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Station Road, Miners Arms

c1900s. An early 1900s veiw of Station Road looking towards Town End and Wakefield Road, showing the Miners Arms public house in the left foreground. This pub has gone through var...

Station Road, Town End

Undated. View of Town End on Station Road looking eastward towards the railway station, taken sometime around the early 20th century. On the extreme left is the edge of a row of c...

Station Road, Town End

Undated. View of Station Road at Town End looking east towards the railway station. Charles and Harold Seaton's coal merchant's business is on the left while the Miners Arms publi...

Station Road, Town End

Undated. View of Town End, Station Road, showing Seaton's Coal Merchants' house and stables. The brothers Charlie and Harry Seaton only ever used horse transport for their busines...

Station Road, Gascoigne Arms

Undated. View of the Gascoigne Arms public house on Station Road, now (2010) known simply as Gascoignes. A sign outside for BYB shows that it sells Bentleys Yorkshire Beer, brewed...

Station Road, looking east

Undated. View of Station Road looking east towards the railway station. Salisbury Terrace is on the left. Just visible on the right is the Gascoigne Arms public houyse with sign o...

Station Road, Town End

Undated. A view taken sometime around the early 20th or late 19th century of Station Road at Town End, looking east towards the station. Though no cars can be seen the road is bus...

Station Road, Town End

1925. View of Town End on Station Road showing, on the left, a terrace known as Bank Row. Just to the right of centre are the premises of Seaton's Coal Merchants (Charles and Haro...

Station Fields, looking south

Undated. A very early postcard entitled 'View in Station Fields, Garforth', taken from near the road bridge and looking south across to Church Lane over fields which are now the s...

Station Fields, looking north

Undated. View of Station Fields footpath looking north with the railway station in the distance. A gate is seen in the foreground. This footpath, together with a road then known a...

Station Fields, looking south

Undated. View of Station Fields from a postcard by Mr. A.W. Hoult of Garforth Post Office. The photo is taken from roughly where St. Benedict's R.C. School now stands, looking sou...

Station Fields, looking north

Undated. Early postcard view of Station Fields looking north from the Church Lane end in the direction of the railway station. The road now called Station Field is shown on early ...

Station Fields, from railway bridge

Undated. A postcard view entitled 'Station Fields from railway bridge'. The present road named Station Fields now goes between the fence and the stone wall and leads off to the ri...

Selby Road, Isolation Hospitals

Undated. View showing isolation hospitals on Garforth Cliff, including one for scarlet fever. The site off Selby Road is now occupied by Saville Brothers Garden Centre and a housi...

Church Lane, St. Mary's Church Hall

Undated. View shows St. Mary's Church Hall situated on Church Lane. This was a venue for diverse activities including dancing, keep-fit and drama. The building was destroyed by fi...

Garforth Bridge, D.N. Brook's Garage

Undated. View of D.N. Brook's garage and service station at Garforth Bridge on the corner of Wakefield Road, in the foreground, and Selby Road on the right. This was built on the ...

Selby Road, Garforth Cliff Sand Quarry

1894. An oil painting by Wainwright in 1894 showing Garforth Cliff Sand Quarry off Selby Road. This quarry was owned by James Rickard. Original painting courtesy of Mrs. Furness.

Selby Road, milestone

Undated. View of a milestone on Selby Road opposite the end of Ninelands Lane. It reads 'Selby and Leeds Turnpike Road' showing 'Leeds 7 miles' to the left and 'Selby 13 miles' to...

Selby Road, potato pickers

Undated. View shows a gang of farm workers, helped by two horses, picking potatoes in a field off Selby Road, owned by John Barber whose house on Ninelands Spur is in the distance...

Selby Road, Hawkshaw House (Leylands)

Undated. View of Hawkshaw House, now known as Leylands, a large house on Selby Road near the bridge which crossed the former railway line. In the early 1900s it was the home of T....

Selby Road, West Garforth Farm House

Undated. View of the farmhouse at West Garforth Farm, situated on Selby Road close to the footpath to Goosefields. Owned at the time by Thomas Horner of Scholes, the farm's main c...

Selby Road, looking east

Undated. Looking east along Selby Road from near Garforth Old Hall. The entrance to Lidgett Lane is in front of the tall tree to the right. The old cottages, which include Mrs. Ti...

Selby Road, Garforth Old Hall

Undated. View of Garforth Old Hall situated on Selby Road opposite the Gaping Goose Inn. Believed to have been built in the 15th century for the Lord of the Manor, it was once the...

Selby Road, Garforth Old Hall

Undated. Early 20th century photograph looking east along Selby Road with Garforth Old Hall on the right, situated just opposite the Gaping Goose Inn which is off the picture on t...

Selby Road, Gaping Goose

c1930s. View of the Gaping Goose Inn on Selby Road, seen from Garforth Old Hall field. Believed to be the oldest public house in Garforth, it was a popular stop for travellers usi...

Selby Road, Gaping Goose

Undated. An early 20th century view of the Gaping Goose Inn on Selby Road. This is believed to be the oldest public house in Garforth, having been at one time popular with travell...

