Gilroyd is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Gilroyd postcode: S75 3QN

Retail in Gilroyd

There are great places to visit near Gilroyd including some great towns, cities, shopping centres and airports.

Towns to visit near Gilroyd include Wath-upon-Dearne.

There are a several good cities in the Gilroyd area like Sheffield, and Doncaster.

Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre are great places to visit near Gilroyd if you like shopping centres.

There are a several good airports in the area around Gilroyd like Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Gilroyd History

There are some historic monuments around Gilroyd:

• Water powered bloomery, iron forge and rolling mill at Low Forge
• Handlands Romano-British settlement, 460m south west of Woodseats Farm
• Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross
• Dovecote at Glebe Farm
• Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane
• Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood
• Wayside cross known as the Cundy Cross
• Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks
• Silkstone 17th century glassworks and 18th century pottery, 180m east of All Saints Church
• The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine
• File factory, 11 High Street
• Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads
• Rockley engine house
• Wortley Top Forge
• Low Mill furnace
• Late prehistoric settlement in Notton Park, 650m north west of Lee Lane Farm
• Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street
• Anglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints
• Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood
• Iron mining shaft mounds and medieval earthworks south of Bentley Grange Farm
• Site of post-medieval tannery, Felkirk
• Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Monk Bretton standing cross
• The former Elsecar Ironworks
• Standing cross at the Church of St Mary
• East Gawber Hall colliery fanhouse, 800m north east of Croft Farm
• Glass furnace, Bolsterstone
• Rockley blast furnace
• Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield