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Built on the site of a timber motte and bailey castle, the white, cylindrical keep of this 12th century castle is a spectacular structure.

Wombwell, mentioned in the Doomsday Survey of 1086 as Wambella, increased its population dramatically in the 19th century with the development of coal mines and other industries.

The first church of All Saints was consecrated by the Archbishop of York in 1900.

The first Roman Catholic priest appointed in Denaby Main was Father Kavanagh in 1894. Services took place in a disused schoolroom near the railway.

The story of St Catherine's has been one of a small country church serving a village community, the church and churchyard still seem to retain an atmosphere of the rural heritage of Wickford's past.

The church is a ‘noble edifice in the early English style of Gothic architecture’from which the view is beautiful, over Worsbrough reservoir to Wortley, Stainborough Park and Worsbrough Park.

This is one of England's most celebrated parish churches, and for many church enthusiasts it is one of, if not the, best in the whole country.

The old church at Mereworth was found to spoil the view of John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland, from his splendid new Palladian house, so he demolished it (he had already done away with the old castle and the village) and built a new classical church, and a new village, nearby.

The church sits on a commanding hill and is visible from a considerable distance.

This historic hilltop village in the High Weald lies close to the source of the Rother, the Sussex river from which it takes its name.