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Broom Mills from Half Mile Lane

2001. View from Half Mile Lane showing Broom Mills with a sign reading R. Gaunt & Sons Ltd. Reuben Gaunt took over the woollen mill in 1886. Modern housing in the background is on...

Broom Mills, in process of demolition

2001. Image shows Broom Mills in Coal Hill Lane, Farsley Beck Bottom, in the process of demolition. The site was to become a residential development but would retain some existing...

Broom Mills, work in progress

2001. Image shows work in progress at Broom Mills, off Coal Hill Lane at Farsley Beck Bottom. The site of the mills is to be used for residential purposes and the development will...

Broom Mills, building work in progress

2001. Image shows building work in progress at Broom Mills in Farsley Beck Bottom, situated off Coal Hill Lane. This is to be a new residential development and will include the co...

Broom Mills, building work in progress

2001. Image shows the start of bulding work at Broom Mills on the site of the former car park. Some demolition has taken place and semi-detached homes in Springbank Close are visi...

Broom Mills, Car Park

2001. Image shows the car park of Broom Mills at Farsley Beck Bottom, off Coal Hill Lane. The car park site had once been occupied by a row of terraced cottages, numbered 7 to 15 ...

Broom Mills, car park and exterior

2001. Images shows the car park and exterior of Broom Mills, off Coal Pit Lane at Farsley Beck Bottom. The mill had been acquired by Reuben Gaunt in 1886 and run by subsequent ge...

Broom Mills, exterior view

2001. Image shows the exterior of Broom Mills, run by the Gaunt family since 1886. Some of the mill buildings have recently undergone conversion to residential units. Broom Mills ...

Broom Mills, mill yard

2001. View into the mill yard of Broom Mills. A bridge or walkway connects the buildings. The offices are on the left. Broom Mills is located at Farsley Beck Bottom, just off Coal...

Broom Mills, car park

2001. View of the car park at Broom Mills, off Coal Hill Lane in Farsley Beck Bottom. A row of terraced houses once stood on the site, numbered 7 to 15 Wood Square. The car park h...

Beck Bottom Cottages

2001. Image shows the stone built Beck Bottom Cottages owned by Cape Mills. The cottages are numbered 6, left, and 4 right. Number 2 is set further back at the rear corner of numb...

Broom Mills from Coal Hill Lane

2001. View from the direction of Coal Hill Lane showing Broom Mills, a woollen mill acquired by Reuben Gaunt in 1886. The site has since been developed for residential and some of...

Broom Mills, mill yard

2001. Image shows the yard of Broom Mills and a bridge or walkway linking two of the buildings. Broom Mills is located off Coal Hill Lane, off Farsley Beck Bottom. Some of the old...

Broom Mills, exterior

2001. Image shows an exterior view of Broom Mills, off Coal Hill Lane, Farsley Beck Bottom. The building on the left is still standing and has recently been converted for resident...

Broom Mills, looms in the weaving shed

c1979. View of the looms in the weaving shed of Broom Mills, located off Coal Hill Lane in Farsley Beck Bottom. The 'F' model Northrop looms had recently been introduced.

Broom Mills, interior view of the weaving shed

c1979. Black and white image showing the interior view of the weaving shed at Broom Mills, situated off Coal Hill Lane in Farsley Beck Bottom. The F model Northrop looms had only ...

Broom Mills, interior view of the weaving shed

c1979. Image shows an interior view of the weaving shed at Broom Mills, off Coal Hill Lane, Farsley Beck Bottom. From 1886 woollen cloth was woven at Broom Mills under the ownersh...

Broom Mills, the weaving shed

c1979. Image shows the weaving shed at Broom Mills when 'F' model Northrop looms had recently been installed. Broom Mills is located off Coal Hill Lane at Farsley Beck Bottom.

Broom Mills, interior view of the weaving shed

c1979. Interior black and white view of the recently installed 'F' model Northrop Looms in the weaving shed of Broom Mills, off Coal Hill Lane at Farsley Beck Bottom. The Mills ha...

Broom Mills, interior view of the weaving shed

c1979. Interior view of the weaving shed at Broom Mills. 'F' model Northrop looms had recently been installed and the image shows work being carried out on one of them. Broom Mill...

Broom Mills, interior view of the weaving shed

c1979. Black & white image showing the interior view of the weaving shed at Broom Mills. Reuben Gaunt, of the nearby Cape Mills and Springfield Mills, acquired Broom Mills in 1886...

Cape Mills, view of chimney

Undated. Close up of the chimney belonging to Cape Mills in Farsley Beck Bottom. Scaffolding is in place while preparations are being made for the demoliton of the chimney. The mi...

Cape Mills, Chimney shortly to be demolished

Undated. View of the tall chimney at the cloth manufacturing Cape Mills at Farsley Beck Bottom. The chimney is surrounded by scaffolding in preparation for its demolition. The chi...

