The Dam is a place known to many in the area. It has been a popular picnic area for generations and is within easy reach of where many people live. What is not commonly known is the the dam near that site and from which the name is derived - existed more than 350 years ago!. Since those days; when the dam fed the local corn mill, the name has been passed on from one generation to the next - that's amazing!. You won't find the name The Dam on any map nor nowadays will you find the mill - the Old Stainborough Mill - which probably stopped working in the early 1700's.
Similar to the above is a building in the grounds of Wentworth Castle known at present as The Rotunda, and labelled as such on signboards around the Park. For some locals it has been known for many years as The Mausoleum. Rotherham Council have a website on which it states that the building was indeed known as the Mausoleum - but it appears that was around 1720!. So it seems that as with The Dam the name has been passed down the generations for all that time!.
Do you know of any other instances of a common name having been passed along in that way?.
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