Jennifer Kirkby30th April 2014

Source:1838 Tithe Map

Great Kelcliffe

Kelcliffe Lane

Kelcliffe House / Tenements

Little Kelcliffe

KelcliffeDole 1603

Kelcliffe Brow 1672

Children’s Gala

October Bonfire

Flower & Produce Show

“There was always something to do in every season – we did everything and anything. We collected conkers, flew kites, and climbed every tree we could find – there was a rope swing in a couple of the big ones which was great.

We made lots of dens; there was one special one on the steep slope made by a fallen tree. The bog was a good place to go, it was wet and muddy and we used to try and run over it; we lost our shoes many times. We played hide and seek for hours with the other children, because there were so many hidyholes. “

1959 Dinky Car

“I worked there 45 years, and my Father before me; he built the new factory. I’m so angry at the way we were treated, we all were: I haven’t been back since.”

“It’s just a drugs den anddog’s toilet”

Barbara WinfieldJennifer KirkbyNicola Denson

Oaks – 1910 CoronationGeorge V

Medal – 1902 Coronation Edward VII

Sycamores – about 1838Coronation of Victoria

1838 Tithe Map with Field Names, Owners and Tenants

Evidence of Farming Methods

Manor of Guiseley and Esholt sold to Freeholders of Guiseley by the Duke of Norfolk. He had inherited from his wife who was daughter of Sir Nicholas Sherburn of Stoneyhurst, Lancashire. The Sherburns had purchased the Manor in 1522 when Sir Christopher Ward died. The Ward’s had the manor from 1100’s.

1778 Sale of Crooked Lands and KelcliffeFields with tenants and rents following bankruptcy of Messrs John Smith and Thomas Burnett, Merchants of Bradford.

Permission is givenat the Manor Courtto make the Bridle Styor Riding Way, into a cart way for drift and pack beasts. Therehad previously been fines for crossingKelcliffe fields with cattleand carts. Subsequentlythere were fines for usingthis as a route through toChevin End, and gates were put in.

Tan House Brow Driver Gravestone , St OswaldsTanners of Kelcliffe

1780 Sale Kelcliffe TanneryWater, wood and limestone

Finn Pope Carter Jimmy Adcock

Lynchet with Headland Giving rise to field nameCrooklands

2013 – Geophysics MapPloughing through time

Layers of millstone and Guiseley grit make up The Chevin. These were laid down many millions of years ago, when the Park was part of a big river delta. In the quarry at Fairy Dell, there are signs of ‘tidal lamination’ – fine layers of rock laid down by tidal action, that David was particularly interest in. You can see evidence of the weather and tides of the time. The underlying acidity of the grit gives some parts of the Park, like Great Brow, the characteristic acid grassland.

David Leather LookingAt Tidal Lamination

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