Maps

1,025 maps found.

1925, St John's Ref. POP823948
1925, Scholes Ref. POP826398
1925, West Carlton Ref. POP863841
1925, West Garforth Ref. POP864210
1925, Tinshill Ref. POP848683
1925, Topcliffe Ref. POP850141
1947, Barwick In Elmet Ref. NPO634481
1947, Beechwood Ref. NPO636490
1947, Beeston Hill Ref. NPO636608
1947, Belle Isle Ref. NPO637797
1925, Troydale Ref. POP853834
1925, Wood Row Ref. POP872773
1925, Woodhall Hills Ref. POP873231
1947, Gipton Ref. NPO713937
1947, Green Side Ref. NPO721120
1947, Intake Ref. NPO743918
1947, Lawnswood Ref. NPO753596
1947, Ledsham Ref. NPO754450
1947, Holt Park Ref. NPO738954
1947, Horsforth Woodside Ref. NPO740784

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 Mary Rutley

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 Ivan Mail

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 Richard Moules

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 Jimmy Burrows

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 Yvonne George

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 David Oozageer

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 Kate Gabriel

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 Anne Lauderdale

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 Clifford Charlesworth

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 Stanley Blum

Captions

237 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Wales, Church Street C1955

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.

Caption For Headingley, The Cricket Ground Pavilion 1897

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.

Caption For Leeds, The Post Office And Revenue Office 1897

Leeds was the industrial power house of the old West Riding.

Caption For Barnoldswick, The Locks C1955

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.

Caption For Kiveton Park, Methodist Church C1965

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.

Caption For Leeds, Woodhouse Moor 1897

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.

Caption For Leeds, Temple Newsam Gardens C1960

Temple Newsam was bought by Leeds Corporation in 1922 from Edward Wood, the future Lord Halifax.

Caption For Leeds, Woodhouse Moor 1897

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

Caption For Leeds Castle, 1892

A famous view of Leeds Castle rising serenely from its two islands in a lake on the river Len.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1896

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.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate 1951

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.

Caption For Leeds, City Centre C1965

By the early 18th century, enclosed Cloth Halls in other parts of the county were stealing business from Leeds.

Caption For Leeds, City Centre C1965

By the early 18th century, enclosed Cloth Halls in other parts of the county were stealing business from Leeds.

Caption For Glasgow, Renfield Street 1897

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.

Caption For Barnsley, The Town Centre C1950

The rates varied according to distance; 5d to Leeds, 4d to Sheffield, 6d to Chesterfield and 11d to London.

Caption For Halifax, The Town Centre C1955

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.

Caption For Tadcaster, Market Place And Kirkgate 1907

Nine miles from York on the road to Leeds, Tadcaster was once the Roman outpost of Calcaria.

Caption For Leeds Castle, 1892

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.

Caption For Bury, Fleet Street 1895

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

Caption For Leeds, Duncan Street C1955

In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.

Caption For Leeds, Duncan Street C1955

In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.

Caption For Bradford, Towards Town Hall Square C1950

In 1911, a joint scheme between Leeds and Bradford saw the inauguration of Britain's first trolleybus service.

Caption For Huntingdon, Delivery Van C1955

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.

Caption For Leeds, Duncan Street C1955

In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.