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Nostell Priory
A colour print of the mansion, published in 1880.
A brief account of the history of Nostell Priory.
(The Priory Church of Saint Oswald, Nostell)
The priory was an Augustinian Canons Regular community,
founded c.1114 by Robert de Lacy; it was transferred to a new site before 1120
(possibly not occupied until 1122).
It was
dissolved 1539 (1540) and granted to Thomas Leigh 1539/40.
The
site now is now occupied by the mansion named 'Nostell Priory'.
Woodkirk Priory (Widkirk)
Location: Dewsbury Road, Woodkirk.
This was an
Augustinian Canons Regular cell dependent on Nostell;
founded 1138-47 (before 1135) by William de Warenne and others, who granted chapel of St Mary to Nostell; dissolved 1539 (1540); granted to George Talbot and Robert Savill.
See Nostell Priory at Wikipedia for more information.
[Site accessed 16th October 2018.]
Nostell, Long Row. Colliers' cottages, dating from around the 1860s. They belonged to the Winns of Nostell Priory. The colliery itself had been enlarged about this time. (1)
Nostell Railway Station was opened in 1866 and was used by the Great Northern Railway and the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway on the line from Doncaster to Wakefield (now the East Coast Mainline). The station closed in 1951 and has been demolished. To the left of the station staff is an advertisement for Pears Soap, "Matchless for the Complexion".
See also Geograph.
[Site accessed 16th October 2018.]
Nostell Colliery Unit pit check.
A blank, unissued check, pre-nationalisation.
Notes & Sources
1. West Yorkshire Coalfield, John Goodchild.The History Press Ltd., first edition, 1st July 2000).
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