Local Parishes
Woodhouse Mill
This map of Woodhouse Mill is dated 1855
In 1829, James Foster was the Miller and Charles Hodgson & Co Forgers. In 1844 John Foster was recorded as Corn Merchant
In 1864, Habershon & Hibbard, coal owners
North Midland Railway announced in March 1841 that they were going to erect a station at Woodhouse Mill.
Woodhouse Mill station, on the Rother, was described as on the Manchester, Sheffield and Hull line, from Eckington it was reached by a viaduct of thirty small arches, over the Don and the Ickles Cut, near Tinsley.
Thomas Rossington, orginally from Lincoln, was station master in 1871.
Mr. Godwin was s stationmaster in 1887.
In 1890 while constructing a new a siding, 2 platelayers William Gill(or Till) and William Williamson were killed by a train.
Woodhouse Mill
The mill stood on the banks of the River Rother and power was obtained from two water-wheels driven by the waters of the river. During nine months of the year, there was plenty of water in the river, but during the rest of the year, after the water course was diverted, the mill could only be worked two hours a day.