roundhay park...castle

R.P.C · Post by **R.P.C** » Tue 10 Jun, 2008 10:04 pm

i was talking to my friends in work today about the roundhay park castle and apparently it was fake, the guy who owned it, got it built for his kids for unkniwn reasons, just wondering if anyone can clear this up for me...also..is it true that roundhay park was once owned by monks in the early 1800's?

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 10 Jun, 2008 11:24 pm

Have a look at these two threads - there's more if you search.http://www.secretleeds.co.uk/forum/Mess ... ighLight=1

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Wed 11 Jun, 2008 12:39 am

yep its a BIG ornament,nothing more-nothing less

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Wed 11 Jun, 2008 10:07 pm

JUST A FOLLYThis image shows the ruins of the castle folly at Roundhay Park. Designed by George Nettleton the folly was built to ornament the grounds of the 372 acre park owned by Thomas Nicholson.Courtesy of Leodis

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Wed 11 Jun, 2008 11:22 pm

also..is it true that roundhay park was once owned by monks in the early 1800's? If the land ever belonged to a monastery it certainly wasn't in the early1800's. Henry VIII's "Dissolution of the Monasteries "confiscated all the land and property belonging to these institutions c1540.

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Wed 11 Jun, 2008 11:34 pm

I've done some history & pictures of the lake, monks, lido, folly, dogs head spring & waterfall herehttp://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=265602590&blogID=398532326I wouldn't mind getting a snap of the miniature railway that was there. I haven't seen one anywhere yet.

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 11 Jun, 2008 11:39 pm

drapesy wrote: also..is it true that roundhay park was once owned by monks in the early 1800's? If the land ever belonged to a monastery it certainly wasn't in the early1800's. Henry VIII's "Dissolution of the Monasteries "confiscated all the land and property belonging to these institutions c1540. Burt's Illustrated History of Roundhay Park opens by telling how the 'enclosed area'formed part of the lands granted to the de Lacy familly by William the Conqueror and that in1153, Henry de Lacy confirmed a grant of:'Those lands next to Roundhay' to the Monks of Kirkstall Abbey so, whilst perhaps not owning the park, they held land nearby.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Thu 12 Jun, 2008 8:51 am

The monks had Roundhay Grange, and the land which is now to the right of Wetherby Road going into Seacroft.

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Thu 12 Jun, 2008 5:28 pm

Phill_d wrote: I wouldn't mind getting a snap of the miniature railway that was there. I haven't seen one anywhere yet. I've seen a couple of photos in a book in the reference library (Roundhay Park historic landscape study) but very poor quality and they only show close-ups of the shed and lines (no locos!). Apparently it ran along the North side of the upper lake, then did a couple of circuits around Ram Wood.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Thu 12 Jun, 2008 6:55 pm

Tasa wrote: Phill_d wrote: I wouldn't mind getting a snap of the miniature railway that was there. I haven't seen one anywhere yet. I've seen a couple of photos in a book in the reference library (Roundhay Park historic landscape study) but very poor quality and they only show close-ups of the shed and lines (no locos!). Apparently it ran along the North side of the upper lake, then did a couple of circuits around Ram Wood. You might be able to still see where it ran. Although the track was taken up ages ago until recently you could see the course. nature may have reclaimed it now though...