The Horse Boating Society is using a horse to tow a barge along the canal this week: Horseboat Elland on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal • Wed April 10: Leeds to Armley Mills Museum • Thurs April 11: Armley Mills Museum to Rodley (near Pudsey) • Friday April 12: Rodley (near Pudsey) …
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Horseboating on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
April 8th, 2013 | Posted by in Events | History - (Comments Off on Horseboating on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal)Crooked Acres – Mike Harwood History… Full Article KM112
March 30th, 2013 | Posted by in History | Kirkstall Matters - (Comments Off on Crooked Acres – Mike Harwood History… Full Article KM112)As mentioned in KM112, amateur historian Mike Harwood has been researching Kirkstall’s stately home, Crooked Acres. The full article is actually the full historical work that Mike has put together. As it is large I will be publishing it online as it came to me, in three parts. You can read a synopsis below, these …
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Kirkstall Abbey and the Italian Banks… Full Article KM112
March 30th, 2013 | Posted by in History | Kirkstall Matters - (Comments Off on Kirkstall Abbey and the Italian Banks… Full Article KM112)John Battle’s historical article on Kirkstall Abbey and the Italian Banks, in full here on Kirkstall Online: Having moved down from their monastic community in Barnoldswick where “their fruits and grain were repeatedly destroyed by great rains and the badness of the soil”, Abbot Seleth settled the new Kirkstall Abbey on the hermits’ site in …
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Spotlight on… our local businesses
February 6th, 2013 | Posted by in Charity | Events | History | Kirkstall Matters | Local Issues | Our Community - (Comments Off on Spotlight on… our local businesses)
The ‘Spotlight On…’ series of articles will introduce you and give you an insight into the local companies and businesses in the area that have something of interest to communicate to members and readers of Kirkstall Online and Kirkstall Matters magazine. All of them are currently involved or have expressed an interest in helping the …
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Reply to Mr Appleyards letter in KM111
January 23rd, 2013 | Posted by in History - (Comments Off on Reply to Mr Appleyards letter in KM111)Dear Readers, We received an email before christmas in answer to Mr Appleyards letter in the November issue of Kirkstall Matters. Please see below for his letter and I hope it is of some help/interest. Jenny Dear Editor I would like to comment on Mr Appleyards letter in KM issue 111 , I started drinking …
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Headingley LitFest
January 15th, 2013 | Posted by in Events | History - (Comments Off on Headingley LitFest)LIVES AND LOVES Headingley’s Literature Festival is back again for all those book lovers out there and this year’s looks like it will be another great event. The theme for this year is Lives and Loves and will run from 8th March until 1st of April and the various events will be held at venues …
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Kirkstall Matters Issue 111 Now Uploaded
October 31st, 2012 | Posted by in Events | History | Kirkstall Abbey | Kirkstall Community First | Kirkstall Festival | Kirkstall In Bloom | Kirkstall Matters | Local Issues | Our Community | Policing | Sport - (2 Comments)As some of you will already know, after the introduction of a new team we decided to carry on with the Kirkstall Matters Magazine in its recent format for the last issue of the year. Those of you who are members will be receiving your copies posted through your doors over the next week but …
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Raising the Roof for St Stephens
July 5th, 2012 | Posted by in Events | History | Local Issues | Our Community - (Comments Off on Raising the Roof for St Stephens)
Three Leeds-based classical musicians are getting together for a fund-raising concert in St Stephen’s, Kirkstall on Saturday 7th July at 7:30pm. St Stephen’s was built in 1828 and has been extended twice to serve the growing population of Kirkstall. It is now the only church building in Kirkstall but the fabric is deteriorating. Rain has …
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Remembrance Sunday
November 15th, 2011 | Posted by in Events | History | Our Community - (Comments Off on Remembrance Sunday)The weather didn’t put people off from attending the Remembrance Service led by Revd Rosemarie Hayes of Kirkstall St Stephen’s. A short, moving service at Kirkstall Cenotaph to remember all those who have fallen.
Buckley Jewellery Poppies
November 5th, 2011 | Posted by in Charity | Events | History | Our Community - (Comments Off on Buckley Jewellery Poppies)Kirkstall-based Buckley Jewellery has launched its 2011 jewelled poppy range in support of the Royal British Legion, supporting serving and ex-Service personnel in the armed forces. They were first commissioned to design an exclusive Remembrance Poppy Brooch for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in 2009. Company founder and CEO Adrian Buckley personally designed the …
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Kirkstall Festival DVD Released
April 27th, 2011 | Posted by in Events | History | Kirkstall Festival | Our Community - (Comments Off on Kirkstall Festival DVD Released)At last years spectacular 30th Kirkstall Festival, you may have noticed the Leeds Movie Makers group recording the event throughout the day. We’re delighted to say that the DVD of the festival is now available for everyone to own. The two-DVD box set consists of nearly 2 hours of viewing pleasure taken from the setup …
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Either way; it’s half-way
April 11th, 2011 | Posted by in History - (Comments Off on Either way; it’s half-way)Mike Harwood has written another fascinating local history article, this time the memorial milestone outside the entrance to Kirkstall Forge, which reads: “To London 200 miles S. To Edinburg 200 miles N. Erected A. D. 1829. B & B Kirkstall Forge 1779. Leeds 3 ¾ miles’” This is the latest article which charts the history about our area, and his …
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