Rawdon Categories
Quaker Cottage
This Quaker Cottage is adjacent to the Society of Friends Meeting Room on Quaker Lane….
Rawdon Hall
Ancient seat of the Rawdon family, George Rawdon began building this house in the late 16th Century,…
Rawdon, Sir George (Portrait) – 1600s
A portrait of George Rawdon, he was responsible for the building of Rawdon Hall in the early 1600s. In 1625…
Rechabites
Outside the Baptist Church on Micklefield Lane, men and children who were Rechabites, the man on the left is Herman Firth.
Richardson, William & Maria & Family – c1910
‘d like to introduce you to my family! Maria Bateman was my great, great, grandma, she was born in 1830 and…
Rigg – Martin Henry (Wedding) – 1911
The marriage of Martin Henry Rigg to Madeline Glynn Olga Devine ….
Rigg, John & Family – Undated
…John Rigg was a Primitive Methodist preacher and a member of the Harrogate Road, Baptist Chapel, which…
RUDC and AUDC
A group photo of Rawdon Urban District Council, it ceased to exist when Aireborough was formed…
Scouts, Guides, Brownies and Cubs
10th North West Leeds Scouts – 1916. On the back row, 3rd from the right is 15 year old Granville Teal….
Sellars, Family – 1947
Val Ryan (nee Hoare) 1952 on the left Val with cat Timpuss, in the background is a car which belonged to Mr Sellars plus a bungalow which was the home of Edith and Norman Freeborn.
Sittle, Thomas – 1897
Thomas Sittle, schoolmaster at the Friends School with a penny farthing bicycle.
Smith, John Kirby, 1869-1953 – Photographer & Tobacconists
To me this is what our Aireborough history is all about, read on and enjoy what has been discovered from this photograph of two octagonal religious…
