Midland Hotel
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Image: © Chris Morgan Taken: 8 Mar 2013
At the junction of Midland Street and Aberford Road at Woodlesford and Oulton. The hotel was originally named the North Midland Railway Hotel according to the Ordnance Survey map of 1850-4. At that time there were just fields between the railway station and the hotel, with the main built up area further along Aberford road towards the village of Oulton. Thomas the Tank Engine has an inside track at pelmet height inside the hotel. It would appear that Midland Street is named after the hotel, although the street forms the border between Oulton and Woodlesford - the hotel is on the border. The hotel's own website gives a little more history, see; http://www.themidlandleeds.com/about-midland-hotel.html