The Lost Waterloo Village - What Remains?

[@AdventureMe]

SOUND ISSUES: I am aware of some sound issues in this video. I now know what was causing it, and it's all down to a wind reduction setting on the camera. This has since been amended on future videos. But as I film many weeks ahead, it has meant that it's taken a while for it to be brought to my attention. I find if you watch the video on any device other than a mobile phone, it sounds much better. Due to the audio processing limitations on a mobile phone.

[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

A lot of places used to be very similar to Venice back in THE REAL PAST 'Rotation'

[@AGale2110]

Thinking about these lost things, especially this lost village, it is amazing so much human effort, so many lives invested in what seemed so important at the time now lost forever and forgotten. I imagine the first tenants of that village moving in excited only for it all to come to nothing in the end.

[@AdventureMe]

Yes, and you wouldn't know it was even there now.

[@catbabylon]

This is ace thanks mate. I found this village on the 1840s 6" map last year and, like you started to dig around, found an old blog about east Leeds and went hunting, ended up in exactly the same places you were filming. I came to the conclusion that the remains were not of the school house as it must have been slightly downstream of the old course of the river (now in the middle of the new course). The OS 25" maps provide a narrative that suggests the school house was converted into the smallpox hospital after the streets were cleared, and the only other building is unlabelled and positioned right by the cement bridge. My best guess is the remains are of this unlabelled building. I also wondered if the unlabeled building was the remains of the end terrace from the village that had been converted into some sort of out building? I guess we'l likely never know! Thanks again for this though, really good video. Will start watching the rest if your stuff.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Rich, yes I agree. I now don't think it was the school house, that would be under the new river aire course. I'm going back in the winter for another scout around, looking for more evidence.

[@joycebrown3908]

What an amazing video. Grew up in Rothwell in the 50/60's. Dad worked at Fanny Pit. My now husband did his apprenticeship at Skelton Grange and yet never knew a thing about this lost village. Thanks for the tour it was great to see some of the country park having moved from Yorkshire back in the 70's.

[@AdventureMe]

I'd never heard of it until last year too.

[@davidill99]

Yes amazing. I was born in Temple Ave. and grew up there. My dad also worked at Fanny pit. The bridges did carry the railway. Us lads used to dare each other to walk over the arches of the bridges. don't remember anybody falling off.

[@kennethstill5945]

The two concrete bridges carried the coal trains from the main line to the two Skelton Grange Power Stations. The Skelton lake was part of the power station ash pits area. The whole site has been completely altered over the last sixty years due to open casting for coal, act’s how they discovered the site of the Templars site in the late eighties. The site of the Village was completely altered again in the mid 2000s.

[@linkinfiles]

Thanks so much for this! I was heading for a walk along there this morning, so I found the gap in the fence and found the remains of the building. I've been walking past this for years, and never knew!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks, glad you got to see it.

[@mikestirland7715]

A great piece of detective work Darren. I was one of the volunteer researchers for last year’s ‘Blot on the Landscape’ exhibition at Temple Newsam about coal mining on the estate and we featured the ‘lost village’ in the exhibition. I have been to the site a few times but thought, like you, that the village remains were buried when the pit railway bridges were built. It’s great that you seem to have discovered the remains of the school house (which was extended in the 1870’s when the local school board was created). Something you might be interested in, I also recently discovered that Albert Ward, who became a Yorkshire, Lancashire and England Test cricketer, was born in the village - his dad was a miner.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for the info Mike. There's not much info about this anywhere. Do you know why the Temple Newsam guide book also called it New Market? It's the only reference to this name anywhere.

[@mikestirland7715]

There is a lot of information about the village in John Goodchild’s book ‘The Coal King’s of Yorkshire’ where the original name is mentioned. I also was able to find a short description of ‘Newmarket’ in Baines’ 1822 Directory of Yorkshire which is clearly the Waterloo village as it refers to the colliery owner (Fenton). I have no idea why it had that name though.

