Leodis latest Meanwood photographs

Hollin Drive, bridge

5th November 1965. View looking towards semi-detached houses on Hollin Drive from footbridge over Meanwood Beck.

Wharfedale Mount, looking towards Wharfedale Avenue

26th November 1965. View looking down Wharfedale Mount towards Wharfedale Avenue. Terraced houses are on both streets. Woodhouse Ridge is at the top end of Wharfedale Mount, behin...

Sandy Lobby, Meanwood, postcard

Undated. Colour-tinted postcard of Meanwood Woods showing an area known as Sandy Lobby.

Old Bridge, Meanwood Woods, Postcard

c1905. Postcard view of Meanwood Woods showing the old bridge over Meanwood Beck. The postcard has a postmark of 12th September 1905.

In Meanwood Woods (Winter), postcard

Undated. Postcard showing a wintry view of Meanwood Woods with a thick layer of snow on the ground. Meanwood Beck runs through the middle.

In The Woods, postcard

Undated. Postcard view of Meanwood Woods showing Meanwood Beck with a footpath running alongside.

In Meanwood Woods, postcard

Undated. Postcard view showing a footpath running through Meanwood Woods.

In Meanwood Woods, postcard

Undated. Postcard view of Meanwood Woods.

Meanwood Woods, postcard

Undated. Colour-tinted postcard of Meanwood Woods showing Meanwood Beck with a footpath running alongside.

Meanwood Wood, postcard

Undated. Colour-tinted postcard view of Meanwood Woods, taken near the entrance to the woods and The Hollies.

Meanwood Wood, postcard

c1910. Postcard view of Meanwood Woods with a postmark of 13th June 1910.

Meanwood Road, tram no. 516

1950s. View shows Feltham tram no. 516 travelling along Meanwood Road on route 6 to Meanwood. No. 516 was an ex-London tram which arrived in Leeds in 1950 and first ran in service...

Sunset Road, number 77

c1939. View of number 77 Sunset Road, part of the Sunset Road development built by Stanley Hayley between 1938 and 1939. It was a large development of around 200 properties. The...

Ardill & Co., metal checks manufacturers, Ridge Works, Fly Press

Undated. View of a fly press used to manufacture metal checks or discs at the small family firm of Ardill & Co., of Ridge Works in Meanwood Road. At this time the firm was being ...

Ardill & Co., metal checks manufacturer, Ridge Works, Fly Presses

Undated. Image shows the fly presses used to manufacture metal checks or discs at the small, family run business of Ardill & Co. at Ridge Works in Meanwood Road. The business ori...

Ardill & Co., Metal Checks Manufacturer, Ridge Works, the Fly Press

Image taken at Ardill & Co., metal checks manufacturers at Ridge Works in Meanwood Road. The worker is hand-making metal checks or discs by operating a fly press. This small comp...

Ardill & Co., Metal Checks Manufacturer, Ridge Works, Meanwood Road, the Store Room

Undated. View of the store room at Ardill & Co., a family firm of three generations who manufactured metal checks or discs. The company was based at Ridge Works in Meanwood Road....

Ardill & Co., Metal Checks Manufacturer's, Ridge Works, The Office

Undated. Image shows the office of Ardill & Co., manufacturers of metal checks, located at Ridge Works in Meanwood Road. The metal checks were tin discs, made by hand on a fly pr...

Hollin Lane

Undated. View taken at the bottom of Hollin Lane showing a stone wall, hedge and trees.

Meanwood Road, Model Farm

Undated. View shows Model Farm off Meanwood Road.

Meanwood Woods, entrance

Undated. View shows the entrance to Meanwood Woods and The Hollies Park.

Batty's Wood, looking towards Sugar Well Hill

Undated. View of Batty's Wood looking through trees towards Sugar Well Hill.

Bentley Lane, Council School

c1920s. View shows Bentley Lane Council School, seen from the junction of Bentley Lane (left) and Winthorpe Street (right). Now Bentley Primary School, it was built around the 192...

Woodlands Dyeworks

Undated. View of Woodlands Dyeworks off Wood Lane showing a flat-backed truck with the name 'Gilbert Crowther, Woodland Dyeworks, Headingley, Leeds', on the door. Two children are...

Meanwood Beck, bridge

Undated. View shows a bridge over Meanwood Beck at Boothroyd's Grove Mill, situated close to the footpath through the yard leading from Meanwood Road to Woodhouse Ridge.

Meanwood Beck, view from

Undated. View from Meanwood Beck looking across fields towards Woodhouse Ridge, showing in the distance (from left) Grange Court on North Grange Mount, followed by a row of houses...

Grove Mill, from Woodhouse Ridge

Undated. View from Woodhouse Ridge looking down onto Grove Mill, off Meanwood Road. Believed to be built on the site of the medieval Headingley Mill (also known as Bentley Mill), ...

