All Saints' Parish Church Rotherham
This is a beautiful Perpendicular style church. It was built in the 14th and 15th centuries; some parts of the earlier Norman and Saxon buildings were used.
Thomas Rotherham
24th August 1423 - 29th May 1500
As Archbishop of York and Chancellor of England, Thomas Scot was one of the most important men in the country. Here in Rotherham he founded the College of Jesus, which was a very important school, and he probably paid for the chantry chapel on Rotherham Bridge.
Chantry Bridge
This was built in 1483. Thomas Rotherham probably paid some money towards this.
The bridge was already there, and the chapel was added to it.
The idea of the chapel was to provide a place where masses could be sung for the people who paid for them to be built. This was done to speed their way to heaven. Rotherham's chantry is a good example. There are only two other chantry bridges in the country.
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