30 Leeds facts in the YEP.

[raveydavey]

Leodian - thanks for posting (I had intended to put a link on myself but couldn't find it on the YEP website at the time and then saw you'd beaten me to the article).

[Jogon]

Caron wrote: Hi JogonMy mother - she told me her mother would send her to the local brewery for malt extract (think she said malt?).She said the brewery wasn't far from Ventnor Street.Do you think your pic is the place she'd have gone to buy it? Soz CaronDon't know where Ventnor St is but the brewery was about herehttp://g.co/maps/anhvf ie just off Kirks Rd/next to Railway Line.See my old-maps pic [to explain the red cross is current junction Cardie Rd/Burley Rd/Willow Rd & the mid-low-left red arrow shows L shape boundary wall of Willow Brewery backed to end of viaduct/start of solid banking]. 0.2 mile/1 minute from my photo of the Dipper in the river below Viaduct Rd.    

[Si]

Same map showing Ventnor Street in relation to the brewery.Red - Ventnor StreetGreen - Kirkstall RoadBlue - Willow BreweryVentnor Street was the letter "V" in the alphabet streets along Kirkstall Road, covered on SL before.    

[Caron]

Thanks guys. I love old maps of Leeds.Has anyone a map showing Butts Place, Armley?Would just like to see where my dad lived many years ago.Thanks.    

[Cardiarms]

The 1894/95 Map shows a malt house on the corner of Thornville Road and Alexandra road.http://g.co/maps/63vhdAnd the Grammar School had a Football and Cricket ground on the south side of Brudenell road and Cardigan Road. This had gone by 1908 with Royal Park Road being driven through the middle of it.

[liits]

Caron wrote: Thanks guys. I love old maps of Leeds.Has anyone a map showing Butts Place, Armley?Would just like to see where my dad lived many years ago.Thanks.     Caron, your Dad's family lived at No.4, marked in red [Hope I've got the right one]. The street was numbered Odd in the left hand side, Even on the right, running from Masham Street to Armley Grove Place.    

[Caron]

Liits you are a TREASURE. You even know the number!!!!!!! Thanks very much. Will treasure it.

[Cardiarms]

You can buy a copy of the map from here: http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks21805.htm

[PC - Dublin]

Si wrote: Same map showing Ventnor Street in relation to the brewery. Fabulous posting Si and map. I never realised the scale of housing that used be between Kirkstall Road, the railway and Burley Road.PC

[drapesy]

Hats Off wrote: Regarding :30. Leeds United was formed in 1885 by one Leonard Cooper and played its early matches at Kirkstall and Leeds Albion on Brudenell Road.The above 'Fact' is incorrect, proffesional association football came to Leeds in 1904 with the formation of Leeds City. Leeds City played at Elland Rd throughout its existence.Leeds United were formed in 1919 after the demise of Leeds City who were expelled from the league for making illegal payments to players during the war years of 1914-18. Elland Road has been the home of Leeds United since its formation.Regards. It is indeed incorrect - The word 'United' should not have been included, but hey why let facts get in the way eh???.The subject was covered in an excellent little book "the origin and development of Football in Leeds" by Mike Green published a few years ago. It covers both the Rugby and Association codes and I'd recommend anyone with an interest in early sport in Leeds to try to get a copy.The club that the YEP is alluding to is 'Leeds A.F.C' They played at the Star and Garter ground in Kirkstall from 1885. They subsequently played at a ground on Harehills Road, shared the Rugby ground at Headingley for a time and finally a ground on Meanwood Road. They wound up around 1898.