Kimberworth

Kimberworth is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book, where it is noted as "Chiberworde". Kimberworth castle, now demolished, was located near The Drawbridge pub. The monks at nearby Kirkstead Abbey were smelting iron from around 1160, the rest of the history of this area is heavily influenced by industrial developments, especially in iron, steel and coal.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}

There is evidence of human activity in this area going back 5000 years. The area was settled by Brigantes, before the arrival of the Romans. The Roman expansion north was halted by the Brigantes forts at Kimberworth and Wincobank.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}

The present manor house at Kimberworth was built in 1694 by the Kent family,{{cite web|url=http://www.rotherhamcivicsociety.org/directory/newsletters/Lady%20Idonea%20de%20Vipont.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210180042/http://www.rotherhamcivicsociety.org/directory/newsletters/Lady%20Idonea%20de%20Vipont.pdf|archivedate=10 December 2017|url-status=dead|format=PDF|title=Lady Idonea de Vipont of Kimberworth Manor. 1256–1334.|accessdate=4 January 2016}} long prominent at Kimberworth,{{cite web|url=http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/genealogy/kent.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190338/http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/genealogy/kent.htm|archivedate=4 March 2016|title=Pedigree of the Kent family|accessdate=6 January 2018}} who married with, amongst others, the Rawson family of Upperthorpe and the Creswick family that had owned land at Owlerton since the fourteenth century.

Kimberworth was formerly a township and chapelry,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20325|title=History of Kimberworth, in Rotherham and West Riding|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 January 2024}} in 1866 Kimberworth became a separate civil parish,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10440543|title=Relationships and changes Kimberworth CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 January 2024}} in 1894 the parish was abolished and merged with Rotherham and Wentworth.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/rotherham.html|title=Rotherham Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=26 January 2024}} In 1891 the parish had a population of 19,566.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10440543/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Kimberworth CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 January 2024}} It is now in the unparished area of Rotherham.

The Kimberworth area has several churches, the most prominent being St Thomas's Anglican Church on Church Street, construction of which was started in 1842.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51076&strquery=kimberworth#s8|title=Kilvington - Kingmoor - British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|accessdate=10 December 2017}} The Salvation Army has a meeting hall on High Street, this is also used by the 1st Rotherham Cub Scout pack. Kimberworth United Reformed Church met in a building on Kimberworth Road overlooking Bradgate Park (Church closed in 2010).{{clarify|date=December 2011}}

• Thundercliffe Grange – 1770s

File:Keppels Column.jpg built in 1778, by the Marquis of Rockingham, built to commemorate the acquittal of Admiral Keppel on charges of Treason.]]

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Kimberworth was served by Kimberworth Comprehensive School and Old Hall Comprehensive School until 2004 when they were merged to form Winterhill School, built on the site of the latter.

• Dean Andrews, actor who appeared in Life on Mars, used to live in Kimberworth
• David Seaman, England football goalkeeper lived in nearby Ferham and attended Kimberworth Comprehensive School
• Rowland Suddaby (1912–1972), British artist and illustrator, born there{{cite web|url=https://www.louisekosman.com/artists/artist_88.php|title=Rowland Suddaby|website=www.louisekosman.com|accessdate=10 December 2017}}

• Listed buildings in Rotherham (Keppel Ward)

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Category:Geography of Rotherham