in the courthouse, a handsome stone building recently erected, at an expense of £4000, in which also the justices of the peace hold their sittings, and all public business relating to the town is transacted. |
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