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Skelton Grange Power Station, aerial view

Undated. Aerial view of Skelton Grange Power Station showing five cooling towers and three chimneys. This coal-fired power station was designed by Reginald Ridgeway and built in 2...

Stourton School, Form 3

1953. Image shows students of Form 3, Stourton School, posing for a class photograph in 1953. On the back row, fourth from the left, is M. Pethrick, Brian Punder is second from t...

Stourton Council School, Class photograph

1952-1953. Class photograph of seven year-old pupils attending Stourton Council School (junior.) The junior school was located on the south-west side of Pontefract Road at the jun...

Stourton Council School, (Infant) class photograph

1952-1953. Class photograph taken at Stourton Council School, (Infant) located on the north-east side of Pontefract Road, between the junctions of Ida Street and Haigh Park Road. ...

Perserverance Street, family group in the snow

1954. View of a family group posing on a sledge in the snow on Perserverance Street. Perserverance Street ran between Pontefract Road and Queen Street. This view is looking in the...

Wakefield Road, no. 7

6th November 1975. View centred on no. 7 Wakefield Road, with no. 6 just visible on the left. The small yard in front just has room to fit a car.

Wakefield Road, no. 7, The Lawns nos. 3-4

6th November 1975. On the left of this view is no. 7 Wakefield Road, then moving right are houses numbered 4 and 3 The Lawns.

Gypsy caravans at roadside site

2nd August 1991. Image shows caravans and trailers from the gypsy and traveller community. The roadside site is located near railway wagons containing chemicals.

Swing Bridge at Thwaite Mills

Stourton. View of the iron swing bridge which crosses the River Aire at Thwaite Mills. It connected the Hunslet Goods Yard rail line to Stourton Goods Yard. The lock-keeper's hous...

Wakefield Road, The Queens

c1998. View of The Queens public house on Wakefield Road.

Pontefract Road, Baron Inn

c1998. View of the Baron Inn on Pontefract Road. This was previously known as the Stourton Hotel.

Skelton Grange A & B Power Station

c.1983-1984. View of Skelton Grange A & B Power Station photographed from the Rothwell Road approximately 30 minutes after the explosive demolition of cooling tower number 14.

Wakefield Road, First Direct Call Centre, interior view

Undated Interior view of the First Direct Call Centre on Wakefield Road, which occupies the site of the old Waddington's factory.

Thwaite Mills, bridge over River Aire

Undated. View of the iron swing bridge over the River Aire at Thwaite Mills, which connected the Hunslet Goods Yard rail line to Stourton Goods Yard.

Skelton Grange Power Station

December 1967. Distant view of Skelton Grange Power Station showing the seven cooling towers. It was taken on a winter's evening at sunset.

Thwaite Gate, River Aire

Gibson, Rose

Undated, View looks along the River Aire in the direction of Thwaite Gate. Several chimneys are reflected in the water to the left and a small boat is moored on the right.

Skelton Garage Power Station

Gibson, Rose

Undated. View looks onto Skelton Grange Power Station at Stourton. Five cooling towers are visible along with two smaller chimneys. The two towers to the right and the two chimne...

Thwaite Mills, advertising card

Gibson, Rose

Undated. Advertising or calling card for Thomas Horn's 'Super brand genuine linseed oil putty'. The Horn family of Thwaite mills ground flint and china stone and produced whiting...

Label, from Thwaite Mills

Gibson, Rose

Undated. Label for Horn's 'Supermastic' putty. This was produced at Thwaite Mills owned by the Horn family.

Thwaite Mills, letterhead

Gibson, Rose

c. 1910. Letterhead from Thwaite Mills at this time owned by the Horn family.

Thwaite Mills, advertisement

Gibson, Rose

c.1905. Advertisement for W.H.Horn Ich Dien saw bench. The Horn family owned Thwaite mills from 1872-1976 and in the early years of the twentieth century the Horns experimented w...

Thwaite Mills, T. Horn, bill

Gibson, Rose

29th June 1967. Bill from T. Horn of Thwaite Mills, described as a 'Paris White and Whiting Manufacturer'.

Larchfield Foundry invoice

Gibson, Rose

23rd October 1896. Invoice from Holroyd, Horsfield and Wilson at Larchfield Foundry on Hunslet Road. They were contractors for waterwheel and line shaft repair to Thwaite Mills a...

Weir, Thwaite Mills

Gibson, Rose

c. 1960. View of the weir at Thwaite Mills. At this time the mill was owned by the Horn family who worked the mill until 1976 when the weir collapsed in a flood. Stourton can be...

Swing Bridge, Thwaite Mills

Gibson, Rose

c. 1900. View of the swing bridge across the Aire and Calder Navigation at Thwaite Mills. Several people in period dress stand on and around the bridge and a wooden crane can be s...

