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AHS 2025 Calendar

The 2025 Calendar is now available from selected local retailers or order via our Calendar Order Form.

You can purchase copies in person from: –
Yeadon Post Office
Rawdon Library
Guiseley Library
Wetherby Whaler at White Cross
The Archive room at Yeadon Town Hall on meeting days
There will be some pop-up sites details to be announced.

The Society was founded in 1957 to record and preserve the history of Aireborough, which consists of:-

  • Yeadon
  • Guiseley
  • Rawdon
  • Carlton
  • Hawksworth
  • Esholt
  • High Royds – Hospital

Join AHS Monthly Speaker Event

Aireborough Historical Society holds monthly (usually 2nd Thursday) speaker events on a variety of topics. For details of the next event.

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Why not make new friends, join us and become a member! Annual subscription March to February Adult membership £12.00 per annum (over 18 yrs).Junior membership £8 (under 18yrs)

email: airebroarchiveroom@gmail.com

The AHS Collection

October 2024

Chapel Lane Yeadon – 1966

Old properties on Chapel Lane.

Photographer James Farrar, donated by his son David.

Have you a favourite photograph on our website that you would like to see as photo of the week on the AHS Home Page?
If so, please let us know the photo index number via email to: airebroarchiveroom@gmail.com

Aireborough History From The Bronze Age To Today…

A J May, Off-Licence

Outside 36 Canada Road, Arthur James May sitting on the steps to his off licence store, with him is his son Carl May on his bicycle….

Aerodrome & 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF Yeadon (6) 1920s – 1960s

A group of people with an aircraft in the background, the donor of the image Howard German suggests that the aircraft is possibly an Avro York. …

Billing Wood – (1)

Rawdon Billing is an Aireborough landmark and a wooded hill surrounded by fields which lies…

Hall Farm

In the foreground pigs are foraging in the field, front view of the farmhouse.

Otley Road, c1900s – onward (2)

View looking along Otley Road in the direction of Greenbottom. The shop with the boxes stacked outside is Dibb’s grocers.

South View School, 1884 – 2004 (2)

The donor of this photograph has pointed out his father Jack Brayshaw then aged…

If you spot any issues please do get in touch and we will fix them.

Whilst the AHS 2 website contains a wealth of information it does not contain all the photos, documents and maps which we hold.

Grateful thanks to Carlo Harrison who instigated digitising the collection and created the previous AHS 1 website.

Many thanks to Jack Brayshaw who enabled the AHS website to continue by migrating and enhancing the content from AHS 1 and creating this

AHS 2 website for everyone to enjoy.

For further information or for questions on specific items please contact our archive team at: airebroarchiveroom@gmail.com