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This is the view visitors would see from the main Leeds to Ripon road.

The 1st Duke of Leeds' estate at Kiveton Park was established in 1699, but it was demolished in 1811 as it was considered 'unfashionable'. Today the park estate has reverted to fertile farmland.

from two groups: travellers using the Great North Road, who stopped over just long enough to sample the waters in the Pump Room before departing for more sophisticated destinations; and the citizens of Leeds

In an earlier age Barnsley was served by stagecoach services to and from London, Leeds, Sheffield and Doncaster.

One of the wonders of the waterway system, the five rise locks at Bingley in West Yorkshire are part of the Leeds & Liverpool canal.

Dominating the foreground is the headquarters of the Leeds Permanent Building Society.

From the elevated position of St Andrew's Church we look down the Aire Valley, where now a dual carriageway leads into Keighley.

The Wesleyans were the first to open a college in the Leeds area: at Headingley in 1868.

During the holiday season, the town's population could easily double - Bridlington was within easy reach of trippers from Hull, Leeds, Beverley and York.

It is an unusual structure, with a double-doored porch, and was built in 1868.The date stone states 1867, but completion was delayed by snow.The Wesleyans were the first to open a college in the Leeds

On the left in the distance are the offices of the Provincial Insurance Company and closing the end of the street is the Majestic, where the people of Leeds could enjoy dancing.

Designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, the architect of the Grand Hotel, Scarborough and the Leeds Town Hall, this splendid structure joined Ben Rhydding Hydro in putting Ilkley firmly on the water cure map.

The Norman church of St John the Baptist stands in the north of Leeds. It was built around 1150 on the site of a Saxon church, and the south porch was added a decade later.

This ten-acre park was purchased by the council with the help of donations in 1904 from the landowner, Mrs Maynell Ingram of Temple Newsam House, Leeds.

On the left in the distance are the offices of the Provincial Insurance Company and closing the end of the street is the Majestic, where the people of Leeds could enjoy dancing.

On the left in the distance are the offices of the Provincial Insurance Company and closing the end of the street is the Majestic, where the people of Leeds could enjoy dancing.

It was the country seat of the Duke of Leeds, who lived at Kiveton Park in south Yorkshire. Down by the beck is the 17th-century corn mill, once owned by the Neville family of Middleham Castle.

In an earlier age Barnsley was served by stagecoach services to and from London, Leeds, Sheffield and Doncaster.

Because Roundhay was on the outskirts of Leeds, transport to the Park was difficult; those who did venture along the old turnpike road found a beautiful site - but it lacked basic facilities.

Looming over the town is the tower of the town hall, clearly more than a little influenced in its design by its more prestigious neighbour at Leeds.

Brooklands, the imposing houses to the right, were built in 1900 to cater for the many Leeds commuters using nearby Bardsey station (open from 1876 to 1964).

Looming over the town is the tower of the town hall, clearly more than a little influenced in its design by its more prestigious neighbour at Leeds.

House was built (it was much altered by Major Barker from 1864), although Foljambe built a large house on Thornes Lane from stone discarded during the construction of the Manchester & Leeds

At Tarleton Lock the river Douglas meets the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Harry Mayor was lock keeper here for forty-seven years.