Whiston, South Yorkshire
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Whiston, South Yorkshire, England.
Originally a small rural village between Sheffield and Rotherham, within the Saxon "Shire of Hallun" (Hallamshire), Whiston is now a suburb of Rotherham, close to its border with Sheffield.
According to A Dictionary of British Place-Names The name Whiston comes from two Old English words wite and stan - meaning "The whitestone". It is referred to as Witestan,in the Domesday Book of 1086, at which time it was part of the same manor as Handsworth (Handswrde), now a suburb of Sheffield .
Even in 1900 Whiston was still a small rural village. It was separated from Rotherham by open countryside. As the century progressed, and particularly after 1945, many fields were built upon and Rotherham expanded to incorporate Whiston.
External links
- "WhistonWeb" (http://www.whistonweb.co.uk/index.htm)