One of the most striking monuments at Lawnswood Cemetery is the Preston Memorial
Ethel at the Gate
Secret Spaces: Rawdon Billing
A walk around Rawdon Billing, as featured on Radio Leeds’s Secret Spaces
Boy John Helston (1899-1916)
Among the 23 Commonwealth war graves in Horsforth Cemetery is that of John Helston, a boy of the Royal Navy. This is his story. John was born John Elston (it is not entirely clear when he acquired the ‘H’ of ‘Helston’) on 12 April 1899, in Keighley. He was one of five children of John... Continue Reading →
A Local History Walk Around Leeds’s Civic Quarter
A one-mile walk taking in the history of Leeds’s Civic Quarter
Missing presumed dead – Rifleman Lupton of Horsforth
The true story of Rifleman Lupton, lost behind enemy lines in World War One.
When the Ryder Cup came to Moortown, Leeds
An account of the first official Ryder Cup match on British soil, Moortown Golf Club in Leeds, 1929
Cricket in the shadow of the monster
An account of the final day’s play before the outbreak of war.
Yeadon Feast Week: when Yeadon defeated Australia & WG’s duck
Tales from Yeadon Feast Week
A Short History of Bull-Baiting in Leeds
The blood-sport of bull-baiting was popular in Leeds in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The surgeon, the witch & the hospital
The life of the man who founded Leeds General Infirmary
