Places
36 places found.
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- Leeds, Yorkshire
- Horsforth, Yorkshire
- Wetherby, Yorkshire
- Otley, Yorkshire
- Yeadon, Yorkshire
- Garforth, Yorkshire
- Guiseley, Yorkshire
- Morley, Yorkshire
- Rothwell, Yorkshire
- Pudsey, Yorkshire
- Leeds, Kent
- Boston Spa, Yorkshire
- Kippax, Yorkshire
- Headingley, Yorkshire
- Kirkstall, Yorkshire
- Collingham, Yorkshire
- Adel, Yorkshire
- Harewood, Yorkshire
- Bramham, Yorkshire
- Far Headingley, Yorkshire
- East Keswick, Yorkshire
- Thorner, Yorkshire
- Thorp Arch, Yorkshire
- Clifford, Yorkshire
- Ledsham, Yorkshire
- Farsley, Yorkshire
- Rawdon, Yorkshire
- Roundhay Park, Yorkshire
- Ledston, Yorkshire
- Oulton, Yorkshire
- Arthington, Yorkshire
- Calverley, Yorkshire
- Far Royds, Yorkshire
- New Leeds, Grampian
- Wortley, Yorkshire (near Leeds)
- Whinmoor, Yorkshire (near Leeds)
Photos
241 photos found. Showing results 121 to 140.
Maps
1,025 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 145 to 2.
Memories
179 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.
Sisters Of Charity Of Our Lady Of Mercy
The above order of psychological sadists ran St Clare's orphanage where small children suffered dreadfully (see BBC Wales website 2009). The order also owned a private boarding and day school on West Hill ...Read more
A memory of Pantasaph by
Methodist Church Sunday School Oad Street Near Borden
I remember going to Sunday School at the Methodist Church in Oad Street back in the 1950s. My brother and I had to walk all the way from Munsgore Farm where George Whitehead had his dairy. Mrs ...Read more
A memory of Borden in 1956 by
Childhood In Buckhurst Hill
I lived at 4 Fairlands Avenue, Buckhurst Hill. My parents moved there just before the Second World War, and I was born in April 1939. I well remember W.C.French Ltd's yard next to Fairlands Avenue fronting the ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by
What We Ate
Eeh! Remember potted meat? You could eat it as it was or put it on bread for a sandwich, where is it now? Then there was dripping which was quite solid and spread like margarine on your bread for sandwiches. I worked in Leeds on the ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1950 by
Childhood Memories
My name was Yvonne Davies, I was born in 1958. My mother's name was Mary Davies (nee Meredith). My mother lived at 33 Clarence Place, Maltby. My grandparents were Polly and Mo Meredith. I was born in No. 2 Clarence Place. I have ...Read more
A memory of Maltby in 1958 by
Memory Of Brockhall Hospital
I arrived in Brockhall hospital in 1970 from Mauritius to become a 'Subnormal Nurse' as it was known then. I am still baffled how I managed to reach Brockhall with so little knowledge at the tender age of 19 years. I am ...Read more
A memory of Langho in 1970 by
Catching The Train To Leeds
I was born in 1960 within a short walk of this photo. The scene is still clearly recognisable, although the wooden station building spanning the bridge and the steps leading down to the station were demolished and ...Read more
A memory of Horsforth in 1964 by
Personal History
William Stockdale, a corn merchant and my great grandfather, married Margaret Baxter in Austwick many years ago.They had 5 children, Robert, Ellen, Clara, Fred and Maude. The latter, born in 1880 was my grandmother. Clara and ...Read more
A memory of Austwick by
9 Months Of My Life Spent Here
I was a boy sargeant soldier at Arborfield AAS when I came down with a serious illness and rushed into Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot and when I defied the odds and lived , it was discovered that I had ...Read more
A memory of Hindhead in 1950 by
Morley Grammar School
I came from Leeds to Morley as an 11 years old pupil to MGS and was placed in Form 3X. Our form master was Mr Carmichael, and the Head was Francis Henry Hulbert, a fine Headmaster. Senior Master was Mr Charles Thetford, and the ...Read more
A memory of Morley in 1944 by
Captions
237 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.
Kiveton Park was once an estate belonging to Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby and later First Duke of Leeds; the house, designed by William Talman, has long since been demolished.
Originally a part of the Cardigan Fields estate, Headingley was put on the market in 1888 and purchased by the Leeds cricket and football clubs in January 1889.
Leeds was the industrial power house of the old West Riding.
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal climbs out of Yorkshire into the Pennines. After these three locks at Greenberfield, there is a short summit and a tunnel before the canal descends into Lancashire.
Kiveton Park was once an estate belonging to Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby and later First Duke of Leeds; the house, designed by William Talman, has long since been demolished.
In 1841 Thomas Cook organised the earliest-known Sunday excursion with a trip from Leeds to Hull. The train comprised 40 carriages and carried 1,250 passengers.
Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.
Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.The first house known to have been built here belonged to Thomas, Lord Darcy, who was executed for
A famous view of Leeds Castle rising serenely from its two islands in a lake on the river Len.
The distance between the building lines on Lord Street is 88 yards, which makes it much wider than either Union Street, Aberdeen, or the Headrow, Leeds.
The heart of the city for 800 years, Briggate leads directly off the Leeds Bridge. A major redevelopment in 1870 brought many new shops and arcades to the thoroughfare.
By the early 18th century, enclosed Cloth Halls in other parts of the county were stealing business from Leeds.
By the early 18th century, enclosed Cloth Halls in other parts of the county were stealing business from Leeds.
The Leeds system closed in 1959, Sheffield in 1960 and Glasgow in 1962. Renfield Street is now part of the south-bound one-way system.
The rates varied according to distance; 5d to Leeds, 4d to Sheffield, 6d to Chesterfield and 11d to London.
At its height in the 19th and early 20th century, Halifax was the greatest of the textile towns of West Yorkshire, a centre for woollen manufacture and clothing, larger even than Leeds or Bradford.
Nine miles from York on the road to Leeds, Tadcaster was once the Roman outpost of Calcaria.
The small village of Leeds is dominated by the presence of its large romantic castle. The castle is Norman, but there was an earlier Saxon castle on the site.
The town's other coaching inns were the Grey Mare Inn in the Market Place for services to Leeds, York, Liverpool, Manchester and Clitheroe; the Eagle & Child in Silver Street for Manchester and Skipton
In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.
In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.
In 1911, a joint scheme between Leeds and Bradford saw the inauguration of Britain's first trolleybus service.
Boots and International Stores had both been long-term tenants of this corner, but in 1976 Boots moved away, and the Leeds Permanent Building Society, followed by the Halifax, moved in.
In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.
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