Kilnhurst
Kilnhirst 12th cent. Wooded hill with a kiln. cyln + hyrst. Source A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & Places
There were two potteries here from around 1746, one owned by Geo. Green, and the other Septimus Frost.There was also an extensive iron furnace and a corn mill .
In 1822, Kilnhurst was in the townships of Swinton and Rawmarsh, and parish of Rawmarsh ,upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill. Kilnhurst-Hall, the seat of William Turner, Esq. Situated 5 miles from Rotherham, 8 from Barnsley. Here are six Alms or Hospital-Houses, left by Edward Goodwin
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