Compressor, Thwaite Mills

Gibson, Rose

February 1984. Photograph of a compressor built by WH Horn at Thwaite Mills. The Horn family owned the mills from 1872 - 1976. Between 1900-1915 the Horns experimented with prod...

Thwaite House, mill pond

Gibson, Rose

c. 1900. View of William Horn, owner of Thwaite Mills on a barge on the mill pond. Thwaite House can be seen in the background. This was built in 1823 on the foundations of a much...

Thwaite Mills, engineering shop

Gibson, Rose

c. 1977 View of the engineering shop at Thwaite Mills.The mill had closed as a manufacturing mill in 1976 after being owned by the Horn family since 1872. During this time several...

Thwaite Mills, earth closet toilets

Gibson, Rose

Undated. Twin seat earth closet toilets at Thwaite Mills. They were demolished in 1980 during restoration work at the site. The Mills had been owned by the Horn family from 1872...

Thwaite Mills, oil engine

Gibson, Rose

Undated. View of oil engine at Thwaite Mills, built by Thomas Marshall, Gainsborough. It was bought in 1932 by the Horn family, owners of the mill to run new crushing machinery. ...

Thwaite Mills, machinery

Gibson, Rose

Undated. View of machinery at Thwaite Mills, including chalk crushing machinery and edge runner mill. The Horn family had taken over Thwaite in 1872 and adapted the mills to grind...

Thwaite Mills, weir

Gibson, Rose

21st January 1986. New weir at Twaite during construction. The old weir had collapsed in 1976 when the mill was owned by the Horn family and they had been forced to cease product...

Thwaite Mills, new weir construction

Gibson, Rose

c. 1985. Construction of a new weir at Thwaite Mills. The mills at this time were being redeveloped and restored before opening as a museum in 1991. The mill had previously been ...

Thwaite Mills, Skelton Grange

Gibson, Rose

Undated. View of Thwaite Mills with Skelton Grange power station in the background. There has been a mill at Thwaite since 1641 when a fulling mill was built. In the 1820s the ...

Thwaite Mills, repairs

Gibson, Rose

c. 1985 Repairs of river bars on mill race at Thwaite Mills. At this time the mill was being restored by volunteers through the Thwaite Mills Society, founded in 1978.

Thwaite Mills, waterwheel repairs

Gibson, Rose

c. 1985 Photograph at Thwaite Mills showing repairs to the waterwheel. Two waterwheels are at the mill turned by water from the River Aire they used to power machinery at the site...

Thorpe Hall, Ruins

Gibson, Rose

Undated. View of the ruins of Thorpe Hall near Skelton Grange just off Knowsthorpe Lane.

Thorpe Hall, Ruins

Gibson, Rose

Undated. View of the ruins of Thorpe Hall situated off Knowthorpe Lane near Skelton Grange.

Stourton, Aerial View

Gibson, Rose

Undated Aerial view looking south west across the Stourton/Hunslet area. On the left, a railway line can be seen crossing over Wakefield Road. The factory of John Waddington, pri...

Advertising Hoardings

Battes, Louise

31st January 1939. View of advertsing signs on Wakefield Road at Thwaite gate.

Wakefield Road, First Direct

Battes, Louise

18th November 1999. View of First Direct Bank Call Centre on Wakefield Road. The building is on the site of the former John Waddingtons packaging factory.

Wakefield Road, First Direct

Gibson, Rose

18th November 1999. View of First Direct bank call centre on Wakefield Road. The building is on the site of the former John Waddington packaging factory.

Thwaite Mill Water Mill entrance

Gibson, Rose

18th Nov 1999 View of Thwaite Mill watermill. The mill a family business run by the Horn family for over a hundred years closed in 1976. This followed a devastating flood that des...

Thwaite House

Gibson, Rose

18th November 1999 View of Thwaite House, built in 1823, stands on the foundation of an earlier building. It was originally home to the family and servants of the mill managers.It...

Thwaite Mills Watermill

Gibson, Rose

18th November 1999 View of Thwaite Mills Watermill. The mill, a family business run by the Horn family for over a hundred years, closed in 1976. This followed a devastating flood...

Thwaite Mills, Entrance

Gibson, Rose

18th November 1999 View of entrance to Thwaite Mills. Watermill can be seen

Stone Exhibit, Thwaite Mills

Egan, Pat

18th November 1999 View of Stone Exhibit in grounds of Thwaite MIlls Watermill museum

Thwaite Mills, Stone Circle

Gibson, Rose

18th November View of stone circle in grounds of Thwaite Mills.

Thwaite House

Egan, Pat

18th November 1994 view looking onto Thwaite House, which was built 1823 on the foundations of an earlier building. It is now used as an exhibition centre.

Thwaite House

Gibson, Rose

18th November 1999 View of Thwaite House, which was built in 1823 on the foundations of an earlier building. It was originally the home of family and servants of the mill manager...