Bramham the Village in Times Past

Mr Robert Blackburn of Bowcliffe Hall owned this factory and a visit was arranged for the Bramham Derby and Joan Club in the 1950's. Mesdames Eastwood, Tindall, Wright, Peacock, Levitt, Smith, Clayton, Almond, Alcock, Harrison, Mr and Mrs Ware, Mr and Mrs Bullard, Mr and Mrs Dalton, Mr Winterburn and Mr Scott.

Lady Bingley (seated) performed the opening ceremony on 17 April 1900.  It was built by men of the village. Visible on the picture from left to right are The Hon Mrs Lane Fox, Mrs, Jones, Mrs Clayton, Col Lane Fox and Mr Webster. It is owned and maintained by the Parish Council and is used now for Parish Council Meetings and by the Senior Citizens as a meeting place.

Showing the work on the first by-pass of the village in the early 1960's.

The field is now part of the A1, but used to be where the children of the village did their sledging.

Many of the cottages in Bramham have been converted and modernised over the years, as these clippings from newspapers show. The photograph above appeared in The Express on 14 October 1955, and the one opposite illustrated an article by Ronald Wilkinson in an unidentified newspaper, probably in 1965.

This Cottage was built in 1701 and the photograph was taken about 1955. before modernization

This view from Bramham Parish Church tower shows the houses on The Crag and Town Hill, now demolished. The stone archway on The Crag can he seen adjoining the former coaching inn. This photograph was taken in the mid‑1950’s.