Mexborough and Swinton Times July 26, 1929

Rural Beginning’s Disappearing

Another link with the rural phase of Mexborough’s history is shortly to disappear.

The old farmhouse shown in the photograph, and a good deal of the adjoining property, is to be demolished to make room for the enlargement of the Don Mills, which are now used by a number of co-operative societies as a federal bakery.

The photograph is taken from the Don Mills, looking toward Market Street. The old farmhouse in the centre of the photograph was at one time-the most important in the parish.

Old Mexborough residents will remember when it was occupied by the Dickinsons and by the family of Dykes. It has been in existence for more than a century, and is one of the few remaining traces of the rustic hamlet from which the present populous and developing industrial town of Mexborough has sprung.