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Ribston Hall - The Pineturn - HLS06005
Slide 13 - The late Mr Dent took great pride in planting of the park and grounds, and thus adding to their attractiveness. The 'Pineturn' which he caused to be planted, is remarkable for the rare and uncommon varieties of fir trees which it contains,…
Wych Elm in grounds at Sprotbrough Hall - HLS06014
Slide 6 - In the grounds surrounding the house are many fine 'ancestral trees' copper beeches, variegated sycamores, light coloured elms and weeping beeches.
Our attention is drawn particularly to a magnificent wych elm, the branches of which, it…
Our attention is drawn particularly to a magnificent wych elm, the branches of which, it…
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…
Shibden Hall from the Terrace - HLS06032
Slide 3 - Placed within a park of about sixty acres, the position of Shibden Hall, like that of most old houses, is well chosen. Standing midway down the slope of a hill, its principle frontage is towards the south.
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, 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…
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 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.
Woodsome Hall, South Front - HLS06051
Slide 1 - Well might Woodsome be described as 'one of the most charming old places in Yorkshire'
A carriage drive through an avenue of trees brings us to the front of the ancient mansion. Taking our stand on the graveled path on the east side of the…
A carriage drive through an avenue of trees brings us to the front of the ancient mansion. Taking our stand on the graveled path on the east side of the…
Woodsome Hall, South Front from lawn - HLS06052
Slide 2 - A flight of steps of ample width leads to a flagged terrace, flanked with an ornamental balustrade of rare beauty, black with age, and covered with pretty creeping plants.
As Canon Hulbert says in his 'Annals of the Church in…
As Canon Hulbert says in his 'Annals of the Church in…
Woodsome Hall, view from the West - HLS06066
Slide 16 - Emerging from the courtyard, we view the mansion from the back, noticing the buttressed chimney-stacks and diagonally formed summits, peculiar to the period.
In taking our leave of Woodsome, the lines from Tennyson can truly be applied…
In taking our leave of Woodsome, the lines from Tennyson can truly be applied…
Royds Hall, the South Front - HLS06068
Slide 1 - Royds Hall is very fine specimen of a Yorkshire Manor house of the Seventeenth Century. It is situated in the Parish of Bradford and is picturesqely seated upon high table - land looking south, affording an extensive and charming prospect.…
Royds Hall, Centre Portion of the South Front - HLS06069
Slide 2 - A date and arms over the porch on the South Front fix the date of the erection of the central portion of the house at 1640. Another portion of the East End bears the date 1651 and the West Wing that of 1656. The extreme eastern end was…
Stone Terraced houses - LLG00272
Three stone and slate mid terraced houses with gardens
Workmen in the Garden at Cragg Hall - ALC00146
Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale, was the home of the Hinchliffe family. It burnt down in 1921.
Unknown house - ALC00796
Possibly Cragg Hall grounds ?
Cragg Hall 1900 - ALC04575
Driveway entrance to Cragg Hall
Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale - ALC04581
Cragg Hall was the centre for many social events. It is interesting to note that Miss Clara Butt stayed at Cragg Hall when she sung at the Victoria Hall in Halifax. Henry Ainley the actor stayed there more than once. Melbourne Inman the billiard…
Cragg Hall Group 1907 - ALC04587
Photograph of Cragg Hall, the grounds and mill employees, taken in 1907 after the Hall had been rebuilt and enlarged and the grounds laid out as shown.
Thanks to Sam Hellowell we are fortunate indeed to have nearly all 180 people named.
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Thanks to Sam Hellowell we are fortunate indeed to have nearly all 180 people named.
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Three Gentlemen and a Kitten - ALC05008
Can you spot the kitten? Any idea of who they are or where the photograph was taken?
Cragg Hall - ALC06000
Driveway entrance to Cragg Hall