Digital hearing aids Rotherham – South Yorkshire Digital Hearing Aids

Digital hearing aids Rotherham – South Yorkshire Digital Hearing Aids 

Rotherham in South Yorkshire is just less than 50 miles from Stoke on Trent as the bird flies, which means it is in the area for all the Digital Hearing Aid help that residents may need.  If you fear that your hearing is deteriorating, get in touch with us for advice.  Call us on 01782 698090.

All about Rotherham
Although Rotherham has a population of 117,000 it is only 6 miles from another huge conurbation, Sheffield.

The local economy is said to be thriving which is quite an achievement in the current climate.  As proof, Rotherham’s Advanced Technology Park is home to Rolls Royce and Castings Technology International, which provides research and technology for the cast metal sector.  The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, part of Sheffield University, is based here too alongside Nuclear AMRC.  The park known as the AMP is also home to the TWI Technology Centre, Performance Engineered Solutions, 3-D Printing company Materialise, technology product manufacturer Arclad, sophisticated laboratory equipment producer Struers and Xeros, the polymer bead cleaning company developed out of the University of Leeds.

You can tell by the type of companies housed at this park that Rotherham’s main concentration is on technology and high profile techniques for the modern world.  Things weren’t always this way of course.

Earlier industry in Rotherham
Industry through the ages in Rotherham and the surrounding area has been about base materials.  Iron ore has been mined in the region since Roman times; coal was the main industry by the time of the Industrial Revolution bringing Rotherham to the fore back then.  This in turn meant that the rivers that define Rotherham, The Don and the Rother also became part of the important Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation System.  This connected rivers and canals so that coal, iron and steel could be transported.

The Walker family based in Rotherham, built their iron and steel empire in the area - iron was very important.  Their product was used for many cast iron bridges and also used on HMS Victory.  By the 19th Century there were many local cast iron foundries supplying developments of the time.  Amongst these, the first successful, commercial iron plough was produced in Rotherham by Joseph Foljambe.

In the 18th Century Beatson Clark & Co established a glass works here.  They produced and exported glass medicine bottles.  The company still supplies glass containers to the same industry today.

Grain milling was also a common activity in the area.  In fact Rank Hovis only closed their mill in 2008 – it was the last one in Rotherham.

Historic Rotherham
Rotherham didn’t really come to anything until Saxon times, when it was established as a small market town with market day every Friday and an annual fair.  An extra market day on Mondays was acquired by the monks of Rufford Abbey in the 13th Century, after the local but absent lords gave all their Rotherham possessions to the Abbey.

By the 15th Century the Archbishop of York, Thomas Rotherham, arranged for The College of Jesus to be built in his home town of Rotherham.  His inspiration was the colleges of Oxbridge.  It was the first brick building in the area and taught theology, grammar, writing and singing.  The college alongside the newly built All Saints Church (now Rotherham Minster) gave the town a very modern feel at the beginning of the 16th Century.

Unfortunately the college did not remain open for long.  Its fate around 50 years after it was built fell foul of the monarch Edward VI who dissolved it and took all its assets.  Very little of the old college has survived to the present day, though part of its walls remain encased in other buildings mainly in the still named, College Street.

Landmarks
·         The 15th Century Rotherham Minster is Grade I listed and was referred to as ‘the best perpendicular church in the country’ by 20th Century History of Art expert Pevsner.

·         The Chapel of Our Lady of Rotherham is a ‘bridge chapel’.  This 15th Century chapel built on Chantry Bridge, also erected at the same time, is thought to be one of the best preserved examples in Britain.  There are only three of them that still exist.  It was dissolved in the 16th Century by Edward VI and became an almshouse, a prison and later a shop.  It is now restored to its original use.

·         Chantry Bridge was built to carry Bridge Street over the River Don.  The 15th Century bridge had four arches and was just 15 feet wide.  In the 18th Century it was widened and a fifth arch was added.  In the 20th Century a new bridge – Bridge Street Bridge - was built upstream and Chantry Bridge was restored to its original four arches.  The river is wider than it was in Medieval times so Chantry Bridge no longer reaches the West Bank of the river.

·         On the edge of Rotherham, Clifton Park is the home of Clifton Park Museum, once Clifton House.  Built in the 18th Century Clifton House is a Grade II listed building which was once home to the Walker family.  It is now owned by the Municipal Borough of Rotherham.

·         Grade I listed and Scheduled Ancient Monument, Catcliffe Glass Cone stands as a reminder of glass production in the area.  It is the oldest surviving cone of its type in Western Europe.  There are three similar cones still standing in the UK.

·         At nearby Maltby you can see the ruins of English Heritage’s Roche Abbey.  Originally built as another Cistercian Abbey in Norman times.  It is rumoured that Robin Hood attended mass here.  The Monastery was dissolved by Henry VIII in the 16th Century and saw the start of its demise and ruin.

Rotherham’s famous connections
·         John Carr, 18th Century architect from Yorkshire who designed Clifton House

·         Henry VIII and Edward VI for their dissolution of monasteries and churches in the area

·         Robin Hood who attended mass at Roche Abbey

·         William Hague, the First Secretary of State, was born here

·         As was Sir Donald Coleman Bailey who invented the Bailey Bridge

·         Comedians Sandy Powell and the Chuckle Brothers also call Rotherham their home town

·         Lynne Perrie, Coronation Street actress and her brother, comedian Duggie Brown were both born here

·         Actor Dean Andrews and actress Liz White who both starred in Life on Mars,  also come from Rotherham

·         Presenter James May grew up here

·         The talented Christopher Wolstenholme from Muse also calls Rotherham home

·         Retired Arsenal and England goalkeeper David Seaman also hails from Rotherham


Getting checked out
There’s nothing worse than not being able to hear a local hero on the TV whether they are a politician, a comedian, an actor or a musician.  Get your hearing checked out, especially if you think it might be worsening.  We can sort out a professional audiologist to test both ears and advise on aids.  Don’t leave it any longer, contact us today on 01782 698090  for more information.