Morley Pond at Night

Specialist carp water – 12 acre carp fishery in an idyllic setting with a good stock of Doubles, Twenties & six confirmed 30lb+ carp. Only a limited number of Treble Rod Permits available. Further details are available from the Estate Office, contact details below.

View over Mill Dam

One of Yorkshire’s premier fisheries offering superb angling in beautiful surroundings. There are 3 Lakes:

• Mill Dam – 13 acre – good stock of coarse fish & carp
• Dog Kennel – 17 acre – largest of the three – good stock of coarse fish & carp
• Morley Pond – 12 acre – 6 confirmed 30lb+ & parking facility

Quality fish to specimen sizes: Perch 4lb+; Tench 6lb+; Roach 3lb+; Bream 7lb+

View over Dog Kennel Pond

Excellent access just off the B6089 Barnsley-Rotherham road. Ample Parking; disabled anglers welcome. Seasonal permits available from the Estate Office, Wentworth.

• Half Membership (day fishing only) – £150
• Full Membership (includes night fishing) – £300

First & second lakes only:

• Single Rod – £50
• Double Rod – £110
• Juvenile Rod (born after 31st May 1994) – £25

A new passport type photograph must be provided when applying for a ticket, tickets are limited to one per person. Juveniles must also show a birth certificate.

View over Morley Pond

Personal applications by attendance to the Estate Office (valid card required with cheque payments), postal applications must be marked “Wentworth Fishery”, cheques made payable to “The Fitzwilliam Wentworth Amenity Trust” & stamped addressed envelope enclosed.

Tickets on sale from 1st March 2010 onwards, from:

The Estate Office
Clayfields Lane

Wentworth
Rotherham
S62 7TD

Tel: (01226) 742041

Personal visits Monday – Friday 9:00am – 4:30pm only

Family Tree Introduction

The Wentworth/Fitzwilliam Family Tree provides detailed information about the Wentworth, Watson and Fitzwilliam families who dominated Wentworth Village for generations from the stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse. It brings together hundreds of individuals dating back to the reign of Henry II.

How To Use the Family Tree

There is too much information to display everything at once, so we’ve made the Family Tree interactive. To use it, first choose a Starting Point from the list below. This will show you details for the person you have selected with up to two or three generations above and below (you may need to use the scrollbars to bring the tree into view). You can then:-

• Click on any name to focus on a different person
• Use the Zoom Out (-) button to view more generations
• Use the Zoom In (+) button to view fewer generations

Where to Start

If you’re looking for someone in particular you can select them from the comprehensive Wentworth Family Tree Index. If you’re just browsing then the following are good people to start with:-

• William de Wentworth – one of the earliest ancestors on the Wentworth side of the family
• William Fitzwilliam – one of the earliest Fitzwilliams
• Thomas Wentworth Earl of Strafford – the most famous of the Wentworths
• William Thomas George Fitzwilliam – the 10th (and last) Earl Fitzwilliam

Pictures Wanted

If anyone has any pictures that we can use in the family tree then please contact us with details. Here are a couple we’ve found:-

Thomas Wentworth Earl of Strafford

Charles 2nd Marquis of Rockingham

Your Feedback is Welcome

We would appreciate any feedback about the family tree, including corrections and additions. Please contact us with any comments. We would be particularly interested in copies of photos/portraits of people in the tree as these can be added in to increase the visual interest.

Web Links

Acknowledgements

Data for the family tree is taken from various sources including the book “Wentworth – A Brief History” by Graham Hobson and research on various genealogy news groups, including soc.genealogy.medieval and soc.genealogy.britain.

The family tree display software is adapted from an original set of Perl scripts by Simon Ward – downloads available at www.simonward.com

Treeton Local History Group

The local history group website for Treeton in Rotherham.

Tankersley Parish Council

The local council for the nearby village of Tankersley and surrounding area.

Hoyland Photos

A local photo website covering Hoyland and beyond – including a section of Wentworth photos…

Hoyland Community Portal

A local site for Wentworth’s neighbour Hoyland, including local information, events, genealogy & landmarks

Past & Present Connections

A local family history site published by R. C. Mollekin and featuring a wealth of local photographs and information including Wentworth, Swinton and South Yorkshire

Project Reveal

A Rotherham-based site for ghost hunters who have carried out some paranormal investigations in the Wentworth area.

thorpe-hesley.co.uk

A community site for the nearby village of Thorpe Hesley.

