Templeborough

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Templeborough (grid reference SK410916) is a district in the metropolitan borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

The area takes its name from the remains of the Roman fort found here. This was first built in wood c55, and was later rebuilt in stone. It is thought to have been occupied until the Roman withdrawal from England c410. The remains were first believed to be that of a Roman Temple. The Roman road called Icknield Street (sometimes Ryknild or Riknild Street) crossed the River Don at a ford close to the fort. There was also a road that ran from the fort to Brough-on-Noe in Derbyshire. Archeaological excavations were carried out in the 1860s, and again in 1917. Finds from both excavations are now housed in Clifton Park Museum in Rotherham. The original stone columns from the Roman granary at Templeborough Fort were re-erected in Clifton Park in 1922.

The remains of the fort were covered by a steelworks in 1917 to make artillery shells for use in World War I.

At their height in the mid-20th century the Templeborough steelworks employed 10,000 people. The steelworks closed in 1993 and have since been converted into a museum—the £46 million Magna Centre.