[@adrianclint1449]

@@mikestirland7715 "The first sod for Waterloo Colliery was taken on the eve of the battle of Waterloo, (1815), hence the name." eastleedsmemories.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/waterlooville-the-lost-village/

[@tesswild4815]

Wih I'd seen "Blot on Landscape " exhition at Tempsy. I remember when there was an open cast mine there, that was a blot on the landscape alright !

[@craigedgar8647]

Brilliant work, it's no longer a lost village now that you have made a digital record of it

[@AdventureMe]

That is true.

[@paulaglover6684]

Really interesting Darren, i thoroughly enjoyed watching this.

[@AdventureMe]

Awesome, thank you!

[@peterlovatt4156]

Lived locally for 48 years and never knew about Waterloo. Led us on to lots of other fascinating videos. Excellent.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it. Lot's more to come on the channel.

[@karenburnell5204]

Absolutely loved that, whatever the village was called I need to see this! I live nearby in Stanley so not far to travel. Keep up the good work as I am engrossed in all of them! Obviously coming from Stanley I loved the one you did from Outwood Station right through Stanley to Methley. Well done 👏👏👏

[@AdventureMe]

Cheers Karen, Glad you enjoyed. Plenty more to come.

[@deanrussell466]

Absolutely tricking amazing! I miss Leeds like mad! I THANK YOU!

[@valerielongmore5040]

Fascinating, well researched and glad you found the old school wall!

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it. Took a while.

[@davidill99]

Brilliant video. I was born in 1944 and grew up in Temple Ave. I have never heard of the village. Keep up the good work. I am now a fan.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. Welcome aboard.

[@joelkerry8089]

Many thanks for filming this video. Really fascinating and great tour of local history. My ancestors were miners living in a dwelling in Ingram Place on the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census returns so it's great to find out whereabouts they lived.

[@AdventureMe]

Brilliant. Hopefully filled in the blanks for you.

[@ronashman08]

Brilliant, really enjoying your videos, used to take the miners down to the Colliery on the special buses from the Bridgefield pub terminus in the early 1960s takes me back, never knew about the village though. Keep up the good work looking forward to your new videos.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for the info! Glad you enjoyed it. More similar videos to come.

[@waynecheshire7878]

10 out of 10 for remembering all the different names of the lost village 🏆

[@wyrksi]

Fascinating! Glad I stumbled upon your channel. Looking forward to watching your other videos. The Skelton bridge area looks a good place for a walk.

[@AdventureMe]

Welcome aboard! More to come.

[@ianrumgay9595]

Fascinating video Seeing and touching that wall so satisfying to think of the people and children and way if life that was once there .Defo will try and find that wall when doing Leeds ride on bike . There will be some descendants of the people who lived in Waterloo in the Rothwell and Woodlesford area? Very similar style concrete bridge linking Normanton into Wellbeck site over river calder . Really pleased they made that cycle path linking Woodlesford to Leeds so much history and change along it . Look forward to next outing.🚝

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Ian. Yes very haunting to think about that little wall hidden under the bridge, and how many ancient memories it holds.

[@adrianclint1449]

If you get Batty's History of Rothwell there are a lot of names of people who attended the chapel in the school in the mid 1800's. Several surnames of which I recognise from people I grew up with.

[@peterhollings9514]

Great video, very interesting. Somewhere between the river and Temple Newsam house was the location of the medieval Templar's prefectory (farmstead/living quarters). I believe that back in the 1920s a couple of stone coffins were unearthed somewhere in the vicinity. I fear the specific site may have been lost under the newly built roadside carbuncle known as Skelton Services - yet another example of an uncaring government's act of environmental terrorism.

[@AdventureMe]

I'll check it out, thanks.

[@christinamurray2912]

Amazing..I never imagined there was a village on that site! Great job 👏

[@simfel2007]

Great vid, working my way through your videos. Love old maps and comparing them through time to see what's left. Keep it going mate.

[@AdventureMe]

Awesome, thank you!

[@noelanderson703]

Just a quick word, The reference to Irwin and Ingram are associated with Temple Newsam which was acquired by Leeds City council from Lord Halifax (Earl Irwin) in the late thirties, and is now a public park and museum. The boundary of the park is quite close to Rothwell. There are several old coal mines in that area dating back to the 1700s. As a child, I remember seeing the pit ponies in the estate fields at the weekends.

