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Mark’s History: Benjamin Gott, pollution and Armley Mills

Calverley today is a suburb of Leeds, just on the border with Bradford – but back in 1762 it...

19 January 2020

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Mark’s History: Black swans in Rodley

I noticed all the fuss recently about a black swan on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Rodley and...

19 January 2020

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Mark’s History: Look down, our industrial past could be at your feet

Some of you may remember the TV series Heartbeat or seen the repeats on ITV, writes Mark Stevenson. The...

12 January 2020

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Mark’s History: Farsley’s Aston Martin connection and ‘wartime shadow factory’

I have never really been a big fan of cars and, other than a passing interest, I generally just...

5 January 2020

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Mark’s History: When Farnley Hall was the Danby family home

I am not sure who was the last of the Danby family was to call Farnley Hall home but...

5 January 2020

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Mark’s History: Joseph Gott and the rumours surrounding the missing Armley finger

The Benjamin Gott Memorial sculpture in St Bartholemew’s Church, Armley is by the sculptor Joseph Gott – a cousin...

22 December 2019

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Mark’s History: The Burley parents who lost five sons during war

James and Ada Stewart had at one time or another lived at 16 Burley Lodge Road and 4 Lodge...

21 December 2019

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Mark’s History: Landowner Thomas Kilson and Upper Wortley Primary School

In 1846 Thomas Kilson may have been looking out of his window looking out at the world and wondering...

15 December 2019

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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