Parting of the Manor
I don’t know how long it is going to be available to us, but if Banks’ application to opencast the Moss Carr site for coal is successful, then you can … Continue Reading →
Author: Bill Thackray
The New Parting of the Manor
In May this year (2000), the Banks Group, Opencast Mining in cooperation with Methley Estates and Leeds City Council opened a new footpath which included direction signs and stile/gates. … Continue Reading →
Public Transport 1821
Public Transport connections in 1821 were by coach, and Methley was on the Leeds to Ferrybridge Great North Road turnpike route. Coaches in these days were the Royal Forrester which … Continue Reading →
Barnsdale Turnpike
July 13th 1822 – The Leeds, Pontefract and Barnsdale turnpike road was completed under the Superintendance of JL Macadam. The road passing through Methley and Glasshoughton shortened the distance … Continue Reading →
The Junctions at Methley
Information source : The Railway Magazine 1957 K Field and JP Wilson The first railway to be constructed through Methley was the North Midland creating a working connection from Derby … Continue Reading →
Wesleyan Chapel
In Vera Garland’s book Echoes and Reflections, amateur historian and staunch elder of the Wesleyan Chapel, Nellie Minett, wrote that Methodism had made a great impact on Methley. There indeed … Continue Reading →
Methley Hall – Gallery
I am indebted to Barry Robbins, formerly of The Hollings who, as a professional architect maintained a special interest in great estate houses of the past and in particular Methley … Continue Reading →
Titus Salt
Textile Manufacturer Titus Salt Lived at Methley Hall from 1858 until 1867 – the appended notes are paragraph from a biography written by his friend the Rev. R Balgarnie of … Continue Reading →
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 →
Kelly’s Directories
In 1835 Frederic Festus Kelly was appointed HM Inspector of Letter Carriers, a post that could have been quite demanding as it would have covered the build up to the … Continue Reading →