[@southleedsmemories2686]

Hi Darren, I apologise for sharing your video to the LS26 group, I had no idea that you were a member. Steve ford.

[@mikestirland7715]

A bit more information to add to your excellent description. John Goodchild has a section about the village in his book 'The Coal Kings of Yorkshire'. He says that it was perhaps the first planned colliery village in Yorkshire (by William Fenton, the Waterloo mine owner). The school was maintained by Fenton who also paid the schoolmaster's salary and it was mentioned in the 1842 Report on the Employment of Children in Mines, being one of only five colliery schools then existing in West Yorkshire. The school building ultimately reverted to the owners of the Temple Newsam estate in the 1870s and was extended by the School Board for the United District of Rothwell and Thorpe Stapleton in 1876-77. Goodchild says that the village was semi-derelict in 1882. J Batty writes, in his 'History of Rothwell', that "Waterloo Board School accommodates 90 children, whose ages range from three years to thirteen years”. Finally, F Machin in 'The Yorkshire Miners' describes what happened during one industrial dispute in 1858 “Kirkby Fenton of the Waterloo Colliery notified workers that wages were to be reduced and bluntly told them “to deliver up house and gardens with appurtenances within one week from the date or proceedings of ejectment will be taken.” These miners would not work at lower wages, they left their houses 'almost on mass'”

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for the further information. Very interesting.

[@carolingtonb1749]

I've stood on that banking where the river has been re-routed and wondered about why it was like that. I had no idea. I will have to go back and have a look around again now. Thanks for another brilliant video.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad to help. Yes it was re-routed due to Skelton Lake in the 80's/90's I believe.

[@JayMackComedy]

As a history buff I absolutely love your channel being a Leeds lad that moved around Yorkshire. Theres stuff I know of vaguely locally I'd love to see. The sight of the Barnbow Tragedy in Crossgates or Colton Medieval village. Possibly even Armley Mills?

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Jay. All of that is on my to do list. So keep your eyes peeled.

[@Gilly9244]

Mate how am I only just finding your channel. Absolutely brilliant content!!! I can’t believe what I’m learning/finding out about Leeds. Going to binge pretty much every video now 👍🏻 again absolutely brilliant mate 👏🏻

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. Welcome aboard

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thanks for the video and chat. I do believe that brick structure under the new bridge was the original schoolhouse.the smaller reddish brick within the larger stone exteriors, maybe the key to the question. Thank you for sharing this video today. Again, another travel back in time. Cheers buddy.

[@JamesWakefieldFocus]

Fascinating. Cycled past there many times and never would have known

[@AdventureMe]

Me too, only when I looked into it I realised.

[@elysium2750]

That was really interesting. How sad that’s all that remains. Would love to explore down there.

[@AdventureMe]

It's really fascinating, you should.

[@kevinhemsworth7309]

The amount of times the heavy machines worked in that area, soil wash lakes, when they built rothwell country park, Skelton lakes and the A1/M1 LINK you would think it would all be long gone. Good Work on documenting the history.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks. You forgot to mention diverting the River Aire and widening the Canal too. I think that's why most of it has gone, but the school house wall.

[@kevinhemsworth7309]

@@AdventureMe kzbin.info/www/bejne/npqniJxnotWWjck you can see what that are looked like in the eighties on this

[@alistairhorsey6025]

The River Air was diverted to create an open cast mine that is now Skelton Lake

[@bigmonkey999888]

Makes me wonder the people who lived there all the trials and tribulations they experienced most fascinating

[@AdventureMe]

Yes all very haunting. Nothing much else known about it.

[@paul234884]

Great video. Well done on finding the wall of the old school house.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@EleanorRose.]

This is amazing ! Thank you for sharing the information with everyone 💖

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@50010Monarch]

Went down there today on my Saturday early walk. Had a mini explore. The wall you showed I could not find. But a newly fallen tree has shown bricks in its root ball and there is a piece of worked timber looks like a floor or ceiling joist and old. That is under the concrete bridge over the river. Dicey getting down there though.

