Broom Hall

[3] The de Wickersley family descended from Richard FitzTurgis, who co-founded Roche Abbey in South Yorkshire.

[4] In the 16th century Broom Hall came into the possession of the Jessop family after marriage to a Swyft heiress.

An east wing was added in 1784 for the then owner reverend James Wilkinson, vicar of Sheffield.

In 1791, while James Wilkinson was still the owner, a mob rioting against the Enclosure of land act attacked the house and set it on fire.

[5] The house was divided into three in the 19th century but was restored as the home and workshop of the cutlery designer David Mellor from 1973 to 1990.

Memorial brass of the Swift family, All Saints Church, Rotherham , later owners of Broom Hall