village in woods?

imperial · Post by **imperial** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 12:59 am

hi there guys and gals i was told about a village in some woods near adle and i was unsure wether to believe him or not so i thought i would do some rasearch on this and can not find anything!he told me its a full village with roads and a school etc ???it was when he showed me pictures that i got really intrested! can anyone shed some light on this for me please? thanks

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 1:08 am

Didn't someone else post this same thing the other week? I don't think it got any answers either.

imperial · Post by **imperial** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 1:14 am

ermm... i dont know i only just signed up to ask. surly someone knows the answer to this? i have searched and it has been on my mind slightly for months!

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 8:34 am

There is stuff on here already about this. Not a village, but have a hunt around the net and there is a bit of information. I wouldn't advise going inside though, liable to be shut in there if you do!

Inquirer · Post by **Inquirer** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 9:53 am

I wonder if you mean Eccup. The ecclesiastical parish of Adel used to be Adel cum Eccup and Eccup was much bigger in the 1930s than it is now. There was a primary school intil the mid 1940s and a Village Institute, owned by Adel church. The village was one of the last to get electricity and mains water in Leeds. Ironically it was Eccup reservoir that caused the village's decline. Leeds Council as the owner of the Waterworks had a policy of demolishing houses as they became vacant. The council bought the village from the Harewood estate after it was put for auction to pay death duties after the death of the previous Earl of Harewood in the late 1940s.Now there are only nine houses in the village plus a pub.

Inquirer · Post by **Inquirer** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 3:13 pm

Or I suppose it could be the YTV Emmerdale set on the Harewood estate.

granty09 · Post by **granty09** » Sat 23 May, 2009 3:30 pm

Don't know if people are still looking at this post but the abandoned village in adel is just next to eastmoor secure unit, it has a chapel, school and swimming pool etc.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sat 23 May, 2009 4:29 pm

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Sat 23 May, 2009 5:01 pm

everywhere lol

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 23 May, 2009 8:14 pm

Search deeper into the past threads............