St Mary's Church

Rawmarsh St Mary's Parish Church dominates the view at the top of Rawmarsh Hill. There has been a church in the town since Norman times (c.1127) but the earliest recorded rector was William de Sutton who was instituted on 6th June 1227. The current church was completed in 1838 when the tower was increased in height and the rest rebuilt, J. P. Pritchett being the architect.

In 1869 the tower began to collapse and was rebuilt incorporating features of the original Norman doorway. In 1894 the sanctuary was enlarged and the vestry, organ chamber and north porch added. The present sanctuary was repaved in 1977 in memory of Canon Scovell, who is also remembered in a street name in the town; the font is Perendicular in style and is from the old church.

More recently restoration work was undertaken in (2003). The church contains two monuments of interest: one to Lady Middleton and her children (1667) who lived for a time at Aldwarke Hall, the other to John Darley of Kilnhurst (1616). The Parish Church of Christ Church, Parkgate, separated from Rawmarsh in 1868 was brought back in the early 1960s.