Cobbled streets

leeds_girlie · Post by **leeds_girlie** » Sun 26 Oct, 2008 7:01 pm

My friends lived on Welton Grove in Hyde Park last year and that was still cobbled, and near where I live in Headingley now lots of the streets have crumbling tarmac at the sides and the cobbles are visible underneath. They're a bugger to walk on in heels though!

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Mon 27 Oct, 2008 10:50 pm

When the toffs of park suare built their mansions on the hillside of little woodhouse, several of which remain today, to escape the smoke of the mills, they built a cobbled lane up to the area.Part of it is still there and may be one of the oldest cobbled ways in Leeds.In a Drapemeister style quiz post I end with.........Name that cobbled way?

Si · Post by Si » Tue 28 Oct, 2008 8:50 am

Clarendon Road? Can't think of a cobbled part, though?

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 28 Oct, 2008 9:07 am

Si wrote: Clarendon Road? Can't think of a cobbled part, though? Missed a Fat Havanna Cee Gar by a mere few yards there Si!Close.........But Clarendon Road aint openly cobbled.No siree!

Si · Post by Si » Tue 28 Oct, 2008 9:18 am

The Parksider wrote: When the toffs of park suare built their mansions on the hillside of little woodhouse, several of which remain today, to escape the smoke of the mills, they built a cobbled lane up to the area.Part of it is still there and may be one of the oldest cobbled ways in Leeds.In a Drapemeister style quiz post I end with.........Name that cobbled way? You say part of it is still cobbled? Does the lane only exist in parts now, Parksider? I used to park my car on a small stretch of cobbled street by The Clarendon Wing's car park, when my daughter was born there twenty years ago. It was behind a small row of houses fronting onto Woodhouse Square, I think. I can't think of it's name, though. Is this it?

Si · Post by Si » Tue 28 Oct, 2008 9:58 am

Looking at an old map, that bit of cobbled road would appear to be a continuation of.........no, that would be cheating!!!

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 28 Oct, 2008 10:24 am

By the power of google.........Chorley Lane?

Si · Post by Si » Tue 28 Oct, 2008 10:49 am

Cardiarms wrote: By the power of google.........Chorley Lane? Here's the 1908 OS map showing Chorley Lane, if that's the right answer. I've marked the cobbled bit, where I used to park, and it's position in relation to the Clarendon Wing, approximately.No sooner have you built a nice new house on a lovely square, away from the smelly mills, when someone sticks a bloody great clothing factory on yer doorstep!!! Thanks, Mr Barran!PS Anyone know what the monument is/was at the corner of Woodhouse Square?

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Tue 28 Oct, 2008 5:29 pm

This one? View of the statue of Sir Peter Fairbairn in Woodhouse Square. He ran the Wellington Foundry and became a councillor in 1836. He was elected Mayor in 1858, the year when Queen Victoria opened the Town Hall in Leeds. He was Knighted by the Queen at the opening Ceremony. He lived at Woodsley House, now Fairbairn House, on Clarendon Road. The statue was unveiled on May 14th 1868

Si · Post by Si » Wed 29 Oct, 2008 8:49 am

Thanks, Chris. On Google Earth, the statue (or at least some sort of monument) is still on that corner.PS Where's Parksider gone?Is Chorley Lane the right answer?