Superb 1891 Hunslet brickyard/quarry photos

Si · Post by Si » Tue 04 May, 2010 10:02 am

Great minds think alike....I've just searched "quarry" on Leodis and looked up pictures 44 and 49. They are the same two I've just posted!

Si · Post by Si » Tue 04 May, 2010 12:33 pm

Although not marked as such, I'm guessing this is Boyle's Quarry. Perhaps one of the photos shows Bickerdike Road?The map is from Godfrey's 1908 OS map, Central Leeds.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 04 May, 2010 12:44 pm

Unfortunately, a trawl on Leodis shows that Bickerdike Road looked like this. Note arched brick lintels.Maybe Boyle's Quarry was one of the other holes in the ground in Burmantofts?

Si · Post by Si » Tue 04 May, 2010 12:54 pm

Just noticed that on Leodis, Boyle's Quarry is described as being on York Road, so the map I posted must be the right hole in the ground.Even though the workings don't quite reach here on the map, Admiral Row has the correct design lintels.This search is getting to me!!!

Si · Post by Si » Tue 04 May, 2010 4:26 pm

The Parksider wrote: grumpytramp wrote: The final image .......... checking Leodis the lintels above the windows of the terraces at the top of the pit (straight) do not seem to be like the typical lintels on Hillidge Road/Street?Could it be somewhere else in Hunslet? To me those houses fit Braithwaite Row in Hunslet Carr possibly older housing that the normal hunslet back to backs. The shape of the excavation and positioning of the houses looks to fit betwixt piccy and map....... The back of Braithwaite Row. Strangely, this terrace (which is obviously not the same as the one in GT's pic) is shown on the map as right on the edge of the precipice of the brick works, yet the photographer is stood well back, and there's no sign of a cliff. Puzzling?

Si · Post by Si » Tue 04 May, 2010 4:40 pm

As a matter of interest, Grumpy Tramp's pictures were taken in 1891, the similar Leodis picture that Parksider found is dated c.1890s, and the map of Boyle's Quarry is 1908.I've scoured the Godfrey maps of Hunslet, South Leeds and Central Leeds for quarries/brickworks, and checked nearby streets on Leodis, but the nearest match I've found is Parksider's pic of Boyle's Quarry, but it isn't exact.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 04 May, 2010 6:43 pm

Si wrote: Unfortunately, a trawl on Leodis shows that Bickerdike Road looked like this. Note arched brick lintels.Maybe Boyle's Quarry was one of the other holes in the ground in Burmantofts? We can't discount the front lintels being decorative and the back lintels (on Trumps pic) being functional!!!However it ain't just lintels, it's also the chimneys and the windows themselves - though again the front house windows can differ from the back.The small "step down" in the terraces don't match if the prints are the right way round from the negatives. Some old victorian photos are back to front, not a reason to be proved right, it's just that sometimes they are wrong way round and worth considering if all other clues are spot on.....

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 04 May, 2010 6:48 pm

Si wrote: The Parksider wrote: grumpytramp wrote: The final image .......... checking Leodis the lintels above the windows of the terraces at the top of the pit (straight) do not seem to be like the typical lintels on Hillidge Road/Street?Could it be somewhere else in Hunslet? To me those houses fit Braithwaite Row in Hunslet Carr possibly older housing that the normal hunslet back to backs. The shape of the excavation and positioning of the houses looks to fit betwixt piccy and map....... The back of Braithwaite Row. Strangely, this terrace (which is obviously not the same as the one in GT's pic) is shown on the map as right on the edge of the precipice of the brick works, yet the photographer is stood well back, and there's no sign of a cliff. Puzzling? Now I look back on the Braithwaite Row comment I made as just plain wrong!!! Thanks for putting the pic up Si but I think it's a red herring from me caused by a red herring from GT......

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 04 May, 2010 6:51 pm

Si wrote: Just noticed that on Leodis, Boyle's Quarry is described as being on York Road, so the map I posted must be the right hole in the ground.Even though the workings don't quite reach here on the map, Admiral Row has the correct design lintels.This search is getting to me!!! Si, on my map Ainsty terrace is nicely tucked up against the south end of Boyles Quarry.....That could be the terrace on GT's map.Did you find that???Where's Admiral Row???

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 04 May, 2010 6:57 pm

Si wrote: As a matter of interest, Grumpy Tramp's pictures were taken in 1891, the similar Leodis picture that Parksider found is dated c.1890s, and the map of Boyle's Quarry is 1908.I've scoured the Godfrey maps of Hunslet, South Leeds and Central Leeds for quarries/brickworks, and checked nearby streets on Leodis, but the nearest match I've found is Parksider's pic of Boyle's Quarry, but it isn't exact. ER yes, but taken in 1891 in Hunslet is at least half wrong to me. I don't think it's Hunslet so there's no reason to accept 1891 - especially if captions were mixed up in the records GT got the Quarry Pic from.The Burmantofts brick works and the pottery mined massive amounts of clay and I think the sheer size of the pit/quarry is more commesurate with Burmantofts. I also wonder about the brick lined shaft. If that was an old coal mine again it may be more likely to be in Burmantofts than in Hunslet towards leeds or down at the bottom of belle sile road.....