[1]
| Aerial View, Barwick Road, Swarcliffe Drive (Swarcliffe) (20 comments) |
 | Undated,
This aerial view of Swarcliffe dates from the 1960s. In the foreground, the bottom edge, Barwick Road runs from left to right. Moving back, Swarclife Drive runs parallel to this with Elmete Towers above on the left. Eastwood Lane runs from the centre of the bottom edge and curves towards the right where two more tower blocks are situated Swarcliffe Towers and Manston Towers. On the right edge, the Whinmoor public house is just visible. Swarcliffe Primary School can be seen in the top left corner.
[internal reference; 20031021_23691958:D LIB Swarcliffe (2)] |
[2]
| Aerial View, Seacroft Ring Road, Swarcliffe Drive (Swarcliffe) (10 comments) |
| 1964
In the bottom left corner of this view, the partially constructed Seacroft Ring road can be seen. Swarcliffe Drive runs from the top left corner towards the centre of the right edge, with Swarcliffe Avenue running from the middle of this road to the top right corner. Swarcliffe Primary School is visible towards the top of the view surrounded by playing fields and houses.
[internal reference; 20031021_65960330:D LIB Seacroft (3)] |
[3]
| John Smeaton Public House, Swarcliffe Drive (Swarcliffe) (7 comments) |
 | 2000.
View of the John Smeaton public house situated in Swarcliffe Drive opposite Swarcliffe Parade. Once known as 'The Squinting Cat' the pub is now called after the famous civil engineer John Smeaton who was born at Austhorpe Lodge in 1724. He founded the Society of Civil Engineers in 1771 and one of his most well known works is the successful redesign of the Eddystone Lighthouse.
[internal reference; 2003911_19274538:MIL B/1. No.5] |
[4]
| St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, Swarcliffe Drive (Swarcliffe) (1 comment) |
| 2000.
View of the Catholic Church of St. Gregory the Great seen from Swarcliffe Drive. The patron saint is Gregory the Great, Pope St. Gregory I who was born in Rome in 540AD and died in 604AD. He did much to promote christianity in England and became known as the 'Apostle of the English'.
[internal reference; 2003911_83721561:MIL B/1. No.7] |
[5]
| St. Gregory's Social Club, Swarcliffe Drive (Swarcliffe) (2 comments) |
| 2000.
View from Swarcliffe Drive of the approach to St. Gregory's Social Club, a brick building with beer advertisements on the gable end. This building was the original church until the new church was completed in 1970. The driveway curves round to the right where St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church is situated. Part of Swarcliffe Drive is visible far left.
[internal reference; 2003911_73847598:MIL B/1. No.6] |