The relentless expansion of Leeds is sweeping away, one by one, the landmarks which, for the older inhabitants, are peopled with friendly shades, and in whose stones are often writ the the history of the foundation of the city. To-day the cry is for more healthy and less congested areas, and wide streets capable of …
We have our Hyde Park also in the north, as in the south — in Yorkshire, as where the great Duke holds his marshal’s baton, pointing down Piccadilly, overlooking our world of tall chimneys, as the Duke sternly surveys the streams of carriages and omnibuses, of lolling rich and noble, and bustling chafferers, and ignoble …
Ash Grove takes its name from a villa that was located on a field immediately to the west of the current Ash Grove. The villa was surrounded by open countryside. There were no other buildings for quite some distance. In 1847, when the survey was carried out for this map, the villa was occupied by …