TST: Description & Travel information for Rotherham and places above it in the hierarchy

Description & Travel information for Rotherham and places above it in the hierarchy

Keppel's Column stands at the top of a hill and was originally intended to have a statue of Admiral Keppel on the top. There is further information about the column here.
Looking out from near Keppel's Column, Hoober Stand can be seen at the top of a hill. The inscription above the door says....
This pyramidall building was erected by his Majesty's most dutiful subject Thomas Marquess of Rockingham in grateful respect to the preserver of our religious laws and libertys King George the Second who, by the blessing of God having subdued a most unnatural rebellion in Britain anno 1746 maintains the balance of power and settles a just and honourable peace in Europe 1748.
It was built (1747/8) by Thomas Watson Wentworth to celebrate the defeat of the Jacobite Rebellion in 1745. Wentworth fought on the side of the King who made him Marquis in recognition of his help. Hoober Stand was built to show the King his gratitude. (Susan Jepson, 2003.)
A view of Rotherham showing 3 Church steeples.

There are two excellent descriptions transcribed from Bulmer's History and gazetteers, one for the East Riding (1892) and one for the North Riding (1890).
A short description of the county transcribed by Steve Garton from Pigot's 1834 Gazetteer and Directory.
The Yorkshire Information Centre contains descriptions of various parts of Yorkshire, particularly the northern half.
Garry Stockdill has an excellent web site which he calls " Yorksview". This contains many photographs and description of places mainly (but not all) in the western half of Yorkshire. Garry has also contributed many of the church photographs from the West Riding which appear on this site.
Devoted to walking in Yorkshire, the Dales Walks web site gives details (including photos) of walks around the various Yorkshire Dales and " The Three Peaks walk" website gives information and photographs of the walk over the peaks of Ingleborough, Whernside and Penyghent.
There are web sites giving lots of photographs and visitor information etc. for the more popular tourist parts of Yorkshire such as:
Tourist guide and where to stay in the North Yorkshire Moors area (the North East of Yorkshire).
England's North East is a site dedicated to history, identity and places to visit in Yorkshire and the North East.

English Heritage are responsible for the care and repair of many buildings of historic importance. The Historic England Archive (previously the National Monuments Record) is English Heritage's public archive and is the home of around 10 million items covering England's buildings, archaeology and maritime sites. English Heritage's ambitious Images of England initiative aims to put a photograph of every listed building in England on the internet.
The Badger's Heritage website features many pen and ink drawings of churches, schools, pubs, hotels, bridges, locks, mills, cottages & villages in Berkshire, Hampshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex and Wiltshire.
Destination England from Lonely Planet.
There are many links on the (Internet Archive snapshot from 2018) England's Buildings webring.
ViewFinder - an online image resource for England's history provided by Historic England.
The England in Particular website from Common Ground encourages the study of our own localities.

Descriptions of the county and its towns and parishes from different periods can be found in trade directories from the early 19th century onwards - see Directories.
Travel Writing - transcriptions of a number of books describing early travels in Britain, from Vision of Britain.
The U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens provided by Landscapes & Gardens at the University of York.
The complete texts of Defoe's Tour of Great Britain (1778), Thompson's Tour of England and Scotland (1785) and Stebbing's Tour of the west of England. Made available by The Center for Retrospective Digitization, Göttingen State and University Library.
Geograph British Isles - "aims to collect a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometre of the British Isles".
Historical Aerial Photography - "an unsurpassed collection of information about old aerial photographs of the UK, from the 40's to the 90's..."
Britain From Above - "the unique Aerofilms collection of aerial photographs from 1919-1953".
Round the Coast scanned photographs from "An album of pictures from photographs of the chief seaside places of interest in Great Britain and Ireland" (George Newnes Ltd., 1895)" provided by by Rosemary and Stan Rodliffe.
A modern map of the United Kingdom.