[1]
| Middleton Lane, Gypsy Pony (Thorpe) |
 | 2005.
A gipsy pony stands in the foreground of this image taken from Middleton Lane and overlooking Leeds.
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[2]
| Middleton Lane, house (Thorpe) |
| 2005.
House under construction on Middleton Lane. It has apparently been in this condition for a few years, after building began without planning permission and the council put a stop to further construction work.
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[3]
| Middleton Lane, snow (Thorpe) |
 | 1st March 1937.
Four different views of Snow on Middleton Lane.
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[4]
| Thorpe Hall, Architectural Detail, Middleton Lane (Thorpe) |
| 2005.
Close up of some architectural detailing in the angle to the rear of Thorpe Hall, located in Middleton Lane. The lead down spout with decorated rainwater head bears the date 1735. A building existed on the site at an earlier date. A head sprouting horns, with a beard, is seen below the intertwined initials M.P., M.P. The Hall was once the seat of the Proctor family, and was also the residence of the Gascoignes, Leighs and Ingrams. The initials M.P. stands for Medcalf Proctor who built Thorpe Hall and died aged 84 on 1st September, 1792. There is a memorial slab in Rothwell Church.
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[5]
| Thorpe Hall, Architectural detailing, side view, Middleton (Thorpe) |
| 2005.
Side view of Thorpe Hall (right return wall) showing architectural detailing in the decorative lead downspout. The rainwater head bears the intertwined initials M.P., referring to Medcalf Proctor and the date of the now Grade II listed building, 1735. Medcalf Proctor resided here with his wife, Frances, and they both died in 1792. A previous building on the site is said to date back to 1596 and there are records to show a Francis Proctor residing at Thorpe Hall in 1713.
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