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Weston Hall, the West Wing - HLS06039
Slide 3 - The right wing of the Hall contains a deeply embayed, mullioned window, with a rich mantling of ivy, and is exceedingly picturesque. This wing is generally ascribed to the period of Henry the Seventh.
Weston Hall, the Staircase Hall - HLS06042
Slide 6 - Through a door we now enter the Staircase Hall, which is also furnished with oaken furniture and carved cabinets, in keeping with the House. The hanging lamp in the Hall is a conspicuous feature. It contains shields of the Vavasours…
Weston Hall, the parish Stocks - HLS06047
Slide 11 - Weston, though historically speaking, a parish, has now the appearance of a diminutive but scattered hamlet. Few buildings are visible, and a the top of the village, beneath the shadow of a magnificent old elm tree, are the old village…
Weston Hall, the Kitchen - HLS06045
Slide 9 - The fine display of pewter plates in the kitchen at Weston Hall is very interesting. Mr H Speight, in Upper Wharfedale says, 'On the edge of Weston Moor, to the east of Whin Castle, is the old forest lodge of Dog Park, a seventeenth Century…
Weston Hall, the Front Hall - HLS06041
Slide 5 - Let us now enter the ancestral Home by the Portal, on the west side of the House. Passing along a short passage, we enter the Front Hall, a spacious apartment containing a fine array of old oak furniture, high backed chairs, cabinets etc.…
Weston Hall, the Banqueting Room - HLS06040
Slide 4 - In the gardens is a very large and highly finished, detached banqueting hall, of three stages, with an upper turret. The building is thickly ivy clad, and contains the arms of Vavasour and Stanley. It dates from the same period as the Hall.
Weston Hall, the
Slide 7 - Perhaps the most notable apartment in the Hall, is that known as the 'Dragon Room' which dates from the period between the middle of the reigns of Henry the Seventh and Henry the Eighth, say about the year 1520. The ceiling of the room…
Weston Hall, showing Lake - HLS06037
Slide 1 - In a retired and beautiful situation near the banks of the Wharfe, and about two miles west of Otley, stands the fine old mansion Weston Hall, whose history goes back to the remote past. As we approach it by the carriage drive, across the…
Weston Hall, inside of bay in the
Slide 8 - An interior view of the Bay window to the Dragon Room, as a contrast to the exterior photograph of the same window, which has been shown.
Weston Hall, East front from the Lawn - HLS06038
Slide 2 - In 1284 Weston Hall was held by William de Stopham, and afterwards it came into the family of Vavasour. For more than five centuries the house has been the ancestral home of the Vavasours, and was retained in the male line until 1883 when…
Wellingtonia pine avenue, Sprotbrough - HLS06017
Slide 9 - Leaving the Hall on our way to the village, we pass along a carriage drive, on each side of which are rows of Wellingtonia firs (natives of California). These form a grateful shade from the sun, and are perhaps as fine specimens of these…
View on the Don at Sprotbrough - HLS06027
Slide 19 - Choice bits of landscape and river scenery meets ones eyes in every direction in this sequestered vale but we cannot stay longer to enjoy its beauties,...
View of Swale Dale from Whitcliffe Scar - HLS05857
Slide 1: Swale Dale proper may be said to start from Richmond. In romantic beauty it can hold its own with any other Yorkshire dale. The river being more confined between steep banks, rushes through rocky ravines and over high precipices and thus…
View of lower garden, Kildwick Hall - HLS05922
Slide 7 - Across the road which divides the grounds, and passing through a pair of massive gate piers, we reach a lower garden.
A circular fountain is a central object where the water plays over a bed of water lilies. As seen from the south porch…
A circular fountain is a central object where the water plays over a bed of water lilies. As seen from the south porch…
View of Kirklees Park on the Nun Brook - HLS05934
Slide 7 - Leaving the Gatehouse and following the carriage drive, we have a view of the park, which also includes a peep of the stream called Nun Brook, which flows past the Gatehouse previously referred to.
View in Cliviger Pass - HLS05904
Slide 3 - The scenery of the Cliviger Pass is often majestic and grand. Rugged and scarred are the ranges of the hills with their strange and fantastic outlines, adding much to the picturesque character of the scenery.
Upper Story of the Gatehouse, Kirklees Priory - HLS05931
Slide 4a - This the outlaw forbade, and only asked that he should once more draw his bow, and from the window of this room it is narrated he shot his last arrow to denote --
'That where the arrow down should fall,
There buried should he be.'
How…
'That where the arrow down should fall,
There buried should he be.'
How…
Tombs of the Markenfield Family, Ripon Cathedral - HLS05848
Slide 3 - Markenfield lies three miles from Ripon, and it was in Ripon Minster that its lords were entombed.
It was in the chantry of Saint Andrew's in the aisle of the north transept that was the family burial place, and here yet stands a fine…
It was in the chantry of Saint Andrew's in the aisle of the north transept that was the family burial place, and here yet stands a fine…
Tomb of Archbishop Hutton in York Minster - HLS05868
Slide 12: He died at York, January 16th 1605, and was buried in the south choir aisle of the Minster, where a handsome monument commemorates his extraordinary and fruitful life.
The Library, Marske Hall, Swaledale - HLS05867
Slide 11: Marske owes its splendid library of books to Mr John Hutton, who died in 1863, aged 84. A view of the room in which the books are stored is now shown. Over the mantle-piece hangs a portrait of Matthew Hutton, who formed the destinies of…
The Kitchen, Kildwick Hall - HLS05925
Slide 10 - The oldest part of the hall is now the kitchen, which is dated 1673 and the initials HC are shown on one side of the fireplace. The initials stand for Hugh Currer, who was the builder of this portion of the hall at that date.
The…
The…
The Holme, Cliviger - HLS05902
Slide 1 - Situated in a well wooded recess sheltered from the north, and in full view of the highway leading up the Cliviger valley, stands the quaint mansion of Holme, which for close upon six centuries has been the seat of the Whitaker family. The…
The Gate House, Kirklees Priory - HLS05929
Slide 3 - The most perfect relic now remaining of the Priory is the Gate House, adjoining the stream called Nun brook, which flows through the Park and doubtless served to feed the fish ponds.
The Gardens, Marske Hall, Swaledale - HLS05863
Slide 7: The gardens adjoining the Hall are beautifully kept and contain many choice varieties of trees, among which is a fine specimen of silver fir of great size and luxuriance. A stream called Marske beck passes through the grounds. This has…
The Entrance Hall, Kildwick Hall - HLS05924
Slide 9 - The fire-place is the original one where logs and peat burn brightly on an open hearth supported by fire dogs. It may be mentioned that the fireplace was concealed by a modern mantelpiece which was only taken away in 1883 when Sir John…