Leodis latest Adel photographs

Crag Farm, watercolour painting by Joe Tunnington

c1955. Image shows Crag Farm as painted in watercolour by local artist Joe Tunnington around the mid 1950s. For a history of the farm see Leodis image ID 20031024 56966800. The fa...

Headingley Golf Course

c1980s. View of Headingley Golf course located between Church Lane and King Lane, with an entrance in Back Church Lane. The Headingley Golf Club was founded in 1892 and was origi...

Adel Church, Norman Porch

Undated. Close-up view of the Norman porch at the south side of Adel Church. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was built around 1150-1160 and the porch is believed to...

Adel Church, interior view, Chancel Arch

Undated. Interior view of Adel Church showing the Chancel Arch. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a Grade I listed building dating back to around 1150-1160.

Adel Church, showing graveyard

Undated. Old photograph of Adel Church showing the graveyard in front. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a Grade I listed building dating back to around 1150-1160.

Tay Foot, postcard

c1917. This postcard with a postmark of 9th April 1917 is entitled 'Tay Foot, Adel, Leeds'. This is presumably an old name for Stair Foot as it shows Stairfoot Lane seen from Stai...

The Stream, Adel, postcard

c1925. Postcard view showing Adel Beck as it flows through Adel Woods. A postmark of 31st December 1925 is stamped on the back.

Near Adel Crags, postcard

c1911. This coloured postcard, entitled 'Near Adel Crags', shows Bridge Cottage on Stairfoot Lane. Seen from Stairfoot Bridge, it looks east towards Alwoodley. Bridge Cottage is b...

Adel Crag, postcard

Undated. Coloured postcard showing Adel Crag, sometimes known as Alwoodley Crag, a large rock formation on Adel Moor. This popular tourist spot is believed to have once been used ...

Adel Crag, postcard

Undated. Postcard view of Adel Crag, sometimes referred to as Alwoodley Crag, a rock outcrop on Adel Moor which was possibly once used as a site for pagan worship. Flint arrow hea...

A Vista of Adel Church, postcard

Undated. Postcard view of the historic Adel Church, seen from the west gate on Church Lane.

Norman Porch, Adel Church, postcard

c1917. Postcard with a postdate of 19th May 1917 showing the Norman porch at Adel Church. An addition to the church dating from 1150-1160, this was built between 1160 and 1170 and...

Adel Church (interior), postcard

Undated. Postcard showing the interior of Adel St. John the Baptist Church on Church Lane. This listed building dates back to around 1150-1160.

Adel Church, postcard

Undated. Postcard showing an interior view of Adel Church, the Norman church dating back to around 1150-1160. This listed building is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

Adel Church, postcard

Undated. Postcard view of Adel St. John the Baptist Church on Church Lane. Built between 1150 and 1160, with the south porch added around 1160-1170, it is one of the finest exampl...

Adel Church, postcard

Undated. Postcard view of Adel Church on Church Lane seen from outside the west gate. Dating from between 1150 and 1160, this impressive Norman church is now Grade I listed.

Adel Church, postcard

Undated. Postcard showing a view of Adel Church, a Grade I listed building that dates back to around 1150-1160 in Norman times.

Adel Church, postcard

Undated. Colour-tinted postcard of Adel Church with part of the graveyard seen in front. This Grade I listed building dates back to around 1150-1160. It is dedicated to St. John t...

Adel Church, postcard

Undated. Postcard view of Adel Church, St. John the Baptist, on Church Lane. Dating from the twelfth century, it is one of the finest and most complete Norman buildings remaining ...

Seven Arches etc, multi-view postcard

c1912. Colour-tinted postcard with a postdate of 8th August 1912 showing three different images of Leeds. At the top is a view of the Seven Arches aquaduct at Adel, in the centre ...

Adel Church etc., multi-view postcard

c1910. Multi-view postcard with a postdate of 11th January 1910. The main image is of Adel Church, with smaller circular images around the outside featuring Cross Flatts Park and ...

Adel Woods, Seven Arches

Undated. Postcard view of the Seven Arches Aquaduct, built in 1837 to carry the water supply from Eccup Reservoir over Adel Beck on its way to the city centre. After 24 years it b...

Adel Woods, Seven Arches

c1926. Postcard view of the Seven Arches Aquaduct, which shows a postmark of 1926 on the back. The aquaduct was built in 1837 to carry the water supply from Eccup Reservoir over A...

Seven Arches Aqueduct, Adel Woods

Undated. Tinted postcard view of the Seven Arches Aqueduct in Adel Woods. The aqueduct was built c1840 to carry water from the Eccup Reservoir to the City Centre via Adel Beck.

Gainsborough Drive, Sunbeam

c1930s. Image shows a small girl standing on the footplate of the Sunbeam motorcar parked in front of number 12 Gainsborough Drive. It is thought to have belonged to her uncle. An...

