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Lee Gap Fair, horse and cart

24th August 1964. Image shows a horse and cart being shown off to the crowd at Lee Gap Fair.

Eastleigh Library, Eastleigh Drive

1995. View of Eastleigh Library and Hall situated on Eastleigh Drive. This branch library closed down in December 2000 and has since been replaced by a new library on Bradford Roa...

Eastleigh Library, interior view

1995. Interior view of Eastleigh Branch Library, situated on Eastleigh Drive. This library has since closed and has been replaced by a newly built library at 213a Bradford Road, n...

Low Street Farm Milk Float for Carnival

Undated. This milk float from Low Street Farm, just off old Thorpe Lane, is prepared for a carnival. A life size dummy of a woman wearing a headscarf and with hand on hip is posit...

Portrait of R.B. Storr and F. Elkin, local preachers at Tingley Methodist Chapel

Portrait of two smiling young women, R.B. Storr and F. Elkin, who were local preachers at Tingley Methodist Chapel in Westerton Road. Miss Storr is seated wearing, what appears to...

Westerton Road, former site of the British Oak public house

1970s. Image shows a view of Westerton Road. The man seen is Stanley Barraclough, a local pharmacist, and he is standing at the former site of the British Oak public house. The ...

Co-op Row in Westerton Road, man with bicycle

Undated. A man, possibly from the Arundel family, poses for the camera with his bicycle near his home on Co-op Row in Westerton Road. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photogr...

Westerton Road, Peter Woollin and friends photographed outside the village shop

c1920. Image shows Peter Woollin and friends posing for a photograph outside the village shop in Westerton Road. The tiny girl holding the hand of the shopkeeper is Rhoda Grey. ...

Barras Row, the Barras family

c1910. Portrait of the Barras family in Barras Row, Westerton Road. Clifford Barras was the official undertaker in the village and also at one time musical director for Morley ...

Howley Hall, painting by Mr Clough

Undated. Image shows a painting of Howley Hall by local artist, Mr Clough. Mr Clough also worked as an ambulance driver for Glover's Mill. Photograph from the David Atkinson Arc...

Portrait of local artist, Mr Clough

Undated. Portrait of local artist, Mr Clough, who was an ambulance driver at Glover's Mill. He is pictured holding a paint palette in front of one of his works, which is mounted...

Arundel Farm, ruined farm buildings

Undated. Image shows ruined farm buildings belonging to Arundel Farm in Westerton Road. This would appear to be the farmhouse, seen in its original state in another image, ID numb...

Westerton Road, Arundel Farm

Undated. Early view of Arundel Farm on Westerton Road, (pronounced 'Andle'). Several people are visible, including a woman and a young boy and girl seated on a wall in the foregr...

Westerton Road, view from allotment strips

Undated. View across to properties in Westerton Road (background), from old allotment strips near old Whittingley Quarry. photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

British Oak public house, Westerton Road

Undated. This image shows the new building, formerly a farmhouse, for the British Oak public house. The conversion to a public house was carried out by Bentley's Yorkshire Brewer...

Rose Cottage, at the rear of Co-op Row

Undated. View of a snow-covered Rose Cottage where Tom Shipley lived, located at the rear of Co-op Row. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

Studio portrait of Mr and Mrs Rowland Johnson of Co-op Row

Undated. Studio portrait of Mr and Mrs Rowland Johnson who lived on Co-op Row in Westerton Road. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

Westerton Road, Co-op Row

Undated. View of the row of stone built terraced houses in Westerton Road known as Co-op Row, after the Co-operative Society store that once adjoined them. By this time, the Co...

British Oak Public House, birthday portrait of Woollin Bedford

1911. In this image seven gentlemen pose for a photograph outside the British Oak public house in Westerton Road. The photograph was taken, by Black and White Studios of Wakefiel...

British Oak Public House, the West Ardsley carnival stage coach

c.1939. The West Ardsley carnival stage coach, ready to take part in a pageant, and waiting outside the British Oak pub in Westerton Road. The carnival Queen and her attendants ...

Fairfield Avenue, view from

Undated. The view from number 8 Fairfield Avenue. Fairfield Avenue is located off Westerton Road. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive...

Portrait of District Nurse, Nurse Preston

Undated. Portrait of District Nurse, Nurse Preston, taken on her doorstep in Fairfield Avenue. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

Westerton Road

Undated. Image shows houses at the beginning of Westerton Road. In former times, Westerton Road was known as Upper Green Road. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photograph ...

Westerton Road at the corner with Baghill Road

Undated. View from the corner of Westerton Road and Baghill Road. Two little girls round the corner, one carrying a red balloon. A Morris Traveller, and what appears to be a Ford...

Upper Green Road, William Arthur Dixon, a cobbler and greengrocer

c1930. Image shows William Arthur Dixon, a cobbler and greengrocer of Upper Green Road, standing outside his shop. He is pictured with a young girl and a man, wearing a flat cap,...

