The Ordnance Survey map of 1855 shows many interesting things to be present - and many to be absent when viewed in 2009. The web address below gives free access to the map - the site is easy to use - and maps of other areas can be accessed through the site.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55145&sheetid=9599&ox=2078&oy=2408&zm=1&czm=1&x=285&y=5
Some interesting things to note are the absence of - all the major local pits; the houses on Barnsley Road and Station Road; Mitchelson Avenue - its not there at all...
Looking a bit further afield: Stainborough Dam is in place creating Lowe Reservoir - a big stretch of water that is no longer there.
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Yesterday (17.11.2009) I visited the site of Rockley Dam, but found that nothing remains except a little masonry. Do you have any information as to what it looked like and when it was dismantled?.
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