Part Eleven of 'Oak Leaves' is now available. Copies of Part Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten and Eleven of 'Oak Leaves' retail at £3 each currently and can usually be obtained from :

Leeds Civic Trust, 17/19 Wharf Street

Philip Howard Book Shop, 47 Street Lane

City Stationers, 466 Roundhay Road

Gledhow Post Office, 2 Chandos Gardens

Subject Contents of 'Oak Leaves' Books

Part One. Spring 2001

'Ownership of Roundhay Manor and Park' by Peter Kelley

'The Life and Family of Thomas Nicholson of Roundhay Park' by Neville Hurworth

'Gledhow School - Gledhow Lane (1972 - 1959)' by Barbara Barr

'Gettting to the Park' by Geoff Hall

'They Died in the Service of their Country' by Valerie Ives

Part Two. Autumn 2001

'Oakwood: the Nineteenth Century Suburb of Roundhay' by Geoff Hall

'Quarrying in the Oakwood Area' by Murray Mitchell

'Some Notes about the History of Roundhay Park Methodist Church' by Barbara Worthington

'The Roundhay and District Electric Lighting Company Limited' by Geoff Hall

'Shopping' by Hilary Dyson

Part Three. Summer 2002

'Louis A.A. Le Prince and the Whitley Family' by Peter Kelley

'HSBC Bank in Leeds' By Tina Staples HSBC Group Archives

'Early Birds Over Yorkshire' by Hilary Dyson

'The Parish Church of St. Edmund, Roundhay' by Geoffrey Bass

'Letter from one of our readers' John Harrison. October 2001.

'The Butler, the Coachman and the Governess' by Anne Wilkinson

Part Four. Spring 2003

'Parcmont' by Joan Newiss

'The Prehistoric Enclosure in Gipton Wood' by Peter Kelley

'Letter from one of our Readers. re Blackburns' by Vera Agar

'A Brief History of Roundhay St. Johns Church' by J. Dickinson & G.D. Webster

'William Penrose Green' by Dr. Raymond Dalton

'Mining in Gipton' by Peter Kelly and Murray Mitchell

Part Five. Christmas 2004

'Roundhay and the Domesday Survey of 1086' by Peter Kelley

'A History of St. John's School, Roundhay' by Anne Wilkinson

'A Brief History of Oakwood Library' by Barbara Worthington

'Memories of Daily Life in 1920s Gledhow' by Margaret Plows

Part Six. Autumn 2006

'Basil Hartley and Novello House (2 Ladywood Road)' by Hilary Dyson

'The Oakwood Train Crash' by John Harrison

'John William Jessop and Hatwood' by Gillian Figures

'The Reverend James Armitage Rhodes "Clerk Without Cure of Souls" A Remarkable Man'  

by Neville Hurworth

'Oak Leaves Prompts Memories of Roundhay from Australia' by Barbara Rowlands

Part Seven. Autumn 2007

'How Oakwood Got Its Clock' by John and Cynthia Harrison

'A Note about the Coat of Arms above the Door of the Old Roundhay St John’s School on Wetherby Road' by Neville Hurworth

'A. Kershaw & Sons, The Early Years' by Peter Kelley

Part Eight. Autumn 2008

'The Closure of St John’s Church, Roundhay. Some Final Thoughts' by Neville Hurworth

'The History of Gledhow Hill House and Estate, the Home of Roundhay School' by Joan Newiss and Murray Mitchell

'The Truth, but Not the Whole Truth. Memories of Roundhay School, 1950-1957' by John Harrison

'Rowland Ding, Dare-devil Pilot of Soldiers’ Field' by David Hanson

'Travels With Mary Gordon' by Hilary Dyson

'The Parsons’ Connection with Gledhow Hill and Roundhay' by Neville Hurworth

Part Nine. Autumn 2009

'Elmet(e) Hall' by Anthony Silson

'A Walk Round Oakwood' by Hilary Dyson

'The Third Lake and Other 'Fish Ponds' at Roundhay Park' by Neville Hurworth

'Edward Caldwell Spruce (1866-1922) and the Savage Club' by Hilary Dyson

'A Skating Accident at Gledhow' by Neville Hurworth

Part Ten. Autumn 2010

'Oakwood and District in Parliamentary Elections, 1885-1955' by J.A. Harrison

'A Short Note About a Quarry at Oakwood' by Neville Hurworth

'The Jessop Family of Roundhay Mount' by Anne Wilkinson

'Allerton Grange Schools' by Anthony Silson

'Memories of Allerton Grange School' by Trevor and Margaret Plows and Rowena Smith

'A Very Public Row between Colonel Campbell and Thomas Nicholson. Important Historical Information in the Leeds Mercury of 1811' by Neville Hurworth

'Carry On Nurse. 'Uplands', Roundhay, in WW2' by Valerie Ives

Part Eleven. Spring 2012

'A Look Back Over the Years of the Oakwood and District Historical Society' by Hilary Dyson

'St George's School, Roundhay, circa 1880-1917' by Neville Hurworth

'Some Oakwood Memories' by John Harrison

'Where Was William Nicholson Nicholson's House (Where He Shot His Uncle's Gamekeeper)?' by Neville Hurworth

'A Roundhay Childhood' by Gwyneth Spurr (nee Evans)

Part Twelve. Autumn 2012

'In Memoriam: Murray Mitchell'

'A Roundhay Ironfounder, Frederick Dyson (1847-1912) and his work' by Tony Dyson and Graham Hills

'Thomas Nicholson (1830-1860) and how Roundhay Park was nearly lost before Leeds Corporation could buy it' by Neville Hurworth

'Oakwood a Hundred Years Ago: Some Newspaper Notes' by John Harrison

'Sale of Surplus Land from the Roundhay Park Estate. Pursuit of a Park for Nothing' by Neville Hurworth

'The Roundhay Almshouses' by Anne Wilkinson

'Henry Marles and the Roman Lamp he found in the Gorge at Roundhay Park' by Peter Marles

'The Leeds Extension Act of 1912. ‘The Runaway Ratepayers of Roundhay’ become part of Leeds' by Anne Wilkinson

Last Updated 28 November 2012 by Neville Hurworth