The Cursed Ruins in the Woods | The Lost Milner Field

[@aA-ye1cf]

You two are BRILLIANT

[@AdventureMe]

Plenty more vids from us two on my channel lol

[@doctorsocrates4413]

Excellent video darren..Thank you.!

[@Yorkshiredrummer]

In 1939 I was seven years old and lived in Bingley until 1950. We used to play in the house and grounds and pinched bits of the mosaic floor in the main hall to use for an old game that I think we called fives. It involved tossing a stone in the air and catching it on the back of the hand. Then you threw another and got two stones on the back of your hand and so on. The drive from Milner field opened onto The coach road and this led Down to Baildon Green where a bridge crossed the river to Victoria Road and Salt,s Mill. The bridge was demolished as it was a private bridge owned by Salt,s Mill and they would not repair it. A shame because it was a very useful route from Saltaire to Baildon Green

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah I've seen pictures of the bridge before it was demolished. I cover the bridge in my Saltaire video coming soon.

[@kathybramley5609]

My mum used to play fives in Derbyshire.

[@xanderkeery5324]

I grew up a stones throw from this in Gilstead. We use to play in the gate house when we were kids before it was renovated and we always thought the greenhouse was a ballroom floor. Local legend said you could see ghosts dancing there at midnight 😂 Those cellars were used to smoke weed and get pissed in when we were experimenting teenagers 😕 fantastic insight, part 1 and 2 both great. Now living in Australia, very nice to see home again.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you. Nice to hear you made use of the cellars lol.

[@paulhemingway9149]

Absolutely Brilliant.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Paul

[@Pro-Deo]

This is my first time here and WoW! You're a great historian, storyteller and filmmaker! This was great! Thanks!

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@suzyqualcast6269]

What's gets MY head is how surfacedky deeply encountrified the area has become, like t'house was never theere.

[@sandraludwig1546]

Thank you for an enjoyable tour! I find ruins of mansions fascinating. A shame that this place couldn't be maintained as flats or some other use.

[@davidthornton9214]

Great work again Darren. It's a shame these old buildings are left to decay so badly. It would be nice if we could get the current site cleaned up, as an extension to the whole Salts Mill experience.

[@AdventureMe]

Totally agree.

[@junegrimley5697]

Brilliant tour loved it

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching

[@Al-qv5vs]

I don't know any of these places, but I find your work very fascinating. Keep up the good work, excellent stuff.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks. More to come

[@shaunhanson7227]

Excellent, love how you merge the old pictures with the video...nice touch 👍👍

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@neilholland5374]

I’m a bit obsessed with the Milner Field site since we discovered it about a year ago. It really does have its own eerie atmosphere and feels ghostly. Thank you for sharing. Agree, it’s a shame they won’t restore the mosaic floor etc. Sadly the management company aren’t interested!

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah, it's almost forgotten about. I had to make a video before it disappears.

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Well that was beaut. What a beautiful building that was in its time, so sad now it’s gone. What a fantastic view that was from verandah. Thank you so much for taking me along and p,ease stay safe

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@granvillefoster6719]

Great story once again and great effects

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you. It can only get better.

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thanks for the tour, Darren. Sad to see a place like this. See you on the next! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😞🇺🇸

[@SkywalkerSnape]

Very interesting

[@ALWResearchTeam]

A really nice video of what looked to be a fabulous house.

[@AdventureMe]

It really is!

[@bustermustaffa6594]

Another amazing video

[@benjaminr7228]

Fantastic, there’s an article about this in todays T&A ,06/15/2022 , which is why I’ve just watched both parts . I lived on Crossley View which is a stones throw away back in the 70’s - early 80’s as a kid and played in there hundreds of times . This vid brought back some great memories and some scary ones too ! We believed the ghost stories back then lol , ‘the old grey man ‘ was one I remember or a story about a load of workmen going down there and never to return ! Brilliant.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Benjamin

[@lorraine6573]

Lovely explore. I really want to visit Milner now looks fascinating!!

[@AdventureMe]

It is a surreal place and very haunting.

[@joshwhiteley2449]

Another great find. It's mad how much effort must have been put into that building and now its left to rot. Keep the videos coming!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@graemehannam3950]

Another excellent video thanks loved every minute of it, it certainly was an eerie place to be, might have to have a look at it

[@AdventureMe]

You should!

[@AshOutdoors]

Absolutely loved this content Darren, please do more of these, very well researched & the overlays are brilliant really brings the ruins to life and gives a really good understanding of how it once stood so proud 👌🏼

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate, plenty more to come.

