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Newburgh Priory the small drawing room - HLS05946
Slide 19 - The elegant and graceful small drawing room is also hung with interesting but older family portraits and among others is one of George Villiers duke of Buckingham by Van Dyke.
Newburgh Priory roadway, looking up the road - HLS05877
Slide 7 - Probably nowhere in England can be found a better-kept estate than at Newburgh.
As we approach from Coxwold we become aware that unusual care is bestowed on the surroundings. Broad grass borders all well shorn, flank the highway, and there…
As we approach from Coxwold we become aware that unusual care is bestowed on the surroundings. Broad grass borders all well shorn, flank the highway, and there…
Newburgh Priory , the White Drawing room - HLS05945
Slide 18- The white Drawing Room is a splendid apartment with a beautiful ceiling and a lovely mantelpiece, above which hangs a portrait of sir George Wombwell, presented to him by his Tenantry in 1859, in recognition of his gallantry in the Crimea,…
Newburgh Priory - HLS05954
Slide 27 - Ancient Peg Tankard and Black Jacks.
Among other curios in the Hall are three Black Jacks made of leather to hold ale, from a gallon downwards, to one quart. These date from the time of Cromwell.
In addition to these there is an…
Among other curios in the Hall are three Black Jacks made of leather to hold ale, from a gallon downwards, to one quart. These date from the time of Cromwell.
In addition to these there is an…
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…
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…
New Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00223
Postcard with September 1906 postmark. Not to be confused with 'Old' Cragg Hall. The New Hall, or Lower Cragg Hall to distinguish it from Old Cragg Hall, was enlarged and embellished built around 1904 and was destroyed by fire in 1921 with a re-build…
New Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00221
Postcard with August 1915 postmark. Not to be confused with 'Old' Cragg Hall. The New Hall, or Lower Cragg Hall to distinguish it from Old Cragg Hall, was enlarged and embellished around 1904 and was destroyed by fire in 1921 with a much smaller…
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge. - MCH00164
Postcard dated July 1911. To the right hand side of the photo is St. James - Hebden bridge Parish Church, with the now demolished Mytholm Hall in front of it. The Eaves Silk Mills can be seen above the church with…
Mytholm, Hebden bridge. - MCH00160
Postcard from 1910.
Taken from Hell Hole Rock on the edge of Heptonstall looking towards the Horsehold hillside. In the centre of the photo is Calder Mill with its chimney and to its right is "Stubbing House". Further to the right is the King…
Taken from Hell Hole Rock on the edge of Heptonstall looking towards the Horsehold hillside. In the centre of the photo is Calder Mill with its chimney and to its right is "Stubbing House". Further to the right is the King…
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge - MCH00165
To the right hand side of the photo is St. James - Hebden bridge Parish Church, with the now demolished Mytholm Hall in front of it. The Eaves Silk Mills can be seen above the church. To the left centre is Mytholm Mill (Browns Mill) with its detached…
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge - MCH00163
Postcard dated July 1911. St James the Greater church is on the right, with the two Eaves silk mills behind it, and Mytholm Hall in front.
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge - EIL00302
A poor quality postcard, but interesting for its content. Bankfoot Mill is still intact but Eaves Mills have gone and the estate is now built.
Mytholm, c1914 - HBC00581
Mytholm, looking up the Colden Valley. Mytholm Hall can be seen to the right of the photo, behind it stands the Parish Church of St James the Great. Eaves Mills can be seen beyond the church. On the left of the picture is Mytholm Mill.
Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00111
Viewed from king Street, the hall was demolished c.1969 and replaced by accommodation for the elderly. Behind it is St James Parish Church.
Mytholm Hall, and St James Church, Hebden Bridge - HBC00540
The Hall was demoished in the esrly 1960s.
Mytholm from Stubbing - HLS00235
In the foreground Mytholm Hall which was demolished in the 1960s to make way for sheltered accommodation
Mytholm - ALC00808
Mytholm Hall in the foreground, with St James church behind, and Eaves Mill behind that. Heptonstall church is on the sky-line
Mytholm Hebden bridge - MCH00162
In the centre left of the photo is Hebden Bridge Parish Church - St James the Great, with Mytholm Hall in front of it. The road curling round to the left leads to Mytholm Steeps and Blackshaw Head. Central to the photo is Bankfoot Mill adjacent to…
Marske Hall, Swaledale, from West - HLS05864
Slide 8: Here is another view of the Hall facing west. In appearance, the edifice is of a plain and substantial character and does not call for any special remarks thereon. We will now enter this ancestral dwelling and are first conducted into the…
Marske Hall, Swaledale, from the South East - HLS05862
Slide 6: The hall is a plain well built stone mansion in the Grecian style, occupying the site of a former house, pulled down in the early part of the 18th century. The mansion is admirably situated on a sheltered slope, amid the most romantic…
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…
Marske Hall and Avenue, Swaledale - HLS05860
Slide 4: Facing it is a fine lime tree avenue, a portion of which we shew. The situation of Marske is strikingly picturesque at any season, but especially so when the glorious summer sunshine floods the verdant slopes, towering scars, and…