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Ledston Hall, Lady Betty Hastings's Room - HLS05839
Slide 15: The interior of this fine old Mansion is most interesting, bearing come similarity to Haddon Hall. In the room known as "Lady Betty Hasting's Room" is a fine panelled oaken mantelpiece, bearing the date 1588, and the initials W.W, and E.W.,…
Ledston Hall, Mantelpiece in dining Room - HLS05838
Slide 14: A view of the mantelpiece showing it more in detail.
Ledston Hall, the Dining Room - HLS05837
Slide 13: A door out of the Saloon leads into the Dining Room. The walls are wainscoted in oak formed into large panels. At the end of the room is an arched recess which forms an effective feature. The mantelpiece is a good example of work of the…
Ledston Hall, the Saloon - HLS05836
Slide 12: Having viewed the exterior of the house, let us now enter this ancestral home by the principle door facing the Quadrangle. On entering we pass through a pair of swing doors direct into the Saloon, a spacious apartment, filled with costly…
Mantelpiece in drawing room, Marske Hall, Swaledale - HLS05870
Slide 14 - In the Drawing Room, which we now enter, is a somewhat florid example of an 18th century mantelpiece in various coloured marbles. Over this is a painting which according to an accompanying tablet states it is a portrait of the Honourable…
Marske Hall, portrait of Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Slide 13: The next Hutton who figures in history was another with the Christian prefix Matthew, who was born at Marske, January 8th 1692, and who entered the Church, and became successively Bishop of Bangor in 1743, Archbishop of York in 1747, and…
Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire - JNB00556
Postcard dated 1992.
Newburgh Priory - HLS05873
Slide 3 - Thomas Viscount Fauconberg. Thomas, his grandson, succeeded as Viscount Fauconberg, who nmarried first, Mildred, daughter of Viscount Castleton, and second, in 1657, Mary, third daughter of Oliver Cromwwell.
There were great national…
There were great national…
Newburgh Priory - HLS05874
Slide 4 - Portrait of Mary, Countess Fauconberg. In the long gallery at Newburgh is a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller of Mary, Countess of Fauconberg and daughter of Oliver Cromwell.
After seeing all hopes of the sovereignty continuing in her own…
After seeing all hopes of the sovereignty continuing in her own…
Painting of Callis Mill – CHT00103
This is an extract of painting by John Holland, 14 Dec 1829 to 7 Feb 1886. It is one he did between 1867 and 1869 - sold in 1869. The original is held by Calderdale M.B.C. at Bankfield Museum.
Painting of Charlestown - CHT00101
A painting by John Holland, 1829 - 1886.
Painting of Jumble Hole Road - ALC00126
This is part of a painting looking from a field at Mulcture Hall towards Callis and Horsehold. The original is at Banksfield Museum, Halifax.
Painting of Mill - ALC00627
Calderside Mill and Whiteley Arches. When it was built in 1842, at 300 feet the chimney was said to be the tallest in the area.
Painting of Underbank – CHT00102
An extract of a painting by John Holland, 1829 - 1886. The original is held by Calderdale M.B.C. at Bankfield Museum.
Piece Hall, Halifax - PNH00237
During the course of the 18th century Halifax came to occupy a prominent place in West Yorkshire as a cloth market, and the Piece Hall, opened in 1779, is a striking monument to the pre-factory age. ‘Pieces’ or lengths of cloth, handwoven in Pennine…
Portrait of sir George Wombwell, Newburgh Priory - HLS05876
Slide 6 - In the same name and family through a succession of Viscounts, these estates continued till1825, when Lady Anne, second daughter and eventual heiress of Henry, last Earl of Fauconberg, married Sir George Wombwell, second Baronet and thus…
Ribston Hall - Corner of the Saloon - HLS06997
Slide 5 - The sumptuous character of the decorations and general appointments of the Saloon are again seen in this slide, which shows one corner of the room.
The rich and elaborate colouring to the ceiling, cornice and frieze, are especially fine,…
The rich and elaborate colouring to the ceiling, cornice and frieze, are especially fine,…
Ribston Hall - Mantlepiece in Saloon - HLS05998
Slide 6 - The mantle-pieces at the East and West ends of the Saloon are of delicate and refined workmanship, of white Italian marble, inlaid with other coloured marbles under the shelves, which are supported on each side by fluted Ionic pillars with…
Ribston Hall - Mantlepiece West end of Saloon - HLS05999
Slide 7 - Here we have another one showing a similar mantle-piece at the West end of the same apartment. Over each of these is a fine wall painting identical in size, but different in subject.
Ribston Hall - the Saloon - HLS05996
Slide 4 - The great saloon, which we now enter, measures 44 feet by 31 feet, is very handsomely decorated in the Italian style, and is said to have been completed in Sir John Goodricke's time. It is adorned with large wall paintings copied from some…
Ribston Hall - The Staircase - HLS06001
Slide 9 - The rooms of the house are lofty and well lighted, and admirably fitted up throughout. The principal staircase from the ground to the upper floor is of stone, which, though not of a very elaborate character, is, nevertheless, pleasing and…
St John the Baptist, Cragg Vale - HCC00309
Painting by Lesley Alston. The original was given to Rev James Allison as a leaving gift November 2012.
St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00109
Undated postcard showing an 1849 engraving of the church. The foundation stone was laid in 1847 and the church was consecrated in 1848. Enlarged in 1887, the following year the foundation stone was laid for a new chancel. Distinctively it has a small…