Leodis latest Middleton photographs

Middleton, tram no.260

Undated. View showing tram no.260 at Middleton. This is one of the 'Middleton Bogies' built between 1933 and 1935.

Moor Road Station, Middleton Railway, the new platform takes shape

9th October 2005. Image shows Moor Road Station at Middleton Railway where the protruding edge of the new platform is starting to take shape. This is part of a two year scheme car...

Middleton, tram

Undated. View showing an unidentified tram picking up passengers at Middleton.

Middleton Broom Colliery

Undated. View of Middleton Broom Colliery which opened in 1868, and for a hundred years was a well-known landmark and major employer in the area. Middleton Broom Colliery was owne...

Middleton Park Avenue, Middleton Library

c1980s. View of Middleton Branch Library situated on Middleton Park Avenue. This is the old library, opened in 1956, which had a police station adjacent to it. It has since been d...

Middleton Park Avenue, Middleton Library

c1980s. Rear view of the old Middleton Branch Library on Middleton Park Avenue. Built in 1956, it has since been demolished and a new library built at St. George's Centre to repla...

Thorpe Lane, shops

c1930s. View of a parade of shops on Thorpe Lane, including Herbert Samwells, butcher. Taken around 1938 judging by the films advertised at the Tivoli (right), "Hey! Hey! USA" sta...

Throstle Lane, nos. 93 - 103.

c1930s. View of a parade of shops on Throstle Lane, numbered (from left) 93 to 103, and including Allsop's general dealers, Herbert Knapton, confectioner, and Harry Clayton, news...

Thorpe Street, nos. 8-14

c1930s. View of shops on Thorpe Street, numbered (from right) 8-12. No. 8 is Charles Henry Plows, grocer, advertised as 'Bonus Stores' then no. 10 is George W. Sherwin, fruiterer....

Middleton Primary School and John Blenkinsop Middle School, aerial view

Undated. Aerial view of Middleton, centred on a square occupied by two schools, Middleton Primary at the top and John Blenkinsop Middle at the bottom, with playing fields in betwe...

Town Street, showing a lodge belonging to Middleton Lodge

Undated. Image shows Town Street and a stone-built lodge seen on the left. The lodge belonged to Middleton Lodge, which was built around 1760 in 365 acres of parkland. In the earl...

Cranmore Drive, Clapgate Primary School, Recyling Event

c1997-98 The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Linda Middleton, at a recycling event outside Clapgate Primary School on Cranmore Drive, during her Mayoral year of 1997-98. The event...

Clapgate Primary School Library

16th June 1997 The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Linda Middleton, at the opening of the new library at Clapgate Primary School on Cranmore Drive, one of the many functions she p...

Clapgate Primary School, Library

16th June 1997 The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Linda Middleton, cuts the ribbon at the official opening of the new library at Clapgate Primary School on Cranmore Drive. The co...

Middleton Park Equestrian Centre, indoor area

c1997-98 The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Linda Middleton, watches a demonstration during an Open day at the Middleton Park Equestrian Centre for Riding for the Disabled.

Middleton Library, interior view

1998. Interior view of the old Middleton Branch Library on Middleton Park Avenue, which opened on 9th October 1956. The view looks from the children's section towards the counter...

Middleton Library, exterior view

1998. View of the old Middleton Branch Library on Middleton Park Avenue, which opened on 9th October 1956. This library has now been demolished and replaced by a new one at St. G...

Middleton Community Health Centre, Acre Close, Middleton Park Avenue

February 2007. View of Middleton Community Health Centre located in Acre Close off Middleton Park Avenue. The centre offers the following services, Health Visiting, District Nursi...

Middleton Broom Colliery

Undated. Old view of Middleton Broom Colliery which closed in 1968 and had been a large source of employment in the area. Middleton Park...

Middleton Colliery, Broom Pit Rescue Team

Undated. Photograph of the Broom Pit Rescue Team of Middleton Colliery, demonstrating their equipment for use in emergencies. Originally owned by the Brandling family, Broom Pit w...

Back Mount Pleasant, Nos. 48-52

Wilson, Gren

18th April 1990. Colour photograph of nos. 48-52 Back Mount Pleasant, part of a terrace of houses. On the left, no. 52 is painted white; no. 50 in the centre shows the original br...

Back Mount Pleasant, No. 50

Wilson, Gren

18th April 1990. Colour photograph of the entrance to no. 50 Back Mount Pleasant, a brick built house which forms part of a terrace of back-to-back houses. A brick wall on the rig...

Middleton Park

Wilson, Gren

Undated. View of the back of buildings in Middleton Park which are now demolished. They were part of the row where the disused Middleton Cafe still stands. Originally, there were ...

Middleton Park Lake, Model Boat

Wilson, Gren

C1935. Image shows Middleton Park Lake and model of the Queen Mary made by local resident, a Mr. Dykes, sailing across the foreground.

Middleton Colliery Railway, Winding Apparatus

Wilson, Gren

1898. View of Middleton Colliery Railway showing the winding apparatus used to haul wagons from Belle Isle to Middleton.

Middleton Colliery Railway, Extension

Wilson, Gren

1964. View of the Middleton Colliery Railway Extension from Moor Road to Balm Road Sidings. The engine in the picture is the John Alcock, a diesel which was locally built in 1932.