[@AdventureMe]

The flooding might have shifted some things around at the river bank. I might have to go check it out.

[@50010Monarch]

@@AdventureMe If your going down there let me know and I can join you. I have a contact who is probably in his mid to late 70's and knows all about Hunslet and the cuckoo steps etc. A very interesting man indeed.

[@mscustomlures]

I work on one of Huddersfields lost streets. The street sign for Vulcan Street is still on one of the inside walls of our building

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for sharing.

[@bruirn]

Repeating myself here but thanks again for another excellent video. Have been cycling along the canal a lot recently and it's great to learn all about the history of the area. Keep up the exceptional work!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks again!

[@matthewcaton5526]

Thank you for sharing used to go round this area all the time before they opened the area up, had no idea about the village that was once here, will be definitely going over asap to see this, also us locals know the lake as seven islands not skelton, and the two arched bridges as arnhem bridge. Thanks for sharing this amazing history!

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks

[@michaeldavidson9091]

Great video, keep doing what you do, I live in the area and I am fascinated by the history of it all.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks, will do! More to come.

[@MarkDenson-ld8bf]

Thank you Neil for another great video I cycle around there 👍

[@Wedgedoow]

Another very entertains and interesting presentation,, I'm beginning to recognise cycle ways, and other views from previous videos. Your area is on the to do list once we get back to a more normal way of life. Keep em coming.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. Plenty to come.

[@gavlosmedia6323]

Just watching again for the 3rd time This place fascinates me. Spent lots of time down here walking the dog in lockdown

[@AdventureMe]

Me too, surprised we never bumped into each other.

[@joannebrown6163]

Love this, and love your other videos, especially the comparison between the old and new. Been watching your videos this afternoon, you have a new subscriber and i've given you videos a like too. I love the history of places.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Joanne. Welcome aboard.

[@YanikOlsen]

Brilliant mate! I never knew it even existed.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@angelsone-five7912]

Very interesting, I love local history no matter where it is. I only found you yesterday cos you were with the Whitewicks and I`ve been binge watching ever since, lol. Keep it up Darren and take care.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Hazel, glad you enjoyed. More to come on the channel.

[@suesmith4366]

Love this, something else I did not know about 😎

[@Williamstanway]

Your like John Richardsons exploring brother . Great content brother .

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate, i'll take that as a compliment. Keep watching, more to come.

[@churchcrawling]

brilliant video! Loved it and glad you found that bit of wall too. I must have a look down there myself at some point! Just found your channel this evening and binged watched a load of your vids. Enjoying them! Cheers

[@AdventureMe]

Awesome, thank you Robert. Welcome aboard.

[@celebrationballoonsofrothw2706]

Another excellent video. Since lockdown we have been walking all around this area regularly. Never knew of the existence of the village or that the River Aire had a slight re-route when Skelton Lake was built.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks. Yes it was re-routed for Skelton Lake. Not sure when.

[@andymountain130]

Possibley 1995 had a lot of workings gone on they especially after the power stations went could see changes happing when was working at Rothwell car auction old site

[@RobertJohnKerrUK]

Nice one..... enjoyed it pal.... nothing left but the wall.... Great to see it on the old map as well..... Top job...👍👍👍

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍 Robert.

[@alanclark8837]

Great video, very interesting must have ridden that route on my bike hundreds of times, no idea it was there.

[@AdventureMe]

I didn't until I did the research.

[@jjblackcat73]

Love these videos about Rothwell being a resident here. Would love to see a video of Woodlesford’s history particular oulton beck walking down Farrer Lane

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Joanne, i'm sure I will get to it sometime. Lots planned coming up locally.

[@iandixon8562]

Farrer Lane is in Oulton not Woodlesford. I believe Oulton beck’s real name is the river dolphin.

[@HobbiesAndSunshine]

Thanks for that, really interesting. One sees odd bits of wall and building while exploring the countryside, there must be many untold or forgotten stories.

[@AdventureMe]

Yes loads, it's my job to find them hopefully.

