Kilnhurst

The sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger was born in the village in 1885, followed by his painter brother David in 1891.

The railway company also agreed that they would maintain the tracks, but would invoice the cost of such maintenance to Sheffield.

[1] Sewage trains, consisting of wooden wagons owned by the Blackburn Meadows works, would arrive at the tip, and be reversed into a siding.

Wagons would run along a length of temporary track by gravity, until they arrived at the tipping point, where they would be emptied.

In 1906, horses were costed at £130, wages for the men operating the tip came to £748 15s 2d (£748.76) and £89 2s 6d (£89.13) was paid in sidings charges.

However, Haworth refused them admission, as they had not made any arrangements in advance, and the Mexborough and Swinton Times reported the events but generally found in favour of Sheffield Corporation.

It continued to be used irregularly until 1959, when the railway siding was removed, and the land was sold to the National Coal Board in 1961.

The Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham has created a series of ditches and shallow ponds in order to encourage aquatic insects, voles, waterfowl and wading birds.

Kilnhurst Ings
Kilnhurst Ings showing the embankment designed to contain the washland during periods of high water on the Don