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OLDROYD COLLECTION
1882-1975
Notes and letters of correspondence from Brother Oldroyd for compiling a history of Mirfield
Castle Hill Mount
1953
Includes correspondence/newspaper articles relating to ancient mound in Mirfield churchyard.
Hamlets and houses
1920s-1950s
Includes notes on Ledgard Bridge, Hopton Hall, Blake Hall the old rectory with a copy of enclosure act and auctioneer catalogue for Blake Hall (1954).
Vicarage and rectory at Mirfield
1920s-1950s
Includes parish magazines, photographs of the Parish Church, notes on extracts from Ismay Diaries.
Newspaper cuttings
1920-1975
Includes local news items in Mirfield, local families, estates inc. Blake Hall, Mirfield Parish Church, trade and industry, politics and trade unionism (1970s).
Notes on various topics for the history of Mirfield book
1920s-1950s
Includes weather, trade and industry, general history of Mirfield, politics and Jacobite rebellion.
Notes, drafts and papers for history of Mirfield book
1920s-1950s
Includes draft essay (author unknown) and notes from Bernard Kaye.
Notes on the history of Mirfield by Tom Jessop
1882-1950s
Includes notes on general history of Yorkshire towns, Doomsday book, the Civil War, local families, Mirfield Parish magazine, ecclesiastical history of Mirfield, buildings, estates and homes with corr...
Mirfield weather and disease
1920s-1950s
Includes notes from Ismay diaries on: plagues and disease, floods and harsh winters
Photographs and postcards
1900s-1950s
Photographs, postcards and newspaper cutting relating to Mirfield families, estates, and general local history.