here has been human activity in the vicinity of
Rogerthorpe Manor from very early times. A New Stone Age ring ditch has been
found close by which dates from about the time of Stonehenge when the very
early farmers were starting to use the resources of the area. Aerial
photography suggests there may have been at least one round barrow which has
been ploughed out over the years where people, probably originating from the
Mediterranean area, buried the cremated remains of their dead. The Romans too
had a hand in shaping the surrounding district. Roman coins have been found at
Thorpe Audlin and the present road which passes through that village linking
Doncaster ( itself a Roman settlement as the " caster " tells us ) with
Pontefract is Roman in origin.
ead all about the history of Rogerthorpe Manor, written
and researched by Charles L. Birdsall, Jim Bolter, John Goodchild, Roy Wooler,
G. Hepworth.
here has been human activity in the vicinity of
Rogerthorpe Manor from very early times. A New Stone Age ring ditch has been
found close by which dates from about the time of Stonehenge when the very
early farmers were starting to use the resources of the area. Aerial
photography suggests there may have been at least one round barrow which has
been ploughed out over the years where people, probably originating from the
Mediterranean area, buried the cremated remains of their dead. The Romans too
had a hand in shaping the surrounding district. Roman coins have been found at
Thorpe Audlin and the present road which passes through that village linking
Doncaster ( itself a Roman settlement as the " caster " tells us ) with
Pontefract is Roman in origin.
ead all about the history of Rogerthorpe Manor, written
and researched by Charles L. Birdsall, Jim Bolter, John Goodchild, Roy Wooler,
G. Hepworth.