What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds writer Mick McCann writes about one of South Leeds’ most important sons Middleton scientist William Gascoigne for the Middleton Life local history project, which encourages local people to become community history reporters. Mick wrote How Leeds Changed the World, among others… Gascoigne (1612–1644) was one of the founding fathers
Following on from yesterday’s fun poll which asked which famous survey/publication mentions Middleton in 1086, we can now reveal the answer, which was: The Domesday Book! The Domesday survey lists that in “rodewelle [rothwell] and loftose, carletone thorpe and middletone’ there is pasturable woodland 2 leagues in length and 1
A group of Middleton residents are set to become local history reporters and investigate the past of their community. Led by volunteers from the local community, the Middleton Life project has received £49,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The project will empower residents to tell the history of the
Temple Mill on Marshall Street in Holbeck, Hunslet Mill on Goodman Street in Hunslet and Holbeck Conservation Area are all falling into decay, according to a report in today’s YEP. The three landmark sites have been identified as ‘at risk’ in the largest-ever research project into the condition of England’s