Brinsworth and Catcliffe

The suburban villages of Brinsworth and Catcliffe, which are divided by the M1 motorway, make up this ward in the west of the Rother Valley.

At present only part of the ward is in the Rother Valley and at the next General Election all of the Brinsworth and Catcliffe ward will move into the Rotherham parliamentary constituency. 

Rotherham Borough Councillors                                Local Parish Councils

Councillor John Gamble                                                Brinsworth Parish Council
Councillor Reg Littleboy                                                Catcliffe Parish Council
Councillor Fred Wright

Brinsworth

• The history of Brinsworth goes back to Roman times as a fort was sited at Templeborough. The settlement that sprung up around this is thought to be how the village originated.
• Brinsworth also appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 but its population only really started to grow in the 19th Century when coal mining started at nearby collieries.
• Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott spent some of his early years in the village.

Catcliffe

• Catcliffe is mentioned in the Domesday book, its' name thought to mean the cliff where the cats live. These wild cats were thought to have been found on the banks of the River Rother which passes close to the village.
• Catcliffe was a small agricultural settlement until the 19th Century although a glassworks was established in 1740. One of the cones of this glassworks still exists and is one of the earliest surviving glass cones in the country.
• Catcliffe Flash is a local nature reserve made up of a lake and marshland formed beside the River Rother dropped due to coal mining subsidence.
• In June 2007 the village suffered from flooding and was evacuated when there were fears that the dam at Ulley reservoir could burst.
• The former England footballer and World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks was born in Catcliffe.