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Butt Lane Bridge, construction

14th September 1925. View shows construction taking place of a new bridge to carry Butt Lane over Farnley Beck. This was a replacement for an old bridge which had just been demoli...

New Farnley Terminus, open roofed demonstration trolley bus

1912. View of double decker trolley bus used for demonstration purposes and photographed at the New Farnley Terminus in 1912. It has an open-roof and on the side of the vehicle ar...

New Farnley, single decker Trolley Bus, number 502

1911. Image shows single decker trolley bus, number 502 in New Farnley. The City Square - Whitehall Road - New Farnley Terminus route was the first trolley bus system to open in t...

New Farnley Terminus, single decker Trolley Bus

1912. View of a single decker Trolley Bus at New Farnley Terminus in 1912. The Tramways Department decided to investigate the possibilities of a trackless tram system in 1909 when...

Farnley Iron Company (Fireclay Works) Ltd.

1966. View of the Farnley Iron Company (Fireclay Works) Ltd. taken from Whitehall Road, the nearest the photographer could get to the blast furnaces site. The Leeds Fireclay compa...

New Farnley Post Office and General Store, numbers 2-4 Low Moor Side Lane

April c1965. Image shows the frontage of New Farnley Post Office and General Store located at numbers 2 to 4 on the north side of Low Moor Side Lane, when at that time the proprie...

Farnley Iron Company Ltd., senior members of staff

16th February 1914. Group portrait showing senior members of staff of the Farnley Iron Company which was founded in 1844 by the Armitage family. The men in the photograph are iden...

Low Moor Side Lane at the junction with Walsh Lane

c1965. View of Low Moor Side Lane at the junction with Walsh Lane. The white house on the right stands at the junction at the top of Walsh Lane and is called 'Windyridge.' This al...

Sowden Pit Pumping Station, pit headgear

c1965. Image shows pit headgear at Sowden Pumping Station, shortly before demolition. Originally, the long building, the winding house, located behind the headgear, housed steam o...

Woodcock Inn, Whitehall Road

2009. View of the Woodcock Inn on Whitehall Road, at the junction with Back Lane. The Woodcock serves food, hosts quiz nights and shows Live Sport on Sky T.V.

New Farnley, showing Furnace Row, St. James's Church and Church Farm

c1909/1910. Old postcard view of New Farnley showing terraced homes in Furnace Row. Also visible is St. James's Church. This is the original corrugated iron church built in 1863...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church

1997. Image shows the stone frontage of Farnley Hill Methodist Church located in Stonebridge Lane. The church held its bicentenary in 1997. John Wesley preached in the area in 176...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, Mr. Eddie Ogden

1997. Image shows the interior of Farnley Hill Methodist Church in Stonebridge Lane. Mr. Eddie Ogden is seated at the electric organ and behind him the original box pews can be se...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, Bicentenary celebrations

1997. In 1997 Farnley Hill Methodist Church celebrated a two hundred year history since the opening of the original chapel in 1797. Here, two members of the congregation have ente...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, Bicentenary Celebrations

1997. Church members are dressed in late eighteenth century costumes as part of the Bicentenary celebrations of Farnley Hill Methodist Church in Stonebridge Lane. The gentleman on...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church

1997. Members of Farnley Hill Methodist Church are in costume as 18th century serving maids on the occasion of the Bicentenary. The celebrations mark the date of 5th June 1797 whe...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, Bicentenary celebrations

1997. In this image Bicentenary celebrations are underway at Farnley Hill Methodist Church. The original chapel opened in 1797 and present day church members have dressed in the c...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, centenary celebrations

1997. Ladies dressed in Georgian-style costume are pictured at the fancy goods stall at Farnley Hill Methodist Church. The event is to mark the Bicentenary of the church, which fi...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, group photograph

1997. Group photograph taken at Farnley Hill Methodist Church. From left to right are Reverend Graham Kidman and his wife, Jill, the minister of Farnley Hill Methodist Church, the...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, centenary celebrations

1997. Image shows members of the congregation of Farnley Hill Methodist Church as they take part in the Bicentenary celebrations dressed in 18th century costume. Various decorated...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, Simon Lindley at the organ

1993. Image shows Simon Lindley, organist of Leeds Parish Church and Leeds Town Hall. He is pictured at the electric organ at Farnley Hill Methodist Church in Stonebridge Lane. T...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, double decker pulpit

1997. Image shows the double decker pulpit within Farnley Hill Methodist Church. The church, dating from 1827, is situated in Stonebridge Lane. It is Grade II listed and is Leeds...

Farnley Hill Methodist Church, Chairman of the Leeds District

1997. Image shows Reverend Michael Townsend, Chairman of the Leeds District, in Farnley Hill Methodist Church. Behind him is the double decker pulpit, one of the original features...

