Church Lane
Here we follow Church Lane from its starting point near the bottom of Main Street until it meets Ninelands Lane at the top end. Running East-West through what was historically known as Church Garforth, Church Lane contains a mixture of newer houses as well older houses and of course two churches.
Sadly many older and grand houses such as The Grange and Rose Villa as can be seen below were demolished years ago to make way for the Grange estate which went up around the 1960s.
The Parochial School
These images show the Parochial School which stood at the end of Church Lane opposite the Library. The school was closed in 1990 and demolished in 1994 where the medical centre was built in its place. I remember the school standing empty when I was younger, I never went inside as I was at Barleyhill Infants School and then West Garforth Junior School and I don't think I've ever seen a photo of the interior either.
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- c1910
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- Phototype Co.
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- Phototype 1867
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- 1910
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- Bramley
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- Bramley NN20
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- 1972
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- Unknown
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Church Lane Corner
The bottom of Church Lane with the Parochial School on the left hand side.
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- Unknown
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- Lilywhite
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- Lilywhite GFH9
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- 5th August 2007
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- Ian Atkinson
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- Unknown
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- Laycocks
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- Laycocks 706
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- c1900
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- Unknown
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This parade of shops stood where the Library now stands and included Varley’s Hairdressers, Laycock’s newsagents and Shackleton’s bakery [3].
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Shackleton's Bakery which was situated where Garforth Library now stands.
Church Lane General
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- Unknown
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- Bramley
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- Bramley NN16
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- 30th March 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- Date
- c1969
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- The Francis Frith Collection
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- Frith GFH42
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- 19th April 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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Near Station Fields showing the tradesmans’ entrance to The Grange in the right of the frame [2].
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
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- 27th August 2007
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- Ian Atkinson
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- c.1912
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- Bramley
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- Bramley B29
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St. Mary’s church hall, which burnt down in the 1990s. The huts used by the Scouts and the Girl Guides can be seen in the background amongst the trees.
This whole area was flattened in order to build The Mead cul-de-sac.
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- c.1980s
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- Unknown
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- 29th March 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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A view from the 1930s with St Mary’s behind the trees.
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- 1930s
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- Richards
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- Richards 8
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- 27th August 2007
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- Ian Atkinson
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The church grounds are on the right hand side and the cottages on the left were demolished in order to make way for Oak Crescent [3].
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- Unknown
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- Bramley
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- Bramley NN05
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Looking towards the top of Church Lane from within the end of Oak Cresent. In the left quarter of the frame is Atkinson’s Farm which stood where The Podger now stands [3].
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
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- 29th March 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000 x 1232px | 1.6M
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- c1924
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- Hoult
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- Hoult NN02
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The cricket ground is on the left hand side behind the hedge
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- c1905
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- Parkinson & Roy
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- Parkinson & Roy NN12
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- c1910
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- Bramley
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- Postcard
- Bramley NN13
A view of Church Lane and St Mary’s from the Bar Lane railway bridge before the Oak Estate was built.
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- Unknown
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- Laycocks
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- Laycocks 632
The Grange
The Grange was a large house which stood on Church Lane. The house was demolished in order to make way for the Grange estate, which was of course named after the house [3].
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- Unknown
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- Laycocks
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- Laycocks NN04
The Hollies
The Hollies was built in Church Lane by a man named Jabez Wooley who owned a brickworks in Leeds [3]. The Hollies is now a home for the elderly but still retains its original name.
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
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- 19th April 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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Rose Villa
Rose Villa stood on Church Lane but was demolished to make way for Rose Court [3].
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
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The back of Rose Villa looking past Atkinson’s farm, with St. Mary’s in the background [3].
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s was built in 1844 and was mostly funded by the Gascoigne family. This is probably the third church to be built on this site [2]. Every postcard series seems to have photos of the church so there are many different images to enjoy.
From Church Lane
It's not possible to take quite the same image of the front of the church now as there are houses in the way so I have taken the best view that I can as a general comparison.
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- c1930s
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- Milton
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- Milton NN06
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- 30th March 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- c.1904
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- Parkinson & Roy
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- Parkinson & Roy NN15
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- 1914
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- Laycocks
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- Laycocks 0492
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- Unknown
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- Richards
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- Richards 17
From the Graveyard
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- c1913
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- Bramley
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- Bramley NN11
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- 19th April 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- Date
- 1909
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- Bramley
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- Bramley NN11-TINT
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- Unknown
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- Parkinson & Roy
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- Parkinson & Roy NN11
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- Unknown
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- Lilywhite
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- Lilywhite GFH04
Interior
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- c1920
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- lilywhite
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- lilywhite gfh1
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- c.1913
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- Bramley
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- Bramley B02alt
The Rectory
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- Unknown
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- Phototype Co.
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- Phototype 1879
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- c.1912
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- Laycocks
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- Laycocks NN05
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- Unknown
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- Bramley
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- Postcard
- Bramley NN23
Wesleyan Chapel (Methodist Church)
The Wesleyan Chapel in Church Lane was built in 1872 and is now the Methodist Church.
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- Unknown
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- Phototype Co.
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- 500 x 307px | 46.5K |
- Postcard
- Phototype 1876
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- 29th March 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000 x 1235px | 1.5M
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- Unknown
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- Laycocks
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- 788 x 497px | 251.8K
- Postcard
- Laycocks 484
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- 25th August 2007
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000 x 1395px | 1.6M
- Date
- 1920s
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- Unknown
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- 2000 x 1247px | 1.3M
- Postcard
- Unknown NN03