In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Birdwell Flat like this:

BIRDWELL-FLAT, a hamlet in Swinton township, Wath-upon-Dearne parish, W. R. Yorkshire: 4½ miles NNE of Rotherham.

Birdwell Flat through time

Birdwell Flat is now part of ROTHERHAM District. Click here for graphs and data of how ROTHERHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Birdwell Flat itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Birdwell Flat, in Rotherham and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24823

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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