Bramham the Village in Times Past

On the right, just visible, is Mrs Alcock's General Store, now a private house. It was an Aladdin's Cave where you could buy many things and is fondly remembered by villagers who recall the clanging bell as the shop door opened. Further down the cottages on the right are now demolished but the remnants of the steps can still be seen. On the left the houses on the Crag too were pulled down.

Some of the cottages just visible half‑way down on the left have now been pulled down. On the right is the boundary of what were the Vicarage grounds. Also on the right half‑way down can be seen three doorways. These were the toilets for the cottages opposite. Just visible on the right is the flagpole in the grounds of the Vicarage Institute erected by Captain Branson who lived there after the First World War.

The Derby and Joan Club. Cutting the cake is the oldest member, Mrs Dickinson. From left to right Mrs Levitt, Mrs Holman, Mrs Rideoff, Mrs Eastwood, the Rev Shepherd, Mrs Clayton, Mrs Dickinson, The Hon Mrs Lane Fox, Mrs Greaves, Mr Banks, the Headmaster, and Mrs Brown.

The Old Smithy is on the right. Mr Bartram Saddler was a blacksmith there, and it is still in use. Opposite was a Wheetright's owned by Mr Walter Smith. The four cottages on the left, originally a barn, were later converted into two houses.

Now known as High Street. On the right is the New York Inn, later the temperance Hotel in the 1930's as it was decided there were too many licensed premises in the village, and its licence was not renewed. During the First World War, when the RAF used Headley Aerodrome as a training base, this was the only Inn the airmen were officially allowed to use; and the nearest to the airfield. In an emergency personnel could return to the airfield quickly enough by bicycle. One night a plane did crash and the Inn emptied in no time as they all cycled off. Next to the Inn were two cottages known as Beech Cottages; behind one was a malt kiln not used in living memory. On the left the wall of a barn can just be seen and further down a gate. These and other barns not visible belonged to Mr Thackwray at the Manor House and have now all been demolished. However the barn beyond the gate is still standing and in its wall is a post‑box. Mr Thackwray set up a Trust for the upkeep of Bramham Churchyard. The railings on the right were removed in 1943, along with many others in the village and around the country, as part of the Second World War appeal for iron. Further down, the van is parked outside what was a butcher's shop.
 Hillside contained the farmhouses for a number of farms whose lands lay around the village perimeter ‑ Heygate, Laurel Grove and Greenhill for example are all now private residences.

Taken from the top of what is now the Wetherby Road, but in those days was the Great North Road. The picture pre‑dates 1920 as there are no council houses, the first being built in 1924 by Wetherby Rural Council.

This was the Great North Road before the First World War. Note the stone wall can the left before the Council Estate was built; on the right is Milnthorpe Farm. The people in the picture are Mr Herbert Tindall and Miss Mary Summersgill.

Thorner Road before coming down under the A1 and Tenter Hill to the village square. Tenter Hill was closed at 6 am on Monday 29 July 1991, after which the village had no direct access to Thorner until December 1991 whilst the second bypass was constructed to replace the first one, seen here.