Gamble Lane, looking towards Tong Road

1977. Described in the book 'When the Streets Were Lit by Gas' by Philip Croft Tordoff as a 'little lane just off the main road at Farnley'. It is thought to be Gamble Lane which ...

Intake Cottage, Moor Top

c1980s. View of a small, detached house at Moor Top, located opposite the Lancastrian Mission Room. The house is known as Intake Cottage and was the home of the Cawood family from...

New Farnley Community Centre and Library, Low Moor Side

1995. View of New Farnley Community Centre on Low Moor Side, which also houses New Farnley Branch Library.

New Farnley Library, interior view

1995. Interior view of New Farnley Branch Library, situated within New Farnley Community Centre on Low Moor Side.

Cow Close Library, interior view

1995. Interior view of Cow Close Branch Library, situated on Whincover Drive. Bookshelves are on the left with a paperback stand in the centre and the counter on the right.

Whincover Drive, nos. 4-14

1995. View of nos. 4-14 Whincover Drive showing a public library at the near end. This is Cow Close Branch Library at no. 4. Next to this, no.6 is a mini-market and off-licence, w...

Whincover Drive, Cow Close Library

1995. View of Cow Close Branch Library situated at no.4 Whincover Drive.

Lawns House School, junction of Chapel Lane and Lawns Lane

c1952. Birds eye view of Lawns House School at the junction of Chapel Lane and Lawns Lane. From 1943 to 1957 it was for the education of the deaf and partially deaf children. From...

Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane

Undated. Image shows a crane used for lifting blocks of stone in situ at Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane. In the distance Tong Road can be seen, with factory chimneys on the cr...

Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane

Undated. This crane for lifting blocks of stone is photographed at Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane.

Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane

Undated. Image taken at Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane and showing the crane used for lifting blocks of stone.

Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane

Undated. Image taken at Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane. A stone block is located on a trolley ready for sawing into slabs.

Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane

Undated. Image taken at Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane. It shows the rails leading to the Sawing Shed.

Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane

Undated. Image taken at Park Spring Quarry, near Wood Lane. A large block of stone rests on a trolley ready to be pushed on the rails into the shed to be sawn into slabs.

Whitehall Park, Lettershop Group

Undated. View of the Lettershop Group offices at Whitehall Park on Whitehall Road.

Whitehall Park, Lettershop Group

Undated. View of the Lettershop Group offices at Whitehall Park on Whitehall Road.

Carlac Ltd, opening ceremony

27th August 1997 Councillor Linda Middleton, the Lord Mayor of Leeds, opens the distribution centre and head office of Carlac Ltd, vehicle equipment and car accessories, at unit 1...

Bawn Lane, numbers 112 to 118

Undated. Image shows three very old properties, numbered as, from left to right, 118 to 112 Bawn Lane. Bawn Lane is located off Stonebridge Lane. The centre building, which is j...

Beulah Hotel, Tong Road at the junction with Hall Lane

2005. The Beulah Hotel in Tong Road dates from 1830 and is built in stone. The Court Leet was held in a large room on the first floor and also the Court Baron, held in the name of...

Farnley Hall, south side of Hall Lane

2005. View of Farnley Hall situated off the south side of Hall Lane. Although the original Hall dates from 1586, as built by Thomas Danby, very little of this now still exists. Mo...

Farnley Hall, rear entrance, off Hall Lane

2005. View of the rear entrance to Farnley Hall, off Hall Lane. The stone built Hall is seen left and on the right is the stable block, later used as stores. This building constru...

Farnley Hall Park

2005. View of footpaths meandering through Farnley Hall Park part of the Estate which, from the late 15th Century belonged to the Danby family. It is now owned by Leeds City Counc...

Farnley Hall, Flower Beds

2005. Flower beds in the grounds of Farnley Hall, Hall Lane. There is an old wall constructed from hand made red brick in the background.

Farnley Hall, Hall Lane

2005. View of Farnley Hall in Hall Lane which has it's origins in the 16th Century. Little remains of the Elizabethan building, constructed by Thomas Danby, as it was largely demo...

Farnley Hall, Hall Lane

2005. View of Farnley Hall, Hall Lane, originally the sixteenth century seat of the Danby family but little remains of that building after the Hall was demolished and rebuilt in 1...

Farnley Hall, old red brick walling

2005. Image shows old, red brick walling constructed from hand made bricks in the grounds of Farnley Hall. The curved shape is dressed with stone and there are three arches. Creep...

Farnley Sports and Social Club, Butt Lane

2005. View of Farnley Sports and Social Club in Butt Lane. A sign advertises the premises as available for functions. Recycling bins can be seen near the entrance.