[@Geoffreytomlinson24]

Sometime someone lived there, strange to think. Excellent story again Chap.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@paulkelly5653]

The old track bed you are on with the two bridges @8:30 is an old branch from the mainline to Skelton Grange power station. Another five minutes walk towards Leeds and there are two more long lost villages. Thorpe Stapleton and then Knostrop. Loads of long lost history in East Leeds

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. I will be covering that soon.

[@davepo38]

Still waiting?

[@paulclubley7206]

Very enjoyable video to watch, once again i have learned something about by regular bike ride trail

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stuarttaylor4269]

Darren just a few notes related to the bridges and area by Waterloo village............working on the railway and passing between Stourton and on the rise round to the cutting before Woodlesford........for many many years the biggest thing you saw coming along where the now new stretch of the M1 sits looking left was the huge cooling towers of SKELTON GRANGE A and B power stations which sat on the area of land opposite the Waterloo island spot. as we started to rise on the line (steadily) on the left just after the cooling towers you see the two foreign looking concrete bridges, the sort you see in second world war films about Holland or Germany .......these bridges were part of the new era of post war building late 1940s early 50s and the layout and design of Skelton Grange including the bridges could be seen in other areas around the country we went on the railway .........On the railway side of the Calder and Aire Navigation and sandwiched between the river and railway was Waterloo colliery sidings,.......... trains of coal stabled here were tripped across those bridges into the power station.......also as YOU are stood on the bridge over the Aire you point your finger towards the diverted river bank and mention Skelton lake..........actually the concrete curving jetty and the big flat area there was the coal arrival and storage point by barge..so all the diverting and concrete work relates to the building work for Skelton Grange A and B power stations late 1940s to 1951 or 52 when the first one began generating................all these new power station sites post war commandeered large areas of land and money was no object......they were our economic future and we had vast amounts of coal as yet unmined in Yorkshire....(probably still do....!) I think the power stations survived to the early to mid eighties possibly similar time to the one at Kirkstall which was converted to oil but never used. The M1 crossing the valley now seems to go right through where the power stations were. ....Smashing videos happy memories for me railway wise ..keep going...!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Stuart, yes I was aware of Skelton Grange Power Station. It features in a few of my other videos in pictures. I was planning on doing this, but nothing much to see or report anymore.

[@howardgibson]

Another great video Darren, just like watching time team

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍 Hopefully better looking than that lot.

[@christineland2109]

These videos are really fab. Enjoyed the loss railways. Hope Darren can do more.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks. More to come!

[@SJ-zf4mf]

Thank you for another interesting video.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@therealunclevanya]

The Irwin's and Ingram's were the owners of Temple Newsam hence the names of the squares and streets

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks

[@michaelhamilton7111]

Thanks for these videos brings back good memories. Born and grown in Bramley now living in Costa Rica . Enjoy the videos. Subscribed.

[@AdventureMe]

Wow, that's a change. Bramley to Costa Rica. Bet that doesn't happen often.

[@michaelhamilton7111]

@@AdventureMe good job i took spanish at intake sec. Videos are magic thanks😎

[@sjgarm8936]

Thank you that was really enjoyable

[@jasonwestmoreland]

Just subscribed to your channel, lovely what your doing, I've lived around here for 40 years and know all these areas, and can remember watching the water fill up the St Aidens landfill site, I ve got a few videos too

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Jason. Glad you enjoyed. I'd love to see the videos if you can get them online somehow.

[@jasonwestmoreland]

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[@fulcrumspigot455]

That's great hair mate! Better than my effort! I was getting sick of wearing my wooly hat!

[@AdventureMe]

It's much longer now, this was back in April/May. I had a mad moment.

[@andybt3989]

Excellent! Very interesting!

