An old-looking wall on North Street (near Lovell Park).

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sat 11 Oct, 2014 11:44 pm

buffaloskinner wrote: Leodian just swing around 180 degrees on the google map and there is Armley Moor in all its splendour!! Hi buffaloskinner .Has that grassed area got a name?

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 9:54 am

That is Armley Moor, never a fancy Moor as was expected of the other Moors in Leeds, basically just a grassed area for use of the local population.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 12:42 pm

Thanks buffaloskinner .I don't recall having heard of Armley Moor before. My local knowledge was sadly lacking again. PS. The 'Holly Well' bit in 'Holly Well House' is interesting as it is not 'Holy Well' that I might have expected it to be.

jim · Post by **jim** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 3:55 pm

So, Armley Moor, Holbeck Moor, Hunslet Moor, Woodhouse Moor. Does Leeds have any moor? (ouch!)

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 5:31 pm

Leodian wrote: Thanks buffaloskinner .I don't recall having heard of Armley Moor before. My local knowledge was sadly lacking again. PS. The 'Holly Well' bit in 'Holly Well House' is interesting as it is not 'Holy Well' that I might have expected it to be. yes but Holy wells quite often had holly trees (which is a sacred tree) next to them so very possibly built on the site of an old holy well.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 6:30 pm

jim wrote: So, Armley Moor, Holbeck Moor, Hunslet Moor, Woodhouse Moor. Does Leeds have any moor? (ouch!) That made me jim.It also got me thinking and in moments I thought of Halton Moor, Whinmoor, Blackmoor, Moor Allerton, Moortown. There will be more(!) but I thought if I did give any you may all start to lose the will to live, which would be a shame just before the new Secret Leeds starts. Does Mo(o)rley count?

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 6:31 pm

Steve Jones wrote: Leodian wrote: Thanks buffaloskinner .I don't recall having heard of Armley Moor before. My local knowledge was sadly lacking again. PS. The 'Holly Well' bit in 'Holly Well House' is interesting as it is not 'Holy Well' that I might have expected it to be. yes but Holy wells quite often had holly trees (which is a sacred tree) next to them so very possibly built on the site of an old holy well. I did not know of that. Thanks Steve.

jim · Post by **jim** » Sun 12 Oct, 2014 9:29 pm

Good of you to point out "moor" Leodian - but I was thinking of actual "moors", ie actual named grassed open spaces. Do any of those you suggest refer to such spaces? ......and are there any more? (enough already with the corny joke)

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 13 Oct, 2014 9:06 am

NST wrote: LS1 wrote: Have a look at this, from the 1949 surveyed OS map. Both features can be seen here. Grafton Street may appear in a different location because Byron Street has been opened up quite extensively at the North St junction. 99 North Street looks interesting. I wonder if anyone can find what it was. I cant see any photos on Leodis of this part of the street. It is the property just east of "Grafton School" at the bottom of Lovell Road. I think this is what the wall bounded. Sooo happy this thread is still going Thanks for the welcome Leodis!What were the names of your great grandparents LS1? I bet my great grandparents knew them! Can you let me know and I'll ask my Nanna if she remembers them?Speaking of which, can you do me a big favour please and possibly re-scan that 1949 OD map for me to include the whole length of Grafton Street? I'd love to show my nana at some point. Would be very much appreciated. Maybe its just a trick of perspective, but it's still hard to fathom how that North Street original terrace (looking at those two pics I posted earlier from 1906 & 1956) fits onto the existing wall 'ruin'. Looking at the historical pics, there is a good length of wall before you reach the shops and then you have three shops before you get to the actual corner of Grafton street. If you look at a google street view of that (ruin) existing wall, I can't see how all that fits. But unless the street has indeed moved, I guess it must have just fit.Most strange! Have sent you a PM....(via email) Also, what did you use to do the map overlay? Looks good.