[@Wedgedoow]

Another good historical tour of a place I knew nothing about, very interesting. Keep em comming, Lorraine says hi Gary

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it. Hi Lorraine,

[@TJandJ]

A great video. I've been wondering what it looks like down there for years as live nearby. Thanks for this. Love the image overlays. It really does just make this so much more intriguing

[@danielbarrows7144]

Nice technique blending the old photo with the new video very effective! Nice to see Martin in there as well 👍🏻

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it. More to come from us both on here.

[@suesmith4366]

Loved this too, got a book from eBay showing house and interiors to compliment your explore. 😎

[@AdventureMe]

Cool, thanks!

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

Amazing find Darren, I think it's criminal that the knocked this beauty down.

[@AdventureMe]

Yes it is.

[@pctrobottitley8334]

Great video,I went to Milnerfield five years ago,the arch was intact,I went today 26/02/21 to photograph the conservatory,it took me an hour the brush the detritus from around the edges,images will be on my Facebook page tomorrow- Paul Titley

[@AdventureMe]

Hi Paul. Yes I saw your video. I am on your Facebook page. We found the arch on a later return visit, i hardly recognised it as it was all vandalised.

[@christinamurray2912]

Absolutely love this!!! It’s right down my street 😂 what a crime to demolish a beauty like that house!!! Those cellars 😮 amazing it’s still there! But the spiders….. I just couldn’t no way no thank you!!😳 I imagine all the cellars are still under Banstead park in harehills I watched them build that park in 83 they just used rubble to cover up all the cellars! That’s how they did it back then! You need to do roundhay park & the long gone open air swimming pool on weatherby rd! Great videos keep it up 👍

[@sarahillingworth2718]

very creepy, didn't know this place existed 👍

[@angelsone-five7912]

Poor old Martin always gets affected when he goes to this site, understandable though. Wouldn`t it be great to have a wander round the cellars? That gate house was a really solid affair.

[@AdventureMe]

You should pop down and have a wander. It's easily accessible.

[@stevetetley5479]

Littlemoor castle in queensbury is another sad building long gone

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Steve, i'll look into that later. Sounds interesting.

[@J20Lover]

At 14.47 when you were looking into a part of the cellar, me and my husband swear we saw a childs face!

[@jimgoodwin45]

Ok, so I'm not the only one who saw it. I'm not losing my mind.

[@J20Lover]

@@jimgoodwin45 we deffo saw it.. how weird?

[@buthe1979]

Watched that bit a few times and can't see it

[@AdventureMe]

I think I saw what you mean, I had my little nephew with me. He was stood behind, it could have been a lens reflection or something.

[@J20Lover]

@@AdventureMe aah i see. Not sure. May have to watch again and see if i can screen shot it and make comparrisons to the image and your newphew! Would be amazing if you caught something on video!

[@chrisbow1776]

Never known Martin so quiet. The apprentice taking the master out for a day drip hunting relics, lol

[@AdventureMe]

He wasn't quiet off camera lol. To be fair it was the first time we had met each other.

[@fennecfox8623]

Great video! I live just over a mile away from this site and have explored it quite a bit. Can I suggest a repeat visit to explore the abandoned kitchen garden? You can still see the remains of the greenhouses, espalier trees, orchard, central well, etc 😀

[@AdventureMe]

Yes I will be doing a part 3 someday, including the gardeners section and the farm etc.

[@bustermustaffa6594]

Love the video

[@davetspiritpr6834]

I used to live a stone's throw away from stokesay court in Shropshire the architect was a Man called Thomas Harris he was also the architect for Milner Field although from your video photo's both houses looked nothing like one another and stokesay court is still standing and still in pretty good condition great explore I will have a look at Martins video as well.

[@AdventureMe]

Brilliant. I didn't know that.

[@davetspiritpr6834]

There are lots of pictures of Stokesay court on the internet but in my humble opinion both buildings could not be more different there are bits on the internet about Thomas Harris but not much.

[@danielmcewan6322]

I’d be doing what you do if my circumstances were different👍 that you for the videos I am a new subscriber and browsing through your videos on my bit of spare time when it really should be spent asleep. It’s only 2210pm 🤦‍♂️

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Daniel.

[@LancashireLarks]

What a magnificent building this would of been! Love your detailed description and how you match the old photos onto today’s view. Was there a conservatory there by any chance? Haha. Only joking. Loved that pic of the path how it matched up 🙌

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed. We liked making this one.

[@thomasmann9216]

The Western Lodge looks definitely haunted. You should do a paranormal investigation!

[@AdventureMe]

I would if they would let me in. It's up for rent.

