David Dunderdale 1771 – 1824
Son of the founder of the Castleford Pottery. Dunderdale Junior was to wed Anne Bramley of Methley which led to their move to Dunford House. The property described as … Continue Reading →
Son of the founder of the Castleford Pottery. Dunderdale Junior was to wed Anne Bramley of Methley which led to their move to Dunford House. The property described as … Continue Reading →
July 1893 Manpower at Methley Collieries at the time of Colliers Strike Colliery Men and Boys Savile … Continue Reading →
Whilst searching for details of a fatality at Savile, I came across the following report in the local paper of a serious accident at the Water Haigh Mine in the … Continue Reading →
Methley North station was opened on the 1st July 1840 on the Leeds – Normanton section of the London – Edinburgh LMS line. The station finally closed on the 16th … Continue Reading →
In March 1988 after some unsuccessful piling repairs, the north bank of the river Aire (the old river) breached at a point some yards downstream from Lemonroyd locks. The Opencast … Continue Reading →
Local Councillor and Chairman of Methley UDC at the critical time of amalgamation in 1929, Donald Briggs was able to make his analytical presence felt when he turned round a … Continue Reading →
He was to become the day shift overman at Savile Pit supervising day shift operations until the later arrival of the colliery manager. He applied himself to the task with … Continue Reading →
Amos Illingworth, builder of Woodrow, Methley followed on in the family tradition of building, his father William had built the kitchen wing of Methley Hall. Amos built many properties in … Continue Reading →
Bram, born in Mill Lane was the thirteenth of fifteen children. He started work at Savile at the ripe old age of 13, at the time a small boy for … Continue Reading →
Reported in the Pontefract and Castleford Express When Cllr Arthur Wright, of Leeds Road, Methley, handed his riding check in at Savile Colliery last Friday, he ended 52 years of … Continue Reading →