Where is Adel?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 17 Feb, 2011 8:50 pm

Where is Meanwood?Just looking on the 1908 map and meanwood is up by the old primary school and the park. The area many call meanwood now is called Bentley.

electricaldave · Post by **electricaldave** » Sat 19 Feb, 2011 12:37 pm

More specifically, most of Cookridge was part of th formerly famous, Moseley wood, which was largely destroyed in the late 1950's, though some pockets such as Black wood (which was where Carr Bridge Drive now stands) remained until the late 1960's. I wish I had seen the full woodland, the Black Woods part was lovely, sheer vandalism to destroy it.The small farm that was on the edge of it, that now is covered by the Dale Parks estate had some fine tree specimens on it, one can only speculate at how it must have looked.I doubt that this sort of wanton destruction would be allowed today.

Post by **cnosni** » Mon 21 Feb, 2011 8:22 am

The Parksider wrote: cnosni wrote: Have an ancestor who was Blacksmith at Cookridge,mid to late 18th century.I think there is a Smithy Lane in Cookridge,but its quite frustrating as there appears to be no actual "heart" to Cookridge as such,no remnants of anything.So it must have been nothing nore than a scattering of farms,weavers cottages. When the first hundred or so houses were built at the northern end of Green Lane it suddenly became a "Village". What I know of Cookridge where I live is that it was of course a large wood. In that wood was the woodsmans cottage and the gamekeepers cottage. Check google earth and Tinshill Road and you can spot those two, and lovely they are. Also you can see the smithy built end on to otley old road. Looking for a Smithy at junction of Tinshill Road and Otley old road but can only see modern housing.Am i looking in the wrong place?

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Mon 21 Feb, 2011 11:05 am

cnosni wrote: The Parksider wrote: cnosni wrote: Have an ancestor who was Blacksmith at Cookridge,mid to late 18th century.I think there is a Smithy Lane in Cookridge,but its quite frustrating as there appears to be no actual "heart" to Cookridge as such,no remnants of anything.So it must have been nothing nore than a scattering of farms,weavers cottages. When the first hundred or so houses were built at the northern end of Green Lane it suddenly became a "Village". What I know of Cookridge where I live is that it was of course a large wood. In that wood was the woodsmans cottage and the gamekeepers cottage. Check google earth and Tinshill Road and you can spot those two, and lovely they are. Also you can see the smithy built end on to otley old road. Looking for a Smithy at junction of Tinshill Road and Otley old road but can only see modern housing.Am i looking in the wrong place? Could it be this building, which is on Cookridge Lane (an extension of Otley Old Road)? It bridges a gap between Smithy Lane and Cookridge Lane.http://local.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=5 ... 76,,0,2.74

Si · Post by Si » Tue 22 Feb, 2011 10:43 pm

Blimey!!!Hello Tasa!I thought I'd been absent for a while, but we haven't seen you for ages!How are you?

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 22 Feb, 2011 10:46 pm

cnosni wrote: The Parksider wrote: cnosni wrote: Have an ancestor who was Blacksmith at Cookridge,mid to late 18th century.I think there is a Smithy Lane in Cookridge,but its quite frustrating as there appears to be no actual "heart" to Cookridge as such,no remnants of anything.So it must have been nothing nore than a scattering of farms,weavers cottages. When the first hundred or so houses were built at the northern end of Green Lane it suddenly became a "Village". What I know of Cookridge where I live is that it was of course a large wood. In that wood was the woodsmans cottage and the gamekeepers cottage. Check google earth and Tinshill Road and you can spot those two, and lovely they are. Also you can see the smithy built end on to otley old road. Looking for a Smithy at junction of Tinshill Road and Otley old road but can only see modern housing.Am i looking in the wrong place? yesdrop down O.O.R. from the junction to just north of the junction of O.O.R. amd Green Lane.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 22 Feb, 2011 10:47 pm

Tasa wrote: Could it be this building, which is on Cookridge Lane (an extension of Otley Old Road)? It bridges a gap between Smithy Lane and Cookridge Lane.http://local.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=5 ... 76,,0,2.74 Tis the right building

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Wed 23 Feb, 2011 11:30 am

Si wrote: Blimey!!!Hello Tasa!I thought I'd been absent for a while, but we haven't seen you for ages!How are you? I'm very well thanks! Yes, I noticed you didn't post much for a time either. I think I exhausted my knowledge of Leeds on earlier threads so don't have much to contribute these days, apart from the odd map query