At Waleswood Green
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At Waleswood Green
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 7 Oct 2012
"Waleswood appears to have taken its name from an ancient hall, from which some respectable family may have driven away to quieter scenes; indeed, I am not sure that the hall any longer exists, though the colliery flourishes, as you may judge by the many inscribed railway trucks on the South Yorkshire lines. At the cross-roads there appears to have been a toll-bar, but that has been swept away too, and a somewhat villainous-looking hotel for colliers substituted, one of its glaring announcements being billiards. A long terrace stretches away from this house, and in front is a football field, where I found the younger men "roughing it" at dusk." - from "the Leeds Mercury" 1900
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Image Location
Latitude
53.344265
Longitude
-1.314137