Burley Bar Stone - and the rest

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 2:09 pm

polo wrote: did u go on the link I provided I think I forgot to put www. first. The article shows a group of people stood in front of it. http://weavingsandunpickings.wordpress. ... nalia/This should send you to it

polo · Post by **polo** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 2:36 pm

yeah thanks I think that pretty much covers all the stones in there

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 2:37 pm

polo wrote: did u go on the link I provided I think I forgot to put www. first. The article shows a group of people stood in front of it. My apologies, last time I read this thread I did so from my phone so missed the photos in the attached article.Thanks for that.

book · Post by **book** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 2:45 pm

What does Bar mean in this context? Eg Tingley Bar?

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 2:49 pm

This seems a good thread to ask my question (hopefully).East, West, North Riding I have heard of since my childhhod but I have never heard of a South Riding. Was there one? Oh yeh, and what were/are the wapentakes? Never heard the word until I joined SL.Thanks.

polo · Post by **polo** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 2:50 pm

I think it means boundary

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 2:50 pm

Caron wrote: This seems a good thread to ask my question (hopefully).East, West, North Riding I have heard of since my childhhod but I have never heard of a South Riding. Was there one? Thanks. Only on the telly

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 2:53 pm

BarFly wrote: chameleon wrote: The West Yorkshire Bus Station? As I remember the yellow sandstone marker was to the imediate right of the old stairs down from Vicar Lane to the bus station - surely THAT can't have gone - but then the skulls found a new home didn't they? If I understand the location you are referring to correctly there is a disintegrated block at the bottom of the stairs that I cannot tell whether it is concrete or stone -- it's that disintegrated and I don't know the materials well enough. Is it possible this is what remains of the bar stone? I think it's about the right size -- otherwise I suspect it's an old fire hydrant marker.Edit: I just tried to find what I'm referring to on street view but sadly there's a pedestrian blocking what might otherwise be a view of it:http://goo.gl/maps/J90DOIt is on the other side of the wall to the road behind the guy in the middle of the picture. BarflyI've never found it, and don't recall seeing it when it was bus stationHere's the photo I had and I'll edit the script back in below:-Image=[dead link]Vicar Lane 13 April 1937 "..This workman............. the old North Bar stone which was taken from the former building on the site - the old Leeds Workhouse - before it was demolished.."There was a flight of steps down into the station from approx oppo Harrison St, I assumed them. Maybe it is the small flight on Lady Ln. Uncle MickI read the link. Doesn't tally with 1937 photo.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 3:03 pm

uncle mick wrote: Caron wrote: This seems a good thread to ask my question (hopefully).East, West, North Riding I have heard of since my childhhod but I have never heard of a South Riding. Was there one? Thanks. Only on the telly Lol..I remember that prog. That's how my question has come about actually as my mam used to say, "There wasn't a South Riding", every time it came on. Here I am many years later asking the question to satisfy my curiosity.Why wasn't/isnt there a South Riding?What are the wapentakes?

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Fri 21 Sep, 2012 3:19 pm

Caron wrote: uncle mick wrote: Caron wrote: This seems a good thread to ask my question (hopefully).East, West, North Riding I have heard of since my childhhod but I have never heard of a South Riding. Was there one? Thanks. Only on the telly Lol..I remember that serial. That's how my question has come about actually as my mam used to say, "There wasn't a South Riding", every time it came on. Here I am many years later asking the question to satisfy my curiosity.Why wasn't/isnt there a South Riding?What are the wapentakes? http://www.yorkshirecdbooks.com/Tana/wryorks/wapen.htmI think riding means a "third", so you can't have 4 ridings