Gainsborough Drive, Sunbeam parked in front of numbers 12 and 14

c1930s. View of a Sunbeam motorcar parked in front of numbers 12 and 14 Gainsborough Drive. These houses were built in 1930 and the Sunbeam belonged to a relative of the occupants...

Gainsborough Drive, numbers 12 and 14

c1930s. Image shows a pair of large semi-detached houses numbered 12 (right) and 14 (left) Gainsborough Drive. The houses were built in 1930 and so were relatively new when this p...

Eccup Lane, Adel Bridge

c1900-1904. Looking along Eccup Lane towards Adel Bridge, which crosses Adel Beck alongside Adel Mill.

Adel Church, exterior view

c1900-1904. Exterior view of Adel St. John the Baptist Church on Church Lane, a Grade I listed building built between 1150 and 1160.

Church Lane, Adel St. John the Baptist Church.

Undated. Postcard of Adel St.John the Baptist Church on Church Lane. This impressive Grade 1 listed building was built between 1150 and 1160, with the south porch (seen in the cen...

Adel, aerial view

Undated. Aerial view of housing in Adel, taken around the 1950s or 1960s. Otley Road runs along the edge of the built-up area from centre right to top left. Holt Lane runs across ...

Stairfoot, aerial view

Undated. Aerial view of Stairfoot, a large cottage in Adel, seen in the top centre of the photo. Hidden behind trees above this is Stairfoot Bridge which crosses Adel Beck. On the...

Adel Church, aerial view

Undated. Aerial view of Adel Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, showing the graveyard and grounds around. Church Lane runs from top to bottom towards the left while Back C...

Back Church Lane, aerial view

Undated. Aerial view of Back Church Lane, which runs from left to right across the top of the photo. Adel Church can just be seen on the bottom right, with part of the graveyard a...

Adel Woods, War-time bunker

Undated. Image shows a bunker located in Adel Woods thought to have been used as a document store by Leeds Permanent Building Society in the 1930.

Smithy Mills Lane. Valley Farm and Smithy Mills Bridge

Undated View of Smithy Mills Lane looking towards Smithy Mills Bridge with Ring Road Meanwood in the distance on the right. The cottage between the trees belongs to Valley Farm, w...

Adel Church from the graveyard

Undated. View of Adel Church from the graveyard. The oldest of the gravestones inscriptions is one near the Church door. It is carved on a flat stone and is in memory of Ralph Mid...

Adel church, Chancel Arch and Altar

Undated. View of the Norman Chancel Arch and Altar within Adel Church. The Chancel Arch is one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in the county.

Adel Church, Mounting steps at the west gate

28th September 1907. View of Adel Church from the west gate showing the mounting steps or 'louping on stones' as they were sometimes known as.

Signpost near Adel, milestone

5th July 1906. View of a signpost behind an old dry stone wall pointing one way in the direction of Eccup and Arthington and the other, Chapeltown and Leeds. Amilestone dated 1764...

Adel Churchyard, monument

Undated. Image shows an elaborate monument in Adel Churchyard. A statue of an angel is mounted on a plinth underneath a canopy supported by four columns and surrounded by railings...

The Sanctuary handle (South door) Adel Church

1901. Photograph shows the bronze circular handle on the porch door of Adel Church. The handle comprises of the head of an animal with a human head in it's mouth. It is thought th...

Adel Church, The Porch

7th June 1901. the photograph shows the porch at Adel Church also known as St. John the Baptist Church. It is believed that the Church was built between 1160 and 1170. There are s...

The Porch at Adel Church

Undated. The photograph shows the sculptures above the doorway at the porch of Adel Church. The figures represent the Angus Dei, the symbol of John the Baptist, the Lord and the f...

The Porch at Adel Church

1901. The photograph shows the porch at Adel Church also known as St. John the Baptist Church. It is believed that the Church was built between 1160 and 1170. Six sculpted panels ...

Seven Arches Aquaduct, Adel Woods

1948. Image shows a view of the Seven Arches Aquaduct in Adel Woods as it spans Adel Beck. It was taken with a Kodak Brownie camera in 1948. The aquaduct dates from 1841/42 and ...

Adel Church, Bronze Sanctuary Door Ring

December 1963. Close-up showing the fine workmanship of the bronze Sanctuary door ring on the door of the South Porch of Adel Church. It dates from the thirteenth century and is t...

Adel Church, South Porch

December 1963. A Christmas wreath decorates the door of the South porch of Adel Church. The roof of the porch has been given a protective covering in recent years. The elaborate c...

Adel, Aerial View

Wilson, Gren

Undated. View looks north from Smithy Mills Lane during construction of Ring Road.

Adel Woods, Seven Arches Aqueduct

Wilson, Gren

1906. View of the Seven Arches Aqueduct in Adel Woods. This was built to carry water from the Eccup Reservoir to the City Centre, at the point where the underground pipes and tunn...