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History of the house and the area.

Penraevon and Barbara Hepworth

Jack The Lad

Legacy of Penraevon

Architectural Plans

Who lived in Penraevon?

Newton Park Estate

Repair Restore Renovate

Chapel Allerton or Chapeltown

Princess Kate’s great grandmother was our neighbour

Penraevon what does it mean

31st March 2022<3rd April 2022

Penraevon and Barbara Hepworth

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We got a message the other day from a relative of one of the people who used to live in our house. Her gran…

28th October 2021<30th October 2021

Jack The Lad

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Jack the lad Here is the story of one of the previous owners of Penraevon. He is Jack Foreman and lived here with his…

1st March 2019<1st March 2019

Chapeltown in History

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Chapeltown has some wonderful images captured in time. Chapeltown is in North Leeds.

15th November 2018<14th November 2021

Legacy of Penraevon

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When researching the history of the house and especially the name Penraevon you come across strange pieces of information which are all factually true…

18th July 2018<18th September 2019

Architectural Plans

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Architectural plans and the extension Our house was always believed to have been built by the firm Chorley and Connon as they had built…

5th February 2018<14th November 2021

Who lived in Penraevon?

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A House Through Time There is a BBC programme called A house through Time where they investigate the lives lead by looking at the…

2nd August 2016<14th