Jack Brayshaw

A row of substantial stone houses on Dib Lane.

The Lecture Hall was built as the New Wesleyan Reform Chapel which opened in 1855. The growing congregation needed larger premises so Queen Street Chapel was built…

Leafield Cottage is located off Dib Lane in the New Scarborough area, the sign indicates the cottage was probably built in 1850.

This property is on Gill Lane and was once more than one dwelling. Lower Gill Mill is thought to date from the 17th century, it was a corn mill and stood to…

Town Hall Square seen from the High Street, on the left is Yeadon Library, soon (July 2015) to reopen following refurbishment. It…

One of 4 roundels on the exterior of the Town Hall, this one depicts industry.

When the Town Hall opened in 1880, there were other properties in front of it. The Old School, Poll Marsden’s lodging house and a shop…

The following five views of South View Terrace taken on slides by E E Slater. They show women in a doorway, children in the street and a man about to climb over a wall.

These photographs were originally taken onto glass slides by Mr. E. E. Slater of Hopeville House, Yeadon. The ladies of South View Terrace are out in force cleaning the steps and pavements in front of their homes.

Queen Street Methodist Chapel was built in 1865 and cost £3,600. The older image on the left shows the chapel in it’s glory days, the…