Mexborough and District Heritage Society

Welcome to the Mexborough and District Heritage Society website. Our aim is to record and preserve details of the area's rich past - the buildings, the way of life and more importantly the people who worked so hard to create a thriving community.

There are news stories which relate to our work and the town's past; details of our meetings, and publications for sale.

The society is committed to keeping a record of the past for future generations, and we hope you enjoy a glimpse into the lives of people who contributed to our community through the years.

Mexborough & District Heritage Society
Mexborough Library & CSC
John Street
Mexborough S64 9HS
Tel. No. 01709 582037
You can visit us every Friday afternoon in the library's reference section.

Newsletter highlights

Latest newsletter Mexborough's Almshouses

Recent Newsletters
Browse articles over the past months

Newsletter archive
All available newsletters are now on line, dating back over a decade.

Readers' contributions
Memories and more in our lively feedback section.

Mexborough Grammar
Reminiscences and photos - the best years of their lives?

A vanished terrace
Family life captured in a slideshow of a long-demolished row of houses.

Spotlight
The chance to examine one of our archive treasures in greater detail.

Mystery photo album
An album bought in Gloucestershire features Mexborough folk from the Edwardian era.

Adwick Rd School...
..and more. More family photos are added to our archive, including staff at Woolworths' from 1941.

Fun on the ferry
It was great fun and only cost a copper or two. With the help of a short movie clip we look at Mexborough's ferry, which linked the town with Old Denaby.

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This website and its contents are copyright Mexborough and District Heritage Society, excluding the Readers' sections where copyright is retained by the contributor. Requests for fair use of our content should be made by email.

Photo features
Including essays on the Parish Church, Market Street, Dr S P Bhatia and much more.

High Street video
A rare glimpse in colour of Mexborough before pedestrianisation

Video: giants tumble
Video footage of the demolition of Mexborough's twin cooling towers.

Pottery heritage
Expert Graham Oliver sheds light on the area's rich ceramic past with a series of in-depth articles.

The ultimate sacrifice
The names of the fallen from two World Wars

Questions & Answers
Help solve mysteries which have us stumped.


MGS memories We are pleased to have been asked to add a quite recent memoir to our archive; it is from the late Horace Stokes, kindly provided by his daughter. In it he vividly recalls his schoolboy days at Mexborough Grammar School in the 30s as a scholarship boy. Here is part of his story...		The Cut at 40: a celebration The Cut was brash, daring, fun and a breath of fresh air for Mexborough, and it’s still fondly remembered even today. It’s exactly 40 years since this inspired monthly swipe at authority and champion of local Arts hit the streets, and this irreverent mag has earned its place in our ongoing archive. Click here to find out how it all began, and enjoy some of the brilliant artwork which brought Mexborough people to life...
Free book download Mr Roy Huggins, Head of History at Mexborough School, has generously offered to share his research and study aid focusing on Conisbrough Castle.	Tribute to a much-loved school master Mexborough Grammar School teacher John Fisher is remembered by former pupil David Smart.


Our lives, our ancestors... This is our latest publication - The People of Mexborough, The photographs are taken from the archives of the Society, some of which are from the Leonard Harrop Collection, added to and preserved by our late President, Norman Watson, a well-known Mexborough teacher. Other illustrations come from postcards and purchases at antique fairs and the internet; others have been donated by local businesses, individuals and families. This is a ‘snapshot’ of what is available in the archives and it was a difficult choice selecting pictures which justified their inclusion to the exclusion of others. Check here for price and availability.		Preserving the past - with your help If you have any photographs or documents which you think may be of interest to the society, please get in touch. The archive, while invaluable as a resource for anyone with an interest in Mexborough history, is also a way of preserving the past for generations to come. Your photos, videos or documents will be treated with the utmost care and will be returned promptly after copying. As you can see from the site, we cover history from the very early days of the community right up to recent years. So if you have photos of people and places now gone which you would like to share, please get in touch. This also includes any video footage you may have, or film transfered to tape or DVD.

Website copyright Peter Lee 2011	.