Thorpe Hesley
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Thorpe Hesley is a village in the metropolitan borough of Rotherham. It lies on the east side of the M1 motorway at junction 35. Thorp a common name, from Old Scandinavian, means outlying farmstead or hamlet, dependent secondary settlement. Described in the late 1800's as an old village 6 miles from Sheffield, is noted for the manufacture of nails. It lies in the township of Wentworth, except a small part which is in Kimberworth township. It has a church, built in 1837 chiefly at the cost of Earl Fitzwilliam and the Earl of Effingham.
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