Harley Horseshoe FC

Harley Horseshoe Football Club

msas.org.uk

The Mexborough and Swinton Astronomical Society – has it’s observertory at Hoober Stand.

ecclesfieldtower.org.uk

An interesting site from the adjacent parish of Ecclesfield by the Ecclesfield Church Bell Ringers

elsecar.org.uk

A comprehesive site covering the nearby village of Elsecar.

ukgid.com

UK Genealogy Interests Directory – a Family History site which allows people to contact other people who are researching the same surnames in the UK or Ireland.

Wath Festival

The South Yorkshire Festival of Music and Dance (AKA Wath Festival) is an annual event boasting a glittering array of renowned performers is usually held in late April or early May.

Jump Folk

Site about the nearby village of Jump.

EPPiC Theatre

EPPiC Theatre are a long-established theatre group in the nearby village of Ecclesfield; this site lists details of the group’s history and forthcoming productions.

tu-cottbus.de

I recently came across this interesting document about Wentworth Woodhouse by Derek Latham which not only gives some interesting historical information about the house but also gives some insights into “what might have been”‘ the last time it was sold…

thorpeandscholes.org

A new site about Holy Trinity Church which serves Thorpe Hesley and Scholes

treetonweb.co.uk

A comprehensive site about Treeton in Rotherham

whistonweb.co.uk

From the people who brought you Treeton web – a site about the nearby village of Whiston

ulleyweb.co.uk

Ulley village web site now up and running

wickersleyweb.co.uk

Yes you’ve guessed it – a Wickersley web site

bootleggersweb.co.uk

The folks who run the above sites asked me to put in a plug for this Sheffield-based band!

Ink Amera

An excellent sites with extensive coverage of the Wentworth follies

ayup.co.uk

Yorkshire’s award-winning online magazine

rotherhamunofficial.co.uk

A very comprehensive site covering most of the Rotherham area, including several pages on Wentworth

scholesvillage.fsnet.co.uk

Scholes Village site

scholescc.org

Scholes Cricket Club

rotherhamfhs.co.uk

Rotherham Family History Society

rotherham-pubs.co.uk

A comprehensive site about pubs in the Rotherham area.

south-yorks.net

South-Yorks.Net – Your Local Portal

syfolk.co.uk

South Yorkshire Folk

syfolk.co.uk/lion

Live @the Lion, Wath

realukmusic.co.uk

Real UK Music

bramptonbierlow.co.uk

Site about the nearby village of Brampton Bierlow

ladymabel.org.uk

The Lady Mabel College Old Students’ Association

Actually the constituency covers a much wider area than Wentworth – taking in many parts of Rotherham. We assume that the constituency name has been retained for historical reasons connected with the political activities of the Wentworth family (see History). If anyone can enlighten us as to the reason this name is still used please get in touch.

The Wentworth MP is currently John Healey (Labour). You can contact him at:-

Constituency Office
79 High Street
Wath upon Dearne
Rotherham
S63 7QB

T: (01709) 875943

Also, he can be contacted through the House of Commons:

House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Mr. Healey occasionally holds constituency surgeries in the village.

Further information, including advice surgery times, can be found at johnhealeymp.co.uk

Civic Building
Walker Place
Rotherham
S65 1UE

T: (01709) 382121

F: (01709) 823626

W: rotherham.gov.uk

Scholes village is located about 2 miles from Wentworth near the Southern boundary of Wentworth Park and Keppels Column.

For in-depth coverage may we suggest the Scholes Village web site. The Scholes and Thorpe Action Group (STAG) also have pages on this site giving details about their opposition to proposals to build on the open land between Scholes and Thorpe Hesley.

If anyone has any further information about life in and around Scholes which they would like us to publish here please contact us with details. Many thanks.

The next Wentworth Youth Theatre production is a story is based on the plight of young orphans who were sent out from orphanages in Britain to live and work in Australia. It is a moving and personal tale which was first performed by Wentworth Youth Theatre in 2007 and one which has recently been in the headlines with the recent apology by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for the for years of abuse and pain suffered by thousands of children sent to Australia from Britain.

The musical is called ‘Echoes’ and focuses on one young girl, Mo and follows her emotional and powerful journey as a young girl of 8 from Britain to Australia and her ultimate reunion with her mother back in Britain in 1968.

The exact dates and times have yet to be confirmed but it is hoped that the show will be performed in ‘The Mechanics’ Wentworth around the 22nd and 23rd of March 2010 and at Montgomery Hall in Wath on the 25th and 26th of March. The show will also be performed as part of the Sheffield Festival of Music and Drama at a theatre in Sheffield in late June / early July 2010.

Latest Wentworth Partnership Minutes

An archive of old Wentworth Partnership minutes are available on our archive site here.

