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Colden Valley from Horsehold Road - HBC00515
Late 19th century. Bankfoot and Eaves Mills can be seen.
Mytholm Hall, and St James Church, Hebden Bridge - HBC00540
The Hall was demoished in the esrly 1960s.
Looking Down on Mytholm, Hebden Bridge - HLS01354
Mytholm Hall is in the centre of the picture, with the parish church of St James behind it. Ref: PH/12.
Royds Hall, the Justice Room - HLS06070
Slide 3 - 'Squire Leedes' as he was familiarly called was a noted magistrate of George the Third's time and sat to administer justice in a building within his own grounds, aview of which is now shown. The broad flight of steps outside, and the…
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…
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.…
Woodsome Hall, Pageant in Grounds - HLS06067
Slide 17 - Pageant day in the grounds at Woodsome Hall.
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…
Woodsome Hall, Courtyard looking West - HLS06065
Slide 15 - A long, low roofed building with projecting windows, and supported on stone pillars, stands at the west side of the courtyard. This is probably the most ancient part of the building, of the Tudor or Plantagenet era.
Such a house as…
Such a house as…
Woodsome Hall, Courtyard looking East - HLS06064
Slide 14 - There is a fine courtyard at the rear, paved with flags and in the centre is a stone fountain and basin, erected in 1857 to commemorate the visit of Lord Lewisham.
Woodsome Hall, the Hall from the North. - HLS06063
Slide 13 - On the west side is the Minstrels gallery where in olden times the musicians discoursed music and song, to the assembled guests below, and on the north side are two internal and ancient looking windows, from which it is said, the fair…
Woodsome Hall, Oak Bedstead in Bedroom - HLS06062
Slide 12 - We now ascend an oak staircase and enter the principal bedrooms, likewise wainscoted in oak. One of these rooms contains a fine old oak four posted bedstead elaborately carved, purchased by Lord Dartmouth at accost of £250.
Woodsome Hall, door from Great Hall to Drawing Room - HLS06061
Slide 11 - Through an open door on the north side of the Great Hall we obtain a peep into the Drawing room, wainscoted throughout in oak and filled with antique furniture.
Woodsome Hall, Picture of coat of Arms in the Hall - HLS06060
Slide 10 - On the other side, are the armorial bearings of the families of Yorkshire related to the Kayes, divided down the middle into two columns of twenty eight each.
Woodsome Hall, Picture Boards in the Hall - HLS06059
Slide 9 - The two following slides show the same board, in detail. One shows a portrait of John Kaye, surmounted by the coat of arms, and surrounded by various devices.
Woodsome Hall, the Clock in the Hall - HLS06058
Slide 8 - To the right of the fireplace is a fine old clock in oak case, bearing the date1652, and surrounded with the plume and coronet forming the crest of the Legge family.
But the greatest curiosities are the ancient picture boards hung on…
But the greatest curiosities are the ancient picture boards hung on…
Woodsome Hall, detail of the bellows in the Hall - HLS06057
Slide 7 - These are now shown in detail, which gives a better idea of the fine carving on the front of the bellows.
Woodsome Hall, the Great Hall - HLS06056
Slide 6 - On one side is the huge fireplace some 14 foot in width, over which is carved on an oak beam in antique capitals a foot in depth -
ARTHUR * KAY * BIATRIX * KAY
Above this is a portrait of the daughter and heiress of the aforesaid…
ARTHUR * KAY * BIATRIX * KAY
Above this is a portrait of the daughter and heiress of the aforesaid…