[@Franty564]

Would you be able to look into doing a video about the old train station in kippax that was connected by the lines, just An idea maybe you could merge it with other ideas about the lines way

[@AdventureMe]

I'll be covering the castleford to garforth line at somepoint soon, this will include Kippax Station.

[@judithkitchingman4419]

I know it’s months after your vlog but I finally got chance to go to the site today. We searched for hours in the area trying to follow your footsteps but couldn’t see the most interesting places. Could you help me with some “what 3 words” pointers. I would particularly like to see the conservatory floor. Thanks.

[@AdventureMe]

It's hard for me to say as the aerial imagery just shows trees, but the approximate location is ///magnets.revise.otter for the conservatory floor.

[@judithkitchingman4419]

@@AdventureMe thank you so much for your speedy reply. We will go again and look at everything. Xxxxx

[@AdventureMe]

You can't miss it. Head to the far west of the ruins and you will see a large flat area at the end and a little corridor heading towards it.

[@mikesilcock6296]

Hi great chanel btw.why was it demolished ? Thanks

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks. They couldn't find a buyer, due to it's cursed owners. If you watch the first part, I talk about it in there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXKqfGZrYslsrrc

[@archstanton9528]

Another grest video. The lodges are North and South, not eastern and western. The South Lodge name plate on the building can be seen below your Eastern Lodge caption 😀. I'm not sure you found the arch, there is a quite a bit of it left, some still standing. You should definately do a part 3. 👍

[@AdventureMe]

Yeah I realised that once I put the video out lol. That wasn't the arch either, I found it on a return trip, so yes. A part 3 is much needed.

[@icemonAesDana]

used to have parties up there when i was young

[@AdventureMe]

Looks like there's been a few recently.

[@kerensagregory3573]

Have you been to Newland? Between Normanton and Wakefield

[@AdventureMe]

I have yeah. I was struggling for a story with that one.

[@kerensagregory3573]

You probably know as much as I do then. I just have stories my dad told me, and what's on Google

[@AdventureMe]

@@kerensagregory3573 The difference with Milner Field and Newlands is a good story. I just find it hard to show unless i have a story to back it up.

[@chrischibnall593]

Those are Cave Spiders, Meta bourneti or M. menardi The white things hanging from the cellar ceiling are their egg sacs

[@AdventureMe]

Wow. That didn't make me feel any better lol. Fascinating to see though, rather on pictures though.

[@waynecheshire7878]

Great story to go with the house if it was by Alton towers merlin would of build a ride about it 👻

[@jimcameron9258]

14:48 a face appears. Ive screen shotted it, creepy

[@sarahbowman7566]

did you see the child ghost look right at you and leaned when you backed up. The time on the video is 14:47 to14:50 wow Please look at it

[@TheWacoKid1963]

15:05 I hope you washed your hands after handling that item, it's a half section of sewage drain, the wide collar at one end is where the next piece of pipe fits in.

[@AdventureMe]

I did, after making Martin a cuppa. lol

[@jazzs8712]

Around 14 minutes & 50 seconds in the cellar there is a small child in the door way!!

[@AdventureMe]

A lot of people said that. I think it was a reflection in the lens I had on.

[@nixtax3526]

Surprised all that dressed stone wasn’t sold off by the demolition company.

[@AdventureMe]

I think the council did it to stop the vandals, but it would have been still valuable.

[@fennecfox8623]

AdventureMe I’ve read that the then owners of Salts Mill (and the site of Milner Field) used materials from the house as building / repair supplies for the mill itself.

[@BdManus]

Shame the couldn't save the house and buildings.

[@AdventureMe]

It is a crying shame.

[@tonydalton6756]

If I remember rightly south lodge was sold for about £12K in the early 1980's & came with about 1/2 an acre of woodland behind it. It was badly damaged by vandals & went in it as a child as well as the cellars of the main house. Bingley itself is full of ancient artefacts with cup & ring stones & connections to the Knights Templar. There are many wonderful walks in the area which can be found on this website: www.bingleywalkersarewelcome.org.uk/

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Tony, I'll take a look. I have more Bingley stuff coming later next year.

[@CoyoteMTB77]

Is there any real evidence of why so many deaths occurred at the house? I know that some of the building materials were highly toxic back in the day. Cobalt was in Latham plaster from memory and it’s not good for you.

[@kathybramley5609]

I heard it was possibly contaminated drinking water from the spring they used.

[@mark-wh2qc]

So the council demolished the remains of the building and just left the rubble where it fell...

[@vilebrequin6923]

Not the Council, the owners of Salts Mill.

[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

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