Selby Road, Brookfield

Undated. View of Brookfield, a large house on Selby Road with an adjoining farm which was once the home of John Clapham Bartle, a notable land auctioneer and estate agent, head of...

Selby Road, Garforth Bridge

1960s. A 1960s view of Selby Road looking north-west at Garforth Bridge, by the junction with Wakefield Road. The 'new' Old George public house (it was rebuilt in the 1930s) is se...

Selby Road, Garforth Bridge

Undated. Long distance view of Selby Road and Garforth Bridge looking north-eastward from Cramby Hill on Wakefield Road. On the far left is the Old George public house then Fitton...

Garforth Bridge, Fitton's Garage

Undated. View of the garage of Chas. E. Fitton, situated at Garforth Bridge on the corner of Wakefield Road and Selby Road. The garage, opposite the Old George public house, was b...

Garforth Bridge, The Old George

Undated. View of The Old George public house on Selby Road at Garforth Bridge, beside the junction with Wakefield Road, hidden behind the pub. Probably taken sometime between 1900...

Selby Road, Garforth Bridge

Undated. View looking west along Selby Road at Garforth Bridge. The main focus of the picture is the Old George public house, situated at the junction with Wakefield Road. Believe...

Selby Road, Garforth Bridge, looking west

Undated. View looking west along Selby Road at Garforth Bridge. On the left is the managers house and entrance to Naylor, Pollard & Co. Ltd's. 'Pilot' Overall factory. The row of ...

Garforth Bridge, Naylor, Pollard & Co. Ltd.

1983. View of the former Pilot Works of Naylor, Pollard & Co. Ltd., Manufacturers of 'Pilot' brand overalls, of Garforth Bridge, on a snowy day in winter 1983. This is the east el...

Garforth Bridge, Naylor, Pollard & Co. Ltd.

Undated. View of the factory of Naylor, Pollard & Co. Ltd., shirt and overall manufacturers, of Garforth Bridge. A large advertisement on the wall encourges people to 'wear Pilot ...

Garforth Bridge, Naylor, Pollard & Co. Ltd.

c1930. View of the factory of Naylor, Pollard & Co. Ltd., cotton clothing manufacturers, makers of shirts and 'Pilot' brand overalls. Situated on Garforth Bridge at the junction o...

Chas H. Robshaw Glue Works, letter

20th March 1895. View of a letter from Chas H. Robshaw, Glue and Gelatine Manufacturer, dated 20th March 1895. The letterhead displays a picture of the factory, situated at Garfor...

Ninelands Lane, engine approaching the railway bridge

Undated. Old black-and-white view of an engine approaching the railway bridge over Ninelands Lane. The line was the Garforth-Castleford-Kippax spur. It eventually closed as part o...

Ninelands Lane, potato pickers in a field off

Undated. View of female potato pickers working in a field off Ninelands Lane. Each of the workers has a basket to fill. In the background men wait with two horse-drawn farm vehicl...

Ninelands Lane at the entrance to Hazlewood Avenue, looking north

1996. View from opposite the entrance to Hazlewood Avenue in Ninelands Lane, looking north towards Bar Lane. At the point where the concrete posts are visible there were once the ...

Ninelands Lane, view from Garforth Cliff

Undated. View from part way up Garforth Cliff, showing Ninelands Lane running from left to top right across the centre. The derelict Trench Pit can be seen centrally - it closed i...

Ninelands Lane from Garforth Cliff

Undated. View from Garforth Cliff showing the line of Ninelands Lane across the centre from left to right. The curved line indicates the Garforth-Kippax-Castleford railway line.

Ninelands Lane, view from near the cemetery

Undated. View of Ninelands Lane from near the cemetery, looking in the direction of Selby Road. The Trench Pit is visible in the background and dates from 1899. The Trench Pit was...

Main Street, Colliery Row

24th January 1963. View of Main Street showing a row of houses known as Colliery Row taken shortly before demolition. Cars and a bicycle can be seen.

Main Street (Briggate), horse and trap

Undated. View of Main Street, probably at the time it was known as Briggate, showing a horse and trap. The young girl seated in the trap is Flo Toes, later well known in the area ...

Main Street, looking towards Lidgett Lane

c1903. Copy of a postcard from 1903 showing Main Street looking towards Lidgett Lane. On the right, with several people standing outside, is Alfred Smith's grocers shop, now Garfo...

Main Street, Tom Pickering, butchers

1960. View of Main Street showing Tom Pickering's butcher's shop on the left. The business was started by his father in the early 1900s. They kept animals on land rented from the ...

Main Street, Garforth Urban District Council Offices

c1960s. View showing Garforth Urban District Council Offices on Main Street. This building had previously been occupied by T.B. Smith & Sons grocery store. Two men stand outside w...

Main Street, Garforth Post Office

Undated. View of the old Garforth Post Office building, situated on Main Street next to T.B. Smith's grocery store. Adverts cover the window including one for Rowntree's Chocolate...

Main Street (Briggate), looking north

1920s. View of Main Street looking north towards Town End, taken at a time that it was still known as Briggate. On the left is T.B. (Tom Blackburn) Smith & Sons Supply Stores, gen...