Archive Collections

The Council holds records for a number of local charitable trusts. Contents may include title deeds and financial records as well as information about individuals.

Feoffees of the Common Lands of Rotherham includes title deeds for Feoffees' property, Feoffees' Minutes and accounts, charity records and records of the Grammar school and the Chapel on the Bridge.
Dates: 1328-1987 with the bulk of the records dating 1851-1987
Ref No. 363-G

Mary Bellamy's Charity, which funded an almshouse for poor women
Dates: 1836-1945
Ref No. 167-T

The Rotherham House of Help for Girls
Dates: 1918-1938
Ref No. 156-T

The Hollis Trust , which funded a school for poor children & other charitable concerns of the Presbyterian chapel at Down's Row.
Dates: 1658-1913
Ref No. 205-T