Methley Hall
The original building which consisted of the cellars and the hall was re-built in 1588 and was to be re-modelled and extended on a number of occasions after that. It … Continue Reading →
The original building which consisted of the cellars and the hall was re-built in 1588 and was to be re-modelled and extended on a number of occasions after that. It … Continue Reading →
The group meet on Mondays at the Community Centre, Main Street from 10am to 1200. Evening sessions planned to commence but this has still to get off the ground. They … Continue Reading →
The background to the following mystery was made by Peter Thorpe of Leeds whilst researching his family history. Peter had earlier had a letter published in the Yorkshire Evening … Continue Reading →
Cricket Fixtures 1948 Townville, Whitwood, Glass Houghton, Thackley, Allerton Bywater, English Electric Sports, Swillington, Altofts, Siddall, Pontefract, and Featherstone – all Home and Away. Leeds Zingari – Home only. March … Continue Reading →
Distressing Occurrence 1843 That’s how the Leeds Intelligencer reported the death of the Rev Thomas Dawson Lumb, Curate of Methley after his body had been recovered from the River Aire … Continue Reading →
The unfortunate William Ramskill lost his life after contracting cholera whilst lifting manure from a tip in Leeds and spreading the material on farmland in Methley. His poor wife Hannah … Continue Reading →
As with all villages, common land in the Manor of Methley was sub divided into strips probably based on the mediaeval ‘Three Field System’ of farming (1 year corn crop, … Continue Reading →
The Manor Court Book 1759 to 1804 is, I suspect one of a number of similar books of the Manor, they would have been the successors to the Manorial Rolls … Continue Reading →
This is a document held at the West Yorks Archives Wakefield written on behalf of 11 men of Methley who did service for the Royalist cause 1642 – 1650. … Continue Reading →
Qualities of equable temper, understanding and wit stood Jane in good stead when, in 1728, she was whisked from her quiet home to the deep snows and treacherous politics of … Continue Reading →