Monk's Bridge Iron Comany

[Jon Howe]

The Parksider wrote: Jon Howe wrote: Parksider, severely indebted to you for this information. I have a question about the quote above. You say Leeds City built a stand immediately upon taking the lease in 1904..... You need to check our version of the early development of Elland Road with the Wikipedia one. I recognise some of the information there and it probably comes from the Local History Libraries collection of sports newspapers.It differs on the "scratching shed" describing it as a barrel roofed 1920's construction over an existing terrace, however that would be more convincing if the OS maps didn't consistently show a stand from the 1800's right through to the 60's of the same dimensions - HOWEVER a "stand" is not neccessarily always roofed, so it could be that they put a roof on the old unroofed stand in the 1920's. The old stand at Parkside was brought from Woodhouse Hill and roofed in the 1920's too.The Monk Bridge Quote comes in here and for the life of me I see no connection, why would they want to buy mining land where the minerals were largely mined out??Did they follow the Farnley Iron company into mine ownership. Were they after local ironstone? Grumpytramp is the man......... Parksider,Yes, I am beginning to think the Monk's Bridge reference is a red herring. I am prepared to go along with your version of the Scratching Shed chain of events. I think it is highly plausible that Holbeck Rugby built a terrace there in 1897 and it remained untouched through Leeds City's existence. Then when Leeds United came along they put a roof on it in the 1920's, by which time the pitch had been moved and the original West Stand built (in 1906). Still a little confused about the Kop/Lowfields terrace timeline, but I have not read up too much about that yet.Thanks again for your help.Jon

[Jon Howe]

Chameleon,Apologies, I understand.Beeston,I have no problem putting my e-mail address on here. If you would like to contact me, write to jonhowe1971@googlemail.comThanks,Jon

[chameleon]

Jon Howe wrote: Chameleon,Apologies, I understand.Beeston,I have no problem putting my e-mail address on here. If you would like to contact me, write to jonhowe1971@googlemail.comThanks,Jon Apologies not needed - just concerned about probably an older persons well being, it's easy to forget the basics on here    

[biofichompinc]

Jon Howe wrote: Hello, I have just registered on this forum as I am doing some research for a book, and am hoping somebody can help me with some information.Around 1905 Leeds City bought some land off Monk's Bridge Iron Company on which they built a new stand. From what I understand this was on the current West Stand side, ie. around Gelderd Road/Churwell area.I am aware that Monk's Bridge had a huge site on either side of Whitehall Road around Holbeck (bought out by Doncasters) until 2005, but I can't find any info on a site near Elland Road. Can anybody help? Much obliged. Hi JonCame across the following entry in the thread 'Elland Road Football Ground' which resides in 'Days Out'. It specifies the link between the football club and Doncasters Monkbridge in connection with the purchase of land. It may be of some interest if you can find out where LoinerPete got his information from. However, the latest input to the thread was four years ago. It reads as follows...The building you can see IS definately the old peacock, its the old one way before the present building, i have other pictures from the Leeds Mercury proving this. The pitch footprint was changed back and forth more than once and this was facilitated by the purchase of land from Doncasters Monkbridge, the stand that was built in 1905 was in fact the WEST stand, this structure was burned down in september 1956 along with all of the clubs records etc. The pitch orientation was finally decided on in the 1920s when a continuous concrete wall was built around the pitch replacing the old adjustable picket fence and it was then that the SHED was added with a barrel roof to match the double barrel of the west stand. The picture above was taken on the 21st April 1924 during the Leeds v Stockport game with a crowd of 22,145 witnessing United gain promotion to the 1st division. We won the game 4-0.

[Jon Howe]

Does any body know anything about a Tripe works on Elland Road? ie. name, exact location, how long it operated for, when demolished etc. I have been reading a thread on Leodis which references this, and the fact that free tripe was laid on in the bar at the original Old Peacock, and brought in from the tripe works 'down the road'.Any help gratefully received.Cheers,Jon