Whiston, South Yorkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.40
longitude= -1.32
map_type= South Yorkshire
official_name= Whiston
metropolitan_borough= Rotherham
metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire
population=
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster= Rotherham
post_town= ROTHERHAM
postcode_district = S60
postcode_area= S
dial_code= 01709
os_grid_reference=

Whiston is a suburb of Rotherham in 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" which is likely to be in reference to a nearby quarry where large amounts of white stone were once mined. 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 although there is still something of a Green belt separating Whiston from other local villages

On 25 June 2007 part of the village was evacuated because of fears that cracks in the dam at Ulley reservoir could lead to widespread flooding in the valley.

External links

* [http://www.whistonweb.co.uk/index.htm "WhistonWeb"]