Tram, no.255

Lefevre, Michele

21st July 1946. View of 'Middleton Bogie' tram no. 255 at Middleton terminus on a private tour.

Tram, no. 264

Wilson, Gren

C1946. View of 'Middleton Bogie' tram no. 264 at Middleton.

Sissons Avenue, Numbers 22 to 28

Wilson, Gren

2005. View of businesses situated in Sissons Avenue from close to the junction with Sissons Drive, far right. On the far left, at the junction with Sissons Lane, is Joey's Private...

Middleton Park Circus at the junction with Middleton Park Avenue

Wilson, Gren

2005. View of a parade of shops at Middleton Park Circus. Far left is J.R. & L. Oxley, family butchers at number 1 Middleton Park Circus, then Totesport followed by Higgins & Stoc...

Middleton Park Avenue from direction of Middleton Park Circus

Wilson, Gren

2005. View of Middleton Park Avenue from the direction of Middleton Park Circus. On the left, at numbers 5 - 7, Jackson's store is visible. On the right is the Red Lion Takeaway a...

Middleton Park Circus from Middleton Park Avenue

Wilson, Gren

2005. Image shows Middleton Park Circus and a parade of shops. From left to right they number; 15 Middleton Park Circus, Bargains Galore, at Dash's Toiletries, Co-op pharmacy at 1...

Middleton Park Circus

Wilson, Gren

2005. View of part of a parade of shops at Middleton Park Circus. The junction with Middleton Park Avenue is left of centre, approximately behind the group of people. At the junct...

Middleton Park Circus, parade of shops

Wilson, Gren

2005. Image shows a parade of shops Middleton Park Circus. The pillar box red painted shop on the left is J.R. & L. Oxley, family butchers, at number 1 Middleton Park Circus, movi...

Middleton Arms, Middleton Park Circus

Allison Todd

2005. Image shows the brick built Middleton Arms Public House at Middleton Park Circus. It opened as a hotel in 1925 when the manager was Paul Hall. The hotel had a magnificent ba...

Middleton District Shopping Centre, Middleton Park Ring Road

Allison Todd

2005. View from the car park of Middleton District Shopping Centre on Middleton Park Ring Road showing Iceland and Kwik Save. Small, brick-walled areas of landscaping are built at...

Middleton District Shopping Centre, View from Car Park

Allison Todd

2005. View from the car park of Middleton District Shopping Centre. Amongst other shop units are Iceland and Kwik Save. The Centre is located on Middleton Park Ring Road.

Middleton District Shopping Centre, FotoStop

Allison Todd

2005. View of new shop unit at Middleton District Shopping Centre, FotoStop. It advertises various photographic services and is a digital image centre. The Centre is located on Mi...

Middleton District Shopping Centre

Allison Todd

2005. View of Middleton District Shopping Centre from the car park. Unisport, part of Winsor's World of Shoes, can be seen left.

Middleton District Shopping Centre, Middleton Park Ring Road

Allison Todd

2005. View from the entrance to Middleton District Shopping Centre on Middleton Park Ring Road. There is a large car park in front. On the left is Winsor's World of Shoes in unit ...

St. George's Centre, St. George's Road

Allison Todd

2005. The St.George's Centre in St. George's Road is a new, purpose built One-Stop centre which opened in January 2003. It is a health and social care facility erected in partners...

Middleton Hall, Gatehouse, Town Street

Allison Todd

2005. This property was once the gatehouse to Middleton Hall, and is located in Town Street. St. Mary's Churchyard is off camera, right. Middleton Hall was the seat of the Brandli...

Middleton Churchyard, War Memorial

Allison Todd

2005. This War Memorial is located in Middleton Churchyard at St. Mary the Blessed Virgin Church in Town Street. It was erected by public subscription in 1920. It commemorates the...

St. Mary the Blessed Virgin, Town Street

Allison Todd

2005. View of the Church of St. Mary the Blessed Virgin in Town Street, consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon in 1846. The exterior of the church is little altered since then, apart ...

St. Mary the Blessed Virgin, Middleton Parish Church, Lynch Gate

Allison Todd

2005. View of the Lych (or Corpse) Gate of St. Mary's Church. It dates from roughly the time the church was built. St Mary's was consecrated in 1846.

Middleton Park, Bowling Green

Allison Todd

2005. Image shows the Bowling Green located in Middleton Park, one of the many leisure facilities offered including a golf course, tennis courts and playing fields.

Middleton Park, Bowling Green

Allison Todd

2005. View of the Bowling Green in Middleton Park, formerly the site of a stackyard where hay was stored for the pit ponies. This was when, in the nineteenth Century, Middleton Pa...

Middleton Park, Bowling Green

Allison Todd

2005. From 1867 the park came under the ownership of the Middleton Estate and Colliery Company. Woodland was cleared from an area known as the 'Clearings'. The Bowling Green, seen...

Middleton Park Cafe 'Top of the Wood' Cottages, Middleton Park

Allison Todd

2005. Image shows the derelict 'Top of the Wood' cottages in Middleton Park which, from 1920 until 1997, housed a cafe for visitors to the park. The cottages date from the early 1...

Middleton Park Boating Lake, Middleton Park

Allison Todd

2005. View of the boating lake in Middleton Park. For many centuries the park was part of the rural estates of the local gentry, including the notable Brandling family. In 1920 th...