Cape Mills, chimney shortly to be demolished

Undated. Image shows the large chimney belonging to Cape Mills at Farsley Beck Bottom. At the time of the photograph it was being prepared for demolition. Cape Mills had manufactu...

Coal Hill Lane, Cape Mills

Undated. View from Coal Hill Lane showing the chimney of Cape Mills, a cloth manufacturing business well known for producing military cloth throughout the nineteenth and twentieth...

Cape Mills, Farsley Beck Bottom

Undated. Image shows Cape Mills from the parking area near Coal Hill Lane at Farsley Beck Bottom. Scaffolding is in place around the chimney as preparations were being made for it...

Coal Hill Lane, chimney of Cape Mills

Undated. View of the chimney of Cape Mills from Coal Hill Lane at Farsley Beck Bottom. It was about to be demolished at the time of this photograph. The old woollen manufacturing ...

Coal Hill Lane, Cape Mills

Undated. Image shows the chimney of Cape Mills photographed from Coal Hill Lane. The chimney is being prepared for demolition and the mills were to become the site of Cape Mills I...

Cape Mills, Farsley Beck Bottom

Undated. Image shows the tall chimney belonging to Cape Mills at Farsley Beck Bottom. The photograph was taken shortly before demolition. Cape Mills had produced cloth for militar...

Cape Mills, Farsley Beck Bottom

Undated. View of Cape Mills located at Farsley Beck Bottom, taken shortly before the chimney was demolished. The mills had manufactured cloth for military uniforms since around 18...

Cape Mills, Farsley Beck Bottom

Undated. Image shows Cape Mills in Farsley Beck Bottom, taken shortly before the demolition of the chimney. The mills manufactured cloth for military uniforms from the early 1800s...

Farsley Library, Old Road

1996. View of Farsley Branch Library situated on Old Road.

Farsley Library, Old Road

1996. View of Farsley Branch Library on Old Road.

Farsley Library, Old Road

1996. View of Farsley Branch Library on Old Road. Houses on South Drive can be seen in the background.

New Street, looking south.

Undated. A late 19th or early 20th century view of New Street, looking south towards Bradford Road. A corner shop can be seen on the right.

Richardshaw Lane, omnibus

c1960s. View of a Farsley omnibus travelling along Richardshaw Lane, close to the Farsley Omnibus Garage. The railway viaduct at Stanningley Bottom can just be seen in the backgr...

Town Street, looking north, from St. John's Church Tower

Undated. View looking north along Farsley Town Street, taken from St. John's Church Tower. The tall chimney on the left of the picture belongs to Sunny Bank Mills. This woollen Mi...

Town Street, looking north

Undated. Colour-tinted Postcard of Farsley Town Street, looking north towards the council offices, seen in the background at the junction with Calverley Lane and Bagley Lane.

Town Street, looking north

Undated. View looking north along Farsley Town Street. On the left is W.J. Walker, grocer and beer retailer on Croft street. Road on the right is Gambles Hill.

Town Street, looking north

Undated. View looking north along Farsley Town Street. Shops include Taylor's Drug Store. Road to the left is Croft Street with Gambles Hill on the right. Horses and Carts can be ...

Town Street, looking north

Undated. View looking north along Farsley Town Street, with shops on both sides of the road.

Town Street, looking south

Undated. View looking south along Farsley Town Street, showing St. John's Parish Church in the background. On the right is a carpet and linoleum shop on the corner with Croft Stee...

St. John the Evangelist Parish Church and Vicarage.

Undated. View of St.John the evangelist Parish Church, to the right, and the vicarage on the left. Building of the church, designed by William Wallen of Huddersfield, began in 184...

Town Street, Wesleyan Chapel

1909. View of the Wesleyan Chapel at no. 58a Town Street. It was built in 1865, the foundation stone being laid by Sir Angus Holden. The opening ceremony took place on 29th Decemb...

Back Lane, United Free Methodist Church

Undated. View of Farsley's United Free Methodist Church off Back Lane, showing the graveyard in front. The church was built in 1845.

Calverley Lane, Baptist Chapel

Undated. View of Farsley Baptist Chapel on Calverley Lane. This was built in 1868-69 to replace the old Reheboth Chapel in Bagley and the opening services were held on October 13t...

Bradford Road, Old Road junction

c1921. View of Old Road End, the junction of Bradford Road, left and Old Road on the right. A tram is travelling along Bradford Road towards Stanningley.

Priesthorpe Road, footpath to Wadlands

Undated. View of the footpath leading to Wadlands Hall, situated off Priesthorpe Road.

Farsley Recreation Ground, south - eastern entrance

Undated. Colour-tinted postcard showing the south-eastern entrance to Farsley Recreation Ground off Calverley Lane. Two children are sitting on the steps.

Farsley United Methodist Free Church, Choir

Undated. Group photograph of the choir of Farsley United Methodist Free Church.