H587 – Esholt Village, 1900.
Esholt Village – 1900
Late summer same street as above – 1900.
A267 – Esholt Village, 1900.
Esholt Village – 1900
U411 – Esholt Village, 1908.
Esholt Village – 1908
A colour tinted postcard of Esholt village, on the reverse is a message:
“Dear Minnie
I was sorry to hear you had been ill but I hope you will be better for 6pm on Saturday. With best love Edith”
It was sent to Miss E Watson in Bradford.
U412 – Esholt Village, 1900.
Esholt Village – 1908
As above.
I163 – Esholt Village, Wesleyan Chapel, Undated.
Esholt Village, Wesleyan Chapel – Undated
The chapel, on the right, was built in 1847, the land and building materials were donated by Matthew Mitchell. The chapel closed in 1925, there being little enthusiasm for this type of worship in Esholt. Bradford Corporation bought the building for £150 in 1929 and it was later demolished.
A264 – Waterloo Mill, c1907.
Waterloo Mill – c1907
This mill belonged to the Esholt Estate; on old maps it is shown as a scribbling mill. Scribbling was the preparation of raw fleece for spinning by a basic form of carding i.e., the separation of wool fibres. This was a process traditionally done by children using a handheld device when cloth manufacture had been carried out at home. Around the 1780s machines were being used in mills for the process.
D299 – Esholt Village Well, 2013.
Esholt Village Well – 2013
Village Well Esholt.
Photographer Bill Cockshott.
Consolidated by Elaine Ellwood. 03 May 2021.
Last updated: 22 November 2022 – All images updated.