Wentworth Survey Public Meeting

The Wentworth Partnership (incorporating Wentworth Parish Council, Wentworth Village Community Association and Fitzwilliam Wentworth Estates) held a public meeting on Monday, 29th April 2002 to present the results of the recent Village Appraisal survey. This survey was sent out to all households in the village to determine their views on the future development of Wentworth village and received an excellent 75% response (357 replies from 169 households). The meeting was arranged to present the results of the survey and to explore ways of taking things forward.

Meeting Report

The meeting was opened by David Hunton (Chairman of the Wentworth Partnership and Wentworth Parish Council) who outlined the agenda and introduced the various speakers, committee members and Wentworth North Area Assembly representatives who were present.

Mr. Guy Canby of Fitzwilliam (Wentworth) Estates then gave the keynote speech on behalf of the Estate. He emphasised the strengths of Wentworth as a village and mentioned that the Estate currently has 150 applications for housing in the area, with many applicants citing community spirit as being one of the main attractions of the area.

Mr. Canby went on to stress the importance of community involvement in determining the future of the village. He recognised that problems such as those stemming from the the increased use of private cars, crime and disputes between neighbours had to be addressed and that there was clearly a need to adapt, review and move forward. He recognised that finances were now available via the Wentworth Partnership to help achieve change, but that the views and involvement of residents were important. He concluded by saying that the community trustees would look carefully at the results of the consultation process to see what could be done in support.

Survey Results

Colette Williams and Jill Ratcliffe of the Wentworth North Area Assembly then presented the results of the village appraisal. We have adapted the presentation for the web, click on the link below to view it:-

Wentworth Survey Results Presentation

Many thanks to Jill for providing the presentation.

A brief summary of the survey has been distributed to households in Wentworth. Some interesting highlights include:-

• The population of the village consists of households containing an average of only 2.1 people and most people are in the 25-60 age group. There are very few young people.
• The majority of people are not in favour of public toilets but are very keen on toilets for dogs.
• There is considerable concern over traffic levels and requests for better public transport to relieve these, however at present very few people use public transport.
• Almost everyone is in favour of the existence of the church for various reasons, but 70% of the community do not use it.
• People would like more local information, and rely on the Wentworth In Focus magazine or the local noticeboard for news (clearly not many people have web access!- Ed.)
• 42% of people want more jobs in the Wentworth area, but very few people are in favour of creating these jobs via Tourism, Small Businesses or Industrial Workshops. There is a distinct dislike for anything new or modern , but a keen demand for preserving and maintaining the existing environment.
• Following the presentation, Colette Williams suggested ways in which the Wentworth Partnership could build on the survey in order to bring about positive change. She suggested that the Wentworth Partnership AGM may be a good starting point and urged all those present to attend. She also suggested that the Area Assembly may be able to finance a Community Planning Day for Wentworth. This would be an event for the whole community involving a range of local government organisations which would offer individuals the chance to make specific proposals for change.

Question and Answer Session

The audience were invited to ask questions on matters arising from the survey. Some of the points raised included:

• There was widespread support for measures to tackle traffic problems in the village. Councillor Hodgkiss (Chairman of Wentworth North Area Assembly) agreed that this problem had been recognised, but that it was not possible to put traffic calming measures in place due to objections from the police, who see Wentworth as emergency diversionary route for the M1! Colette Williams suggested that with sufficient public support (backed by the opinions expressed in the survey) it may be possible to change the police decision on this.
• The issue of dog waste bins on Back Lane/Main Street was raised.
• The credibility of the Wentworth Partnership within the local authority was questioned. For example, the views of the survey seem to be at odds with Rotherham MBC’s promotion of the Wentworth area as a tourist destination. Colette Williams said that the council have now been charged by government with the task of consulting communities and that community views must therefore be taken seriously.
• Examples of specific ways in which other Community Partnerships have influenced council decisions were sought. Very few concrete examples were forthcoming as most partnerships are still at an early stage, however the refurbishment of the Montgomery Hall was cited as one example of success of the local partnership in Wath.

Conclusions

It was agreed to continue discussions at the forthcoming Wentworth Partnership AGM. Whilst it was stressed that the views of the village residents were paramount, it was suggested that it might also be useful to seek the views of local business and of visitors to the area.

David Hunton closed the meeting and thanked everyone present for coming.

Raffle Draw

As an incentive, everyone completing a questionnaire was given a raffle ticket. The winner was Green ticket No. 14.

Wentworth Partnership AGM

The date of this is yet to be announced. Watch this space for details.