Rotherham Cemetery is shown on the first edition OS map dating to 1854. It was established by 1841 and as a private cemetery and was originally unconsecrated and used only for nonconformist burials. A consecrated section was added in 1846. The proprietors sold the cemetery to the burial board in 1855 for £2500 (Munford 2000, 117). A good example of a cemetery laid out before the Burial Acts which largely retains its original layout and features. A public cemetery established in 1841 by Rotherham General Cemetery Company. Samuel Worth, a local architect who designed the first phase of Sheffield General Cemetery designed the buildings and layout in partnership with John Frith.