The Stone Crest - Rotherham, UK - UK Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The carved coat of arms are standing in small garden area outside the current Rotherham Central Railway Station and next to the River Don Navigation. The small text only information board stands next to the stone.

The text on the sign is as follows.

The Stone Crest

This stone crest depicts	Rotherham's Iron and	Rotherham Railway.
railway engineer George	Steel heritage. The Coat	the first passenger-
Stephenson as a cherub,	of Arms is dated 4th	carrying railway in
set above a coat of arms	July 1836, which is the	the Sheffield/
which represents the	date when the Sheffield	Rotherham area.
seal of the Sheffield	and Rotherham Railway
and Rotherham Railway	Company received	Superintending the
Company.	Royal assent	construction was
		Frederick Swanwick,
The devices on the	The crest is believed	a pupil of George
shield refer to Sheffield	to have been erected	Stephenson, who
and Rotherham; on	at the Rotherham	was nominally
one side the Sheffield	Westgate Station	engineering chief.
Arms showing a sheaf	for its opening in 1838
of arrows, and on the	Rotherham Westgate	The railway opened
other, three cannons	railway station was	on 31st October 1838
alluding to the	at the end of the five-	and finally closed on
Walker Family and	mile-long Sheffield and	4th October 1952.

Type of Historic Marker: Information board standing next to carved stone crest Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Rotherham Borough Council Age/Event Date: 07/04/1836 Give your Rating: Related Website: Not listed

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