Coal Mining in East Leeds

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 24 Jan, 2009 10:44 am

Just to demonstrate our popularity here, I just did a search for 'water course leeds'. Second ranked hit - SL Coal mining in....... Of course that's in between dodging a certain contributer's flicker stream every other hit

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Sat 24 Jan, 2009 11:44 am

Article in Y.E.P.http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/l ... 4863286.jp

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 24 Jan, 2009 12:08 pm

Brunel wrote: Article in Y.E.P.http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/l ... 4863286.jp Mention of this was made here at the time. Surprisingly, the YEP didn't raid the Secret Leeds site for info to publish for once!

electricaldave · Post by **electricaldave** » Sat 24 Jan, 2009 10:58 pm

I wish I knew how to put maps in on here, but since I don't....Some houses in certain locations just off Foundry Mill Street have for years been plagued with damp foundations, there's a lot of water about and one row of houses had have the middle ones sink down due to some sort of water related problem.This is pretty much in a line away from the Moresdale Lane ponds, and its also the obvious donwhill route for any water flow, and at also this explains why that little corner is always so damp.The houses concerned are just about on the edge of Foundry Mill Crescent and Foundry Mill Street at the right side of the Crescent.They are set back from the road by a good sized green.If you look at the wider picture, you'll see the school, and toward one end is Foundry Mill walk, the ground falls away down to the Walk, when you stand there you can soon see that it is the obvious place for any water to go, then it gets into the soil around the back of the houses on Foundry Mill Crescent.Oddly enough, the houses on Foundry Mill Walk are not affected, just those house backing on to them on the other side of the block.On Foundry Mill Street, just across from the park there are also some problems with water getting into the foundations of houses too., which has caused some structural work be done, you might see evidence of this in the houses themselves with repointing over cracks.I would not be at all surprised to find that the whole park area and sports centre is on some sort of spoil tip, it's always has that non-natural flat look about it.There was also a mansion complete with its own lake somewhere in the area of Parklands School - this has been gone for well over a centurybut that lake had to have some sort of flow into it, and out as well - presumably.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 24 Jan, 2009 11:51 pm

electricaldave wrote: I wish I knew how to put maps in on here, but since I don't....Some houses in certain locations just off Foundry Mill Street have for years been plagued with damp foundations, there's a lot of water about and one row of houses had have the middle ones sink down due to some sort of water related problem.This is pretty much in a line away from the Moresdale Lane ponds, and its also the obvious donwhill route for any water flow, and at also this explains why that little corner is always so damp.The houses concerned are just about on the edge of Foundry Mill Crescent and Foundry Mill Street at the right side of the Crescent.They are set back from the road by a good sized green.If you look at the wider picture, you'll see the school, and toward one end is Foundry Mill walk, the ground falls away down to the Walk, when you stand there you can soon see that it is the obvious place for any water to go, then it gets into the soil around the back of the houses on Foundry Mill Crescent.Oddly enough, the houses on Foundry Mill Walk are not affected, just those house backing on to them on the other side of the block.On Foundry Mill Street, just across from the park there are also some problems with water getting into the foundations of houses too., which has caused some structural work be done, you might see evidence of this in the houses themselves with repointing over cracks.I would not be at all surprised to find that the whole park area and sports centre is on some sort of spoil tip, it's always has that non-natural flat look about it.There was also a mansion complete with its own lake somewhere in the area of Parklands School - this has been gone for well over a centurybut that lake had to have some sort of flow into it, and out as well - presumably. Even without a map that was very easy to follow and I can see exactly what you mean Dave and sounds like a very good example of something I've said before - shove the water in a pipe to get it from A to B the way it would go anyway but, what happens to the surface water that would make its way into the cutting all along its route? It will of course try to get there anyway and sit in the ground until it slowly makes its way along and untill then you.ve got wet ground!The Mansion you talk about was Seacroft Hall home of the Scquire Wilson in his day. If you have the time to read back away, you'll see we have established, largely from the 'Old Maps' site and a little from my memory of things in more recent decades, that one of the ponds was indeed fed from the pond there.This is the classic picture on Leodis:http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... 9392947The Park, Park Estate, above Moresdale Lane was on the edge of some old Iron Stone workings so your thoughts about it being unatural are probably right. The stream running down from what is the old Foxwood School site ran through the park and accross Foundry Mill Street near the bottom on its way to the ponds.Putting maps on isn't too hard (nothing is if you know how though, is it!). Posting them is the same as for a picture, maybe we could post a simple 'how to' to help with saving them onto your computer first. Some, like 'Old Maps try to stop you doing this, but there are usually ways

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Wed 01 Jul, 2009 9:34 pm

I "found" this copy of a map dated approx 1900?Shows Gipton Pit and Low Moor Colliery Railway?

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 01 Jul, 2009 10:37 pm

Brunel wrote: I "found" this copy of a map dated approx 1900?Shows Gipton Pit and Low Moor Colliery Railway? Nice 'find' Brunel

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 01 Jul, 2009 11:18 pm

The maps a good find there.There's very little documented about the Gipton pit isn't there?You can still see the embankement of the colliery railway near the park still.Didn't the coal get carried by tram down Harehills lane and onto Roundhay road from that line?

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 01 Jul, 2009 11:30 pm

The line used to run down this snicket onto Harehills lane you can still see today herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/367900 ... tleedsI've added it to the flickr secret Leeds photo pool. I hope everyone can see it ok.

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 02 Jul, 2009 10:30 am

There's a bit more about Gipton Pit in this thread Phillhttp://www.secretleeds.co.uk/forum/Messages.as ... ighLight=1