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Rockley engine house

England
List entry 1004821
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004821
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SE 33737 02109
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rockley engine house is a Cornish beam engine house located in South Yorkshire, dating to the nineteenth century industrial period. The structure was built to serve the coal mining operations that characterised the region during this era of intensive colliery development. The engine house represents a significant example of industrial architecture from the Victorian period, reflecting the technological infrastructure essential to deep coal extraction. Its survival as a designated ancient monument provides evidence of Yorkshire's prominent role in Britain's coal mining heritage.

Rockley engine house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004821. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Rockley engine house?

Rockley engine house is a Cornish beam engine house located in South Yorkshire, dating to the nineteenth century industrial period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004821.

Who is responsible for protecting Rockley engine house?

Rockley engine house is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004821.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rockley engine house?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross known as the Cundy Cross (5.2 km), Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm (5.5 km), Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks (5.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wayside cross known as the Cundy Cross
5.2 km
Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm
5.5 km
Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks
5.9 km
Handlands Romano-British settlement, 460m south west of Woodseats Farm
7.1 km
Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane
7.2 km
Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood
7.8 km
Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield
7.9 km
Standing cross at the Church of St Mary
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rockley engine house

Rockley engine house stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Rockley engine house

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~18.7 milesBattle of Towton, 1461Battle (1461) · ~24.1 miles
Domesday entry for Pilley, Yorkshire →
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