Rotherham And Sheffield Coat Of Arms - Rotherham, UK - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The carving is standing in small garden area outside the current Rotherham Central Railway Station and next to the River Don Navigation.

The crest which once formed part of a South Yorkshire railway station, once took pride of place at Rotherham’s old Westgate station, which shut in 1952. The crest was moved to Boston Castle when the station was demolished and placed in storage in the 1990s by Rotherham Coun Ken Wyatt.

It was moved to this location in 2013 after this railway station was modernised.

There is a small text only information board that stands next to the stone and tells its story.

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.

Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 03/27/2013 Website for sculpture?: [Web Link] Where is this sculpture?: Westgate Central Railway Station Central Road Rotherham, South Yorkshire United Kingdom S60 1QH Sculptors Name: Not listed

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