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Mark’s History: The publisher landlady of The Beech pub

Where the New Wortley Community Centre now stands there was Beech Grove, just over the road from Wortley Lodge...

8 December 2019

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Mark’s History: Story of the Sandford Road school for poor

James Garth Marshall was the third son of entrepreneur John Marshall, who owned Temple Mill in Holbeck (the one...

1 December 2019

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Mark’s History: Mystery of this Bramley letterbox

This letterbox on Lincroft Crescent in Bramley is a bit of a puzzle to me, writes Mark Stevenson. It...

30 November 2019

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Mark’s History: Listed cottages of Broad Lane and the story of Sarah Merritt

These two cottages on Broad Lane in Bramley are Grade ll listed and are thought to date from around...

23 November 2019

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Mark’s History: An old burial ground next to Pudsey nursery

Sometimes when I take a picture of a building I think ‘that looks interesting’ and take the picture without...

17 November 2019

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Mark’s History: Heroes of Upper and Lower Wortley Cemetery

I’ve been taking a photo of all the World War One graves in West Leeds over the past week,...

10 November 2019

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West Leeds World War One graves: Upper and Lower Wortley Cemetery

Upper & Lower Wortley Cemetery has 19 casualties from WW1, writes Mark Stevenson. Seventeen I was able to find...

9 November 2019

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Comment: Marginal Pudsey constituency already creating General Election headlines

It’s been a little over a week since the starting gun was fired in the race to win the...

7 November 2019

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West Leeds World War One graves: New Wortley Cemetery

New Wortley Cemetery has 43 casualties from WW1, writes Mark Stevenson. I was able to find headstones for 34,...

7 November 2019

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West Leeds World War One graves: Farsley Baptists

In what has to be one of the most overgrown graveyards I have been in Farsley Baptist Burial Ground...

6 November 2019