Aldwarke
‘old fortification’, Old English ald + weorc. Source: A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & Places
History
In 1822 Aldwarke was in the township of Kimberworth , and parish of Rotherham; it was 3.5 miles from Rotherham.
Aldwarke Hall,was at one time the residence of Samuel Walker, Esq. in the parish of Ecclesfield, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Wakefield. Aldwarke was the ancient seat of the Clarelles, Fitzwilliams, and Foljambes, lies remote from the parish of Ecclesfield; being separated from it by the parishes of Rawmarsh and Rotherham.
In this house was born William Fitzwilliam, an eminent naval commander, and Earl of Southampton, in the sixteenth century. He was the second son of Sir Thomas Fitzwilllam, Knight, of Aldwarke Hall. He died at Newcastle, in 1542, when on an expedition to Scotland.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire, 1822, by Thomas Langdale
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