[@denharrison7704]

These videos are brilliant, but I'm pretty certain those footings beneath the the bridge are the footings of the original bridge which ran roughly north. The school house was further east. The 2 concrete arch bridges were built to carry coal to Skelton grange power station and were built well into the 20th century. If you follow the path over those 2 bridges toward Rothwell you'll come to a fork, the left follows the canal and the right fork is the site of the old train track that went over those bridges. Carry on on the old rail route you'll find another less elaborate concrete rail bridge along side the older, still in use stone bridge going over Bullough lane, just after there the line would have joined the main, I think it's the midland line but I'm not too good with trains. The current path just loops back on its self to Bullough lane.

[@50010Monarch]

Hi Darren. I believe the concrete bridges were for the railway to serve the old power station. Love your explore videos keep them up.

[@AdventureMe]

Yes apparently so. For Skelton Grange.

[@raybeaumont7670]

Simply brilliant. Well done!

[@tcDetects]

Fascinating story.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank You. More to come on the channel.

[@miscellaneous_pod]

Very well done

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you!

[@simonguilfoyle1009]

Wow didn't know about the village . Well done 👍

[@AdventureMe]

No problem, more to come.

[@andymountain130]

Very early 1990s as kids would come here in fact swim across to he river/canal from holton Moore side .THE PIPE I remember breaking of the pipe sticking out a good two foot .it was heavy lead carried it all the way back home and now is buried in the back garden with now a exaction on it.im so sure Iv seen a photo like quality drawing of the this housing square in some book deplicting it at night/dusk with old gas lights. Anyone else ??

[@AdventureMe]

I haven't found anything yet. Just a map.

[@robfinch3277]

Hi, I`ve only just come across this post. Like you I also like tracing down lost building and artifacts. I don`t know if you are aware but when using Google Earth, if you go into the "view" menu and select "Historical Imagery" you can go back some 30 years or longer (eg London in the 1940s) that shows the aerial view at that time and also more importantly the changing vegetation. When comparing these views against each other quite often hidden artifacts appear as crop marks. Doing this with the area of Waterloo Village there appears on some a rectangular "crop" mark that coinsides closely with the location of Irwin Square. Great video as usual.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. Yeah I use that Google Earth tool sometimes.

[@richardidle1289]

Very interesting. New to your vids but really enjoying them.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Richard. Welcome aboard.

[@siegfried923]

another interesting video Well done

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate

[@Mitch-Hendren]

just subbed. from the whitewicks channel really enjoying the content... one thing to think about is unlike modern houses old cheaply built houses didnt have foundations as such. mine was built in 1867 ,a railway company terrace it doesn't have foundations as such it just sits on triple course of bricks on compacted clay a foot down, (footing) each house keeps its neighbours upright . so if they're demolished everything goes . also original floors would have been quarry tiles on compacted earth. no concrete floors. again would all be swept away during demolition .

[@AdventureMe]

That's true. I've heard that mine is built on old timber rafters buried in the ground.

[@timothyhopkins6960]

Enjoyed it very much !

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Timothy.

[@gryphonart9586]

Interestingly, I used to live near a Waterloo Village in New Jersey. It was built around the same time as this one on the Morris Canal (mainly used to transport coal), and eventually abandoned. It found a second life as a historical site, and still exists today in some form. Not much left of the old Morris Canal, though a portion of it remains in my old home town of Wharton and they are restoring an old lock there. Anyway, great video, and here's a link if you are interested. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_Village,_New_Jersey

[@AdventureMe]

There's Waterloo's everywhere by the sounds of it. The canal sounds interesting, well if I run out of things here one day, might have to venture over.

[@davidhector1197]

Well done another excellent video.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks again!

[@simonrichardson5077]

great work,thanks

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you liked it!

[@iandixon8562]

This video is brilliant. I grew up around this area and still live fairly local but I never knew about this village. I grew up in the village of Oulton which is next to Rothwell and I thought I knew quite a lot of the history of the area but this one passed me by. I’m new to your channel so I’m not sure if you have done any walkabouts and videos of other lost villages in the area but there was once a village near to Oulton called Fleet. It was also sited next to the river Aire and I believe it was a small mill village. Maybe you could make a video about this lost village too.

