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| Construction of Gledhow Valley Road (Gledhow) (2 comments) |
 | 16th October 1925. Raised woodland to the left. Five small wood rods stick out of the earth where the road is being built. Two mounds of earth to right. Makeshift tracks head off north in two directions. Dense woodland to the right.
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| Gledhow Beck, near Gledhow Valley Lake (Gledhow) |
| 5th April 1956.
View of Gledhow Beck which feeds Gledhow Valley Lake and runs along and beneath Gledhow Valley Road. The stone-lined beck appears to be undergoing repair and two weirs can be seen. The semi-detached houses in the background are in Gledhow Valley Road.
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| Gledhow Hall at the Junction of Gledhow Lane and Lidgett Lane, 'Little Switzerland (Gledhow) (9 comments) |
| Undated,
A view of Gledhow Hall possibly early 1900s. The land was originally monastic and was purchased from Elizabeth I by the Thwaites family. The Hall eventually came into possession of Liberal, James Kitson the first Lord Mayor of Leeds and head of the Monkbridge Iron and Steel Company. It was used as a military hospital during the First World War.
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| Gledhow Hall, Sir James Kitson (Gledhow) |
| 1907
SIr James Kitson in his study at Gledhow Hall. In this year he was elevated to the peerage as Lord Airedale, after serving as a Liberal MP for the Colne Valley from 1892 to 1907. He was chairman of the family firm, Kitson and Company Limited, Airedale Foundry and the Monkbridge Iron and Steel Works. He died in Paris, on 16th March, 1911 and death duties came to £150,000
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| Gledhow Hall, Sir James Kitson (Gledhow) |
| 1905
Sir James Kitson with a group of family and friends stand beside a chauffeur driven car outside Gledhow Hall. Sir James Kitson was one of the leading industrialists of his age and chairman of the family firm Kitson and Company limited, Airedale Foundry and the Monkbridge Iron and steelworks
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