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Independent researcher/writer/broadcaster in the heritage and culture sectors. Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Regular Bylines Network writer.
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in its heyday as pictured in these postcards. The town's development as a spa dates back over four hundred year.

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and not forgetting some of the beautiful smaller villages.

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Fascinating James Valentine (1815-1880) image of 19th century Briggate in The street’s history dates back to 1207 and for much of that time has been one of the major thoroughfares in the city.

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Although the area has connections to the name Robin Hood dating back to the 15th century this Robin Hood Well House was created by Sir John Vanburgh in 1710, for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. The Well House was moved to a lay-by near the A1 at Skellow.

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Not a hotel or stately home this monumental building was in fact the Central Methodist Chapel Cleckheaton. The Chapel was I believe designed by architect Reuben Castle, and opened in 1879. It was demolished in the 1960s. I would welcome any additional information

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An iconic photograph from March 1907 of sixteen years old suffragette Dora Thewlis. A poor mill worker from Honley in she was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union At a demonstration in London she was arrested and served a week in prison.

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I love the writings of travellers such as Celia Fiennes and Daniel Defoe who shed so much light on 17th and 18th century Britain. Commenting on the fact that the Rivers Aire and Calder had been made navigable he wrote about the growing coal industry

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Interior of a cottage at by Charles West Cope RA, (1811-1890). The watercolour shows the interior of the cottage and the garden beyond.' (Image courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum)

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