Woodlands Dyeworks, cottage

Undated. View shows a group of cottages at Woodlands Dyeworks, situated off Wood Lane. The mill chimney is seen behind. Said to date from 1601, the dyeworks had originally been a ...

Woodlands Dyeworks, cottage

Undated. View shows a cottage at Woodlands Dyeworks, situated off Wood Lane. The dyeworks, formerly Wood's Mill then Rowley's Mill, had been owned by the Crowther family since 190...

Meanwood, from Woodhouse Ridge

Undated. Looking across Meanwood from Woodhouse Ridge. In the centre is Woodlands Dyeworks, owned by the Crowther family. Said to date back to around 1601, it had previously been...

Wood Lane, Woodlands Dyeworks

Undated. View of Woodlands Dyeworks situated off Wood Lane. The view looks south-west with the bridge over Meanwood Beck on the right and in the background Grange Court on North G...

Bentley Lane, from Meanwood Road

Undated. View shows terraced housing on Bentley Lane, looking south from the junction with Meanwood Road. Numbers run in ascending order from no.32 in the foreground. Bentley Para...

Stonegate Road, near Carr Manor

Undated. View shows Stonegate Road in the vicinity of Carr Manor. Trees line the street with houses just visible behind.

Meanwood Parish Church, lychgate

Undated. View shows the lychgate of Meanwood Parish Church, Holy Trinity. The church was founded by Misses Mary and Elizabeth Beckett of Meanwood Park and the foundation stone lai...

Meanwood Parish Church, lychgate

Undated. View shows the lychgate of Holy Trinity Church, the parish church of Meanwood. This church was founded by Misses Mary and Elizabeth Beckett of Meanwood Park with the foun...

Grove Lane, looking east

Undated. View looks east along Grove Lane. On the right, a road leads off to the Woodlands Dyeworks. Further along is the junction with Bentley Lane. A wooden hut is seen on the l...

Grove Lane, Oakfield Nurseries

Undated. View of Grove Lane showing the entrance to Oakfield Nurseries, run by G. Waite. Beyond this is Woodlands Dyeworks with Batty's Wood and Woodhouse Ridge in the distance. O...

Woodlands Dyeworks, looking south

Undated. View looking from Woodlands Dyeworks on Wood Lane in the foreground, looking south towards Grange Court on North Grange Mount on the left and Ridge Terrace on the right.

Meanwood Park, in autumn

2000s. View of Meanwood Park taken in the autumn sometime around 2005-2007, showing Meanwood Beck.

Meanwood Park, in autumn

2000s. Autumnal view of Meanwood Park dating from around 2005-2007, showing a footbridge crossing Meanwood Beck with a weir in front.

Meanwood Park, in autumn

2000s. View shows Meanwood Park in autumn with leaves covering the ground. A footbridge crosses Meanwood Beck and a weir is seen in front. Taken around 2005-2007.

Meanwood Valley, Meanwood Beck

c1907. Postcard view of Meanwood Valley Woods, postmarked 1907. Meanwood Beck is seen flowing through the trees with a path running alongside it.

Gypsy caravan outside houses in Meanwood

c1980's. Image shows a gypsy caravan or vardo with four children in view outside houses thought to be located in Stonegate Road.

Gypsy caravan or Vardo on Meanwood Road

1993. View of a gypsy caravan or vardo on Meanwood Road. Many gypsy families lived in the area known as Gypsyville. In view are members of the Hunter family.

Stainbeck Lane, nos. 150, 152

12th October 1931. Shops adjacent to the junction with Carrholm Road. No. 152 is a grocers Leonard Wilkinson and Co. To the right, pork butcher Frank Wood at no. 150.

Stainbeck Road, no. 93

9th December 1932. Parade of shops, on the left the shop half in view was George Arthur Boyles, hairdresser. The to the right Sidney Smith, greengrocer. The shop has a display of ...

Meanwood Road, tram no.380

Undated. View of tram no.380 bound for Elland Road on route no.8, at the Meanwood terminus on Meanwood Road. Shops numbered 568a-582 can be seen behind, with J.H. Dewhurst Ltd., b...

Meanwood Road, tram no.278

Undated. View of tram no.278 at the Meanwood terminus, on Meanwood Road near the junction with Monk Bridge Road, Green Road and Stonegate Road. This is an ex-London HR2 class tram...

Joe Cain, portrait of

late 1920s/early 1930s. Portrait of Joe Cain taken by F. Scrimshaw, Studios of 46 Woodhouse Lane. Joe Cain ran a boot and shoe repair business at number 29 Church Lane, Meanwood ...

Church Lane, number 29, Joe Cain Boot & Shoe repairer

c1930s. Image shows Joe Cain, taken outside his Boot & Shoe repairing business at number 29 Church Lane. Joe Cain was born in Headingley in 1909. As a two-year old he had contrac...