Editing Rothwell, West Yorkshire (section)

===20th century===
[[File:Clock Tower of the old Workhouse - Wood Lane - geograph.org.uk - 507276.jpg|thumb|right|Workhouse clock tower]]
[[File:Cornerstone of St George's Hospital, Rothwell.jpg|thumb|right|[[Cornerstone]] of St George's Hospital]]
St George's Hospital was situated off Wood Lane where now exists Castle Lodge Avenue and associated houses. It was built in 1903 to a design by [[Leeds]] architect [[Edward J. Dodgshun]] by the Rothwell, Methley and Hunslet Joint Isolation Hospital Committee which was formed under the Isolation Hospitals Act 1893 by an order of the West Riding County Council 10 January 1900. When first constructed it was known as the New Union [[Workhouse]] and Infirmary for the Hunslet Union. On being taken over by the Leeds [[Public Assistance Committee]] in 1934, it was renamed St George’s Hospital. In 1934 it was transferred to the Leeds Health Committee. In 1948 the hospital was managed by the Leeds Group B [[Hospital management committee|Hospital Management Committee]]. After local government reorganisation in 1974, it was transferred to the Leeds Eastern District and soon after to the Leeds Western District, and was closed in December 1991. From 1934 the hospital provided accommodation for the elderly ill, patients with chronic and acute [[mental illness]], persons with [[Learning disability|learning disabilities]], a [[maternity]] ward and a separate [[Isolation ward (medicine)|isolation ward]]. The site was developed for housing at the start of the 21st century, but the original tall clock tower remains.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=1209&hospital=st+george&town=&searchdatabase.x=102&searchdatabase.y=6 | title = Hospital Records Database | work = National Archives | publisher = HM Government | access-date = 1 May 2012 }}</ref>

Rothwell Temperance Band is a [[brass band sections in the United Kingdom|Championship section]] [[brass band (British style)|brass band]] founded in Rothwell in 1984. Although they do not rehearse in Rothwell itself, instead rehearsing in [[Wakefield]], they have strong connections with the town and hold many concerts for the local community. The closest Champion Section Brass Band is the [[Yorkshire Imperial Band|Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band]], formerly of the Yorkshire Imperial Copperworks based in Stourton, from which the band is named. In 2000, the Wallace Arnold (Rothwell) Band merged with the Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band, which became for some time the Yorkshire Imperial DUT (Rothwell) Band.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yorkshire Imperial David Urquhart Travel Band|url=http://brassbandresults.co.uk/bands/yorkshire-imperial-david-urquart-travel-band/|work=Brass Band Results|access-date=28 July 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Rothwellaerial.JPG|thumb|right|Aerial map of Rothwell]]
Rothwell has a long history of [[Coal mining in the United Kingdom|coal mining]]. It was a site of early mining, using a system known as [[bell pit]]s. Coal mining has been carried out in the area for over 600 years. There were many local pits including the Fanny, the Rose and Rothwell Water Haigh. As the reserves as Rothwell Haigh Colliery were exhausted, production ended on 9 December 1983, with the majority of the 650 men employed transferring to the new [[Selby Coalfield]].<ref name=Downes>{{cite book|title=Yorkshire Collieries 1947–1994|last=Downes|first=Eddie|publisher=Think Pit Publication|year=2016|page=464|isbn=9-780995-570900|location=London}}</ref> Whereas some mineworkers moved house closer to Selby, many commuted daily from Rothwell to Selby for years. After closure, the old coking plant site at Haigh Colliery remained within the Coal Products Division of the NCB until privatisation in 1994, at which point former employees banded together to buy the site and later sold the site to a housing developer.<ref name=Downes/> In 1995, Leeds City Council and Leeds Groundwork formed a partnership which, together with local residents and community groups, transformed the former colliery site into a 124-acre country park with a sculpture trail, a pond trail, and a habitat for various forms of flora and fauna.<ref name=Downes/>