| Title | Fountain |
| Date | Pre 1902 |
| Location | Yeadon |
| Photo ID | J627 |
| Comment | An image taken pre 1902 of Victoria Avenue and it is thought that it is the same image as shown below (G088) with the building on the left not shown presumed demolished. |
G088 – Fountain, c1902.
Fountain – c1902
Three photographs of Victoria Avenue taken by E E Slater around the time the trees on where planted. Looking up Victoria Avenue towards the aerodrome with the Yeadon Waterworks on the right.
J042 – Fountain, c1902.
Fountain – c1902
Looking up Victoria Avenue towards the aerodrome with the Yeadon Waterworks on the right and the fountain on the left.
G086 – Fountain, c1902.
Fountain – c1902
Yeadon Waterworks are on the right of the image. The Trees & Fountain cost £500 paid for by the widow of Thomas Brown to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. The Drinking Fountain has been sited but the builders haven’t cleared the site.
J004 – Fountain, c1902.
Fountain – c1902
Looking down Harrogate Road towards Rawdon the junction with Bayton Lane on the left and Yeadon High Street to the right both just out of view, the fountain at this time had still not been sited at the junction, again out of view.
A405 – Fountain, c1902.
Fountain – c1902
Close up view of Yeadon Fountain on a tinted postcard. It was situated on Victoria Avenue at the junction with Yeadon High Street. It was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1898. The building on the right edge belonged to Yeadon Waterworks.
A253 – Fountain, c1902.
Fountain – c1902
An unusual view of Yeadon Fountain with a covering of snow.
A105 – Fountain, 1902.
Fountain – 1902
The fountain was situated at the junction of Yeadon High Street and Victoria Avenue (Harrogate Road). It was erected to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria and the life of Thomas Brown, late owner of Kirk Lane Mill.
The fountain was made in Glasgow at the Saracen Foundry of Walter McFarland to pattern 18, this pattern was adapted for other clients.
It was reported in the AUDC minutes 1944/45 that the fountain was badly damaged, it then disappeared.
Various theories have surfaced as to it’s fate, including one that it is now on the promenade at Lytham St Annes, this is similar to the Yeadon fountain as it too was made by McFarlands to pattern 18 with adaptations.
Most local historians think it would have been taken to a scrap yard.
The pair of houses on the opposite corner to the fountain were built by Ephron Murgatroyd and Fred Lawson, reputedly using stone quarried out from the building of Moorfield Mill.
The house to the right is called Heatherfield.
N57 – Fountain, Undated.
Fountain – Undated
Two boys leaning on the fountain on Victoria Avenue, the boy on the right was J E Chadwick.
A106 – Fountain, 1902.
Fountain – 1902
This image is of poor quality though almost a duplicate of the Top photo except that it is populated by several men.
A104 – Fountain, 1902.
Fountain – 1902
This image of Victoria Avenue looks towards the present day Leeds Bradford Airport.
The trees planted to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria are still young saplings lining the road.
On the left is the boundary wall for William Murgatroyd’s property, the fountain has recently been used, water has run into the road at it’s foot. A pony and trap are seen in the road with men and children looking at the camera. The building on the right with the chimney belongs to Yeadon Water Company, beyond the wall on the right edge the land was quarried, much later it was a caravan sales area and now is the site of Yeadon Stoops travel lodge.
B195 – Fountain, c1902.
Fountain – c1902
A family are posing by the fountain, this is the junction of the High Street (not in view on the left) and Victoria Avenue. The wall on the left is the perimeter of Moorfield Mill, Yeadon Waterworks is the building with the chimney on the right.
G065 – Fountain, Undated.
Fountain – Undated
A group of men standing by the fountain.
I716 – Fountain, c1902.
Fountain – c1902
A colour postcard of the Fountain.
D114 – Fountain, Undated.
Fountain – Undated.
Victoria Avenue is in the foreground, beyond the fountain the road continues as Harrogate Road. The large house to the right is Heather Field, the road to the right is the High Street. Two men sit on the bench which is against the wall of William Murgatroyd’s Moorfield Mill.
A103 – Fountain, Undated.
Fountain – Undated
A close up of the fountain. Wm. Murgatroyd’s buildings wall behind.
B423 – Fountain, Undated.
Fountain – Undated
View of the Fountain which was situated on Victoria Avenue (Harrogate Road). The Fountain and trees seen here were to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.
Previous Comments:
beetee
I believe this fountain now stands on the Promenade at Lytham St. Annes. There is a story of how it came about but I am not sure of the facts.
08 February 2014.
S.W.Kilburn
I thought that was the case but it turns out there were about 5 or 6 of these made and the one at St. Annes is not the one from Yeadon.
15 August 2019.
Kathleen Hillman
Sammy Kilburn There is a fountain at Harrogate in Victoria‘s garden just the same.
03 September 2019.
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Consolidated by Jack Brayshaw. 27 May 2021.
Last updated: 09 October 2023 – Photo ID: I716. 07 July 2023 – Photo ID: J627. 01 May 2023 – Photo ID: G086, G088, J004 & J042. 8 December 2022 – All images updated.