[@AdventureMe]

Cheers Ian, Yes i'm not far from Oulton. I have done a video on Fleet locks and it's history around there. Have a look at my website, I have a map on there of all the places I have done. www.adventureme.co.uk

[@lynnecaulfield2418]

Like to see one of Killingbeck Meadows Remnants of Medieval Farming and Bronze age Fort

[@AdventureMe]

I'll get there eventually, just added it to my list. Thanks.

[@NinfaCarpentergeorgia198]

Don’t worry about the hair!!! Not only does it looks good; the good Lord only creates so many perfect heads and the rest he covers in hair!!! We’re new subs, just came over from Martín’s channel, and have high hopes for yours.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Ninfa. The hair is much longer now, that was back in May. Hope you enjoy the channel, let me know what you think.

[@harrietmcneilis8796]

Great video. I wonder if the name of the mine and village had any connection with Waterloo lake in Roundhay park. I think i will investigate, keep up the good work, i'm very glad i stumbled upon your channel its right up my street,

[@AdventureMe]

Apparently named after the battle of Waterloo, but not sure about Roundhay lake.

[@tesswild4815]

Most interesting! I did part of my nursing training at Rothwell Hospital in 1974! I noticed a couple of street names from Waterloo Village-Irwin Square and Ingram Street- these names were from the owners of Temple Newsam in Leeds. I wonder whether the collieries were owned by these people.....?

[@AdventureMe]

I think they had something to do with it, the collieries were on the land owned by the Temple Newsam estate.

[@tesswild4815]

@@AdventureMe I thought so! My Nanna lived in Charlotte Grove Halton. The land her house was built on was originally part of Temple Newsam estate.

[@richardlodge8594]

Interesting! I walk down through the country park from Styebank Lane regularly with the dogs and have walked from the other side (coming out of city centre)as well many times and seen the two old concrete bridges for the railway line - never would have though there was a village there at some point, definitely need to look for the school remains. Never knew the river was diverted either - wonder why that happened????

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Richard. It was diverted due to them creating the nature reserve (skelton lake).

[@cyberhermit1222]

The mines near the lake were are also the site of a lost Knights Templar preceptory. There's a BBC article on it as well as a book.

[@AdventureMe]

Cheers, i'll have a look.

[@beverleywoods]

Great video, nice and informative.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you!

[@rjfinn26]

I grew up in and around Rothwell and I’m surprised where you are filming you haven’t had any trouble with teenagers on bikes. Right at the top of the Rothwell country park there is also an old I believe anti aircraft gun emplacement from WW2. There is only the stone circle left now.

[@AdventureMe]

So far so good. But I do tend to film weekdays when it's quieter.

[@garydale946]

Hello mate I'm from Leeds from Harehills I walk around but I never changed it a bit on my mountain bike also I used to go to Filey I went to Hornsea potteries when I'm with the kid I like the interesting what you do

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Gary

[@joepineapples7774]

You ought to do one of these on Levitt Hagg in Sprotbrourgh South Yorkshire. There's quite a few old photo's and info, plus some remains.

[@AdventureMe]

Sounds good. I'll take a look into it.

[@reuly23]

Love your videos x

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Tiffany

[@bobingram6912]

I think Ingram village sounds pretty good!!!!

[@AdventureMe]

I bet it does. You probably own it.

[@lozdix76]

Hi. I walk down here all the time, and had no idea this was here.

[@AdventureMe]

Me neither until I saw an article.

[@dotdoughty5504]

Interesting. Thanks.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching Dot

[@andymountain130]

Can remember school taking us here to the remains of the old-school must have Been about 85 87 ish any way we had to draw /sketch the remains it was a very cold wet rainy day. Think that the teacher had family that had lived worked there?? Also not far away on the bank of the river was a very very old pub called the anchor Inn .

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for the memories Andy, I will be looking at the Anchor Inn in the future.

[@naomijade9199]

The newlands site in normanton would be a great place to explore lots of old buildings in the woods

[@AdventureMe]

Hi Naomi, Sounds good. Where about's in Newlands?

[@naomijade9199]

@@AdventureMe its in normanton if you google it you can get a postcode and some history i often walk down there with my friend and there are old ruin buildings in the woods

[@banjoman44]

Very good.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate