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.
Church Lane Corner
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
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- 500x333px · 26.6K ·
Shackleton's Bakery which was situated where Garforth Library now stands.
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- Unknown
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- Laycocks
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- 829x549px · 361.9K
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- Laycocks 706
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- 31st May 2021
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1307px · 1.6M
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- Unknown
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- Lilywhite
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- 1704x1054px · 928.6K ·
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- Lilywhite GFH09
The bottom of Church Lane with the Parochial School on the left hand side.
Church Lane Lower
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- c.1906
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- Bramley
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- 2000x1214px · 1.2M ·
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- Bramley B36
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- 30th March 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1270px · 1.8M
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- c.1969
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- The Francis Frith Collection
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- 2000x1273px · 2.4M ·
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- Frith GFH42
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- 19th April 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1353px · 2.2M
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- c.1920
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- Lilywhite
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- 2000x1276px · 1.0M
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- Lilywhite GFH05
The cricket ground is on the left hand side behind the hedge.
The cricket ground is on the left hand side behind the hedge and the methodist church is on the right with St. Mary's further in the distance.
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- c.1905
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- Parkinson & Roy
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- 2000x1248px · 1.4M ·
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- Parkinson & Roy 445
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- 13th April 2020
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1251px · 2.0M
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].
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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- 710x498px · 200.4K ·
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- 19th April 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1409px · 2.1M
Church Lane Upper
Numbers 21 to 27 between the methodist thurch and the Hollies
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- c.1912
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- Bramley
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- 2000x1240px · 1.1M ·
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- Bramley B29
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- 13th April 2020
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1244px · 1.8M
- date
- c.1924
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- Hoult
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- 2000x1240px · 1.2M
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- Hoult NN02
An almost identical view to the Bramley B29 card.
Near Station Fields showing the tradesmans’ entrance to The Grange in the right of the frame [2].
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- c.1904
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- Parkinson & Roy
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- 2000x1292px · 1.4M ·
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- Parkinson & Roy NN16
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- 13th April 2020
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1292px · 1.8M
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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- 789x498px · 214.1K ·
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- 29th March 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1239px · 1.5M
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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- 788x453px · 212.9K ·
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- Richards 8
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- 27th August 2007
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1360px · 1.5M - reshoot
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- c.1910
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- Bramley
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- 2000x1232px · 1.4M ·
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- Bramley NN05
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].
Looking towards Nineland Lane with the church wall on the right.
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- c.1909
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- Phototype Co.
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- 2000x1226px · 726.1K ·
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- Phototype NN06
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- 31st May 2021
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1227px · 1.6M
Looking down Church Lane with the church wall on the left.
The car with registration A4062 appears in quite a few of the Parkinson and Roy cards, I suspect they were all taken on the same day though I don't know who's car it is!
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- c.1905
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- Parkinson & Roy
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- 820x1300px · 686.2K
- postcard
- Parkinson & Roy 40
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- 31st May 2021
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 824x1300px · 615.3K
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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- 780x473px · 189.1K ·
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- 29th March 2019
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- Ian Atkinson
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- 2000x1232px · 1.7M
- date
- c.1910
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- Bramley
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- 2000x1257px · 1.0M ·
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- Bramley B30
A view of Church Lane and St Mary’s from the Bar Lane railway bridge before the Oak Estate was built.
Rose Villa
Rose Villa stood on Church Lane but was demolished to make way for Rose Court [3].