White Horse, Baghill Green

Undated. View of the White Horse, the home of Tom Gomersall in Baghill Green. He had this house built on the site of the old White Horse Public House which was run by the Fozzard...

Manor Farm on Baghill Green

Undated. View of Manor Farm on Baghill Green, built on two storeys with a central entrance, now demolished. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photograph from the David Atkinso...

Woodkirk Church, viewed from the Band Walk

Undated. Woodkirk Church (St. Mary's) as viewed from the Band Walk. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

Woodkirk Church, amateur dramatic group

Undated. This posed group photograph shows people attired in Japanese-style costume for an amateur dramatic performance, most likely to be that of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikad...

Vicar of Woodkirk, the Reverend John Taylor Hammond

Undated. Formal portrait of the Reverend John Taylor Hammond, Vicar of Woodkirk from 1910 until 1923. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photograph from the David Atkinson Arch...

Vicar of Woodkirk, the Reverend Claude Stephenson and his wife, Florence Annie

c1954. Informal portrait of the Vicar of Woodkirk, the Reverend Claude Stephenson and his wife, Florence Annie. Reverend Stephenson was vicar at Woodkirk from 1940 until 1962. He...

Woodkirk Church, a cross removed from

Undated. Image shows a cross removed from Woodkirk Church leaned up against the building. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

Dewsbury Road, pupils from Woodkirk School

c1965. In this image pupils from Woodkirk School are working with shovels and pick-axes under the supervision of their teacher. They are excavating an area in front of Woodkirk...

Dewsbury Road, Woodkirk old vicarage in the process of demolition

c1970. View of Woodkirk old vicarage in Dewsbury Road in the process of demolition. The vicarage was demolished to correct a dangerous bend in the road. On the right hand side...

Low Street, workers at Gomersall's bottling plant

Undated. Image shows three young men, possibly members of the Gomersal family working at the bottling plant of Gomersal's Mineral Works in Low Street. The business was started by...

Saxton's Map of Yorkshire, area around Leeds and Wakefield

Undated. This image is taken from Christopher Saxton's 16th century Map of Yorkshire and shows the area around Leeds and Wakefield. Christopher Saxton lived from around 1542 to 1...

Dunningley Farm, entrance of the old barn

Undated. Image shows the entrance of the old barn at Dunningley Farm. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

Dewsbury Road, railway bridge

Undated. View of the railway bridge over Dewsbury Road carrying the Morley-Ardsley line. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

Blacksmith at work

Undated. This image shows a blacksmith at work, shoeing a horse, and is thought to date from before World War One. The blacksmith has the family name Best. Another man steadies t...

Topcliffe Colliery

Undated. View of Topcliffe Colliery taken in the period of time between closure and demolition. The colliery was hit by the slump of the 1930s and was forced to close. Image use...

Rhubarb fields at Topcliffe

c1960s. A row of workers are employed cutting field rhubarb by the side of Glen Mills, seen at the right edge, at Topcliffe. The mill chimneys of Morley are visible in the distan...

Glen Mills workers on their Morley Carnival lorry

1929. Image shows Glen Mills workers on their Morley Carnival lorry at Topcliffe. It is entitled 'The Vanity box'.

Topcliffe Lane, Mr Albert Glover's Motor Ambulance

1920s. View of Mr Albert Glover's Motor Ambulance parked in Topcliffe Lane. It is thought that Albert Glover is the man seen on the right with the stick. Photograph from the Dav...

Dewsbury Road, looking towards The Bull's Head

1969c. Image taken looking along Dewsbury Road towards the Bull's Head public house. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

Woodkirk Station looking towards Batley

Undated. Early view of Woodkirk Station looking towards Batley. Image used courtesy of Peter Aldred. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.

Woodkirk Station looking towards Tingley

1910s. View of Woodkirk Station looking towards Tingley in the early part of the twentieth century. Several people are visible on the platform. Image used courtesy of Peter Al...

Cardigan Arms, back door

c1969. View of the back door to the Cardigan Arms public house. The Cardigan Arms was located in Dewsbury road but was demolished in 1972. Photograph from the David Atkinson Ar...

Aerial view over Woodkirk.

1950s. Aerial view over Woodkirk in the 1950s. In the bottom lefthand corner the tower of St. Mary's Church is visible and just above is St. Mary's Church Vicarage. In the centre...

Dewsbury Road, the Cardigan Arms

1920s. View of Dewsbury Road showing the original road bend at Woodkirk. Also seen is the Cardigan Arms, left, and the old vicarage belonging to Woodkirk Church (St Mary's) on ...

Dewsbury Road, in the direction of the Cardigan Arms

1969. View of Dewsbury Road looking towards the Cardigan Arms (the white building in the background). The side of the graveyard, belonging to Woodkirk Church (St Mary's), is shee...