Visit Mexborough Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Mexborough

  

Mexborough Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Mexborough

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Mexborough history

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The name Mexborough combines the Old English suffix burh, meaning a fortified place, with an Old English or Old Norse personal name, which may be Meke, Muik, Meoc or Mjukr. Mexborough is located at the north-eastern end of a dyke known as the Roman Ridge. The town’s economy was based around coal mining, quarrying, brickworks and the production of ceramics. Stan Laurel stayed in one of these public houses after performing at the town’s Prince of Wales Theatre.

Ceramics

The Rock Pottery, it is believed, traded during its early years as Beevers & Ford. In 1839, it was purchased by James Reed, who was succeeded by his son John, who changed the name of the business to Mexicanborough Pottery.

You can visit Mexborough places with Walkfo Mexborough to hear history at Mexborough’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Mexborough has 36 places to visit in our interactive Mexborough map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Mexborough, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Mexborough places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Mexborough & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Mexborough Places Map
36 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Mexborough tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Mexborough

  

Best Mexborough places to visit

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Mexborough has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Mexborough’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Mexborough’s information audio spots:

Bolton-upon-Dearne railway station Bolton-upon-Dearne railway station serves the village of Bolton upon Dearne in South Yorkshire. It lies on the Wakefield Line 13 miles north of Sheffield railway station.

Goldthorpe Goldthorpe is in the Dearne North Ward of Barnsley MBC and had a population of 6,051 at the 2011 Census. It was anciently a small medieval farming village.

River Dearne River Dearne South Yorkshire, England flows roughly east for more than 30 kilometres (19 mi), from its source just inside West Yorkshire to its confluence with the River Don at Denaby Main. The river was one of those affected by the 2007 United Kingdom floods. Industrialisation caused the river to become grossly polluted in the early nineteenth century and fish populations died.

St Peter’s Church, Barnburgh St Peter’s Church, Barnburgh is a parish church of the Church of England. It is situated at the centre of the village of Barnburgh, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire. Famous for the legend of the ‘Cat and Man’, the church serves Barnburgh and Harlington.

Earth Centre, Doncaster The Earth Centre, Doncaster was a large-scale visitor attraction. It was located on a 400-acre former colliery site in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire. Opened in 1999, it used funding from the Millennium Commission, the European Commission and English Partnerships.

A630 road The A630 is an A road in South Yorkshire. It runs between Sheffield city centre and junction 4 of the M18 motorway. The road runs through Rotherham and Doncaster on the way.

Cadeby Main Colliery The Cadeby Main Colliery was a coal mine sunk in 1889. It commenced production in 1893 and was worked until it was exhausted in 1986.

St John the Evangelist’s Church, Cadeby St John the Evangelist’s Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Cadeby, South Yorkshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building. Victoria Cross recipient George Harry Wyatt is buried there.

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