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Aireborough Historical Society

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Ivegate (1)

An early image of Ivegate taken by E. E. Slater. To the left is Sandy Old Way (now called Sandy Way, the “Old” having been dropped) a hanging sign for the Wagon and Horses Inn…

Engine Fields

Looking from Henshaw Lane across the Engine Fields towards Eddie Dennison’s Westfield Mill.

Football

>An early view of Football, with a resident sat outside having a rest. Whilst the building at the end with scaffolding around the chimney belonged to Atkinson’s Wheelwrights.

Hopewell House

Hopewell House is situated on Nunroyd Park in line with the end of Maple Terrace. In the early 1900s it was the home of William Hepworth MRCS. Photos taken on a glass…

Hopeville (04)

Image of a man holding a baby titled “My Dear Little Son”, the scene was captured on a glass slide by E E Slater, probably in the grounds of Hopeville House, Yeadon.

Hopeville (02)

A tug – of – war between men and women in the garden of Hopeville House, home of amateur photographer E E Slater. It is thanks to him that we have so…

Hopeville (01)

Hopeville, a substantial stone house situated off Harper Lane, was once the home of the Slater family, most of the extensive gardens have now been built on…

High Croft House

High Croft House was once the home of the Myers family on Silver Lane, Suffolk Court Surgery is now in the vicinity. The photo was taken during the severe…

Henshaw Lane (3)

Here we see the demolition workers removing the tons of stone and debris in convoys of vehicles.

Henshaw Lane (1)

A photograph located on Henshaw Lane, Yeadon, showing a pony and cart with two men and a child. To the right a lady in a shawl with a small girl.

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Early Vehicles