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 This glass plate image shows four gentlemen take their ease on the footbridge over Whitecliffe Beck on Glover’s Path at the foot of the steps up to Liverton Mines. Now was this before or after the steps have been navigated? Image courtesy of Geoff Patten.  This delightful view of the church and the low weir on the River Leven carefully avoids veiwing the stone built road bridge (to the left of this image). The modern day view of the church and weir from the road bridge is considerably changed with large trees growing on the stony bank of the river. This image taken froma glass plate negative dating it is believed from the late 19th century. Image courtesy of Geoff Patton.  This view of the almshouses at Kirleatham taken from a glass plate negative is relatively unchanged today. The stone pillars in the foreground serve as the entrance to the complex from Kirkleatham Lane (former A174 before the road alterations), the cobbled roadway replaced by more modern tarmac. It is still a magnificent façade to view, at odds in some ways to the present day world which passes by the gates. Image courtesy of Geoff Patton.  A delightful postcard with views of Loftus and District produced by George Skilbeck. All the locations can be visited today, but how they have changed. Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers.  A wonderful hand tinted postcard view of the chapel – bombed on 15th March 1941 and now replaced by two bungalows – the remains of the graveyard which surrounded the chapel can still be seen today. Norman Patton tells us: ”Robert Newton, to who’s memory this chapel is dedicated, was born and lived at Home Farm in Roxby which is where my wife, Margaret, lived with her mum and her sister when I met them in the early 1960s. Hazel McLaren, Margaret’s mum, had married Joss Welford , a tenant farmer, some 7 years after losing her husband, Hugh, in the final week of World War II. On a separate matter, I would like to know if there is a record of Baptisms, Marriages and burials kept locally for the chapel?” Nivard Ovington advised: “The records for Newton Memorial Methodist Chapel, Lofthouse are available from FamilySearch; Marriages 1902-1940; Monumental Inscriptions 1830-1910.” Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, with many thanks to Norman Patton and Nivard Ovington for the updates.
This postcard shows the Augustinian Priory founded about 1119 by Robert De Brus, before being destroyed by fire in 1289. This is a conjectured view of how the Priory may have looked, after the rebuilding. Image courtesy of Kim Whaley.  A Frith postcard view dating from pre 1926 (postmarked 25th May 1926) of Sandsend. It clearly shows the railway only divided from the main road by a wooden board wall. In the foreground is the house ’Sandhills’ which was for some time recently a restaurant but is now returned to a private residence. Image courtesy of John G. Hannah.  Kilton Mill and Mill Bank long before the road was altered. The image clearly shows the railway line on the eastern side of Kilton Beck which carried the ore from Whitecliffe Mine to the Loftus (Skinningrove) Mine before being transporterd via the bucket system to the Skinningrove Iron works at Carlin How. The postcard published by the R & R Company is postmarked 6th July 1906. Image courtesy of John G. Hannah.
This Phoenix Series postcard believed to date from 1900 shows a view of the Hall in Hutton village; well hidden even today by the woods below Highcliffe. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse this Gothic revival building was built in 1866 for Joseph Pease. Image courtesy of Kim Whaley.  This Frith’s Series postcard views the choir end of the Priory over the lake from the east. Image courtesy of Kim Whaley. |
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