Sitwell

The Sitwell ward lies in the north-west of the Rother Valley. It is a mainly suburban ward covering the neighbourhoods of Whiston. The south of the ward is rural and very sparsely populated. The hamlets of Morthen, Upper Whiston and Guilthwaite.

At the moment only part of the Sitwell ward, covering areas of Whiston and Guilthwaite is in the Rother Valley constituency. At the next General Election all of the ward will be in the Rother Valley.

Rotherham Borough Councillors                                    Local Parish Council

Councillor John Clarke                                                     Whiston Parish Council
Councillor John Gilding
Councillor Tony Mannion

Guilthwaite

• A Roman earthworks is reputed to have been sited on Guilthwaite Common, where in the early 19th Century an earthenware jar containing 1600 small Roman coins was found.

Whiston

• Whiston's name comes from two Old English words, wite and stan, which mean "the whitestone". This is thought to refer to a nearby quarry where large amounts of white stone were once mined. Witestan is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
• In 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.
• The Manorial Barn in Whiston is one of the oldest agricultural buildings in Yorkshire, with some parts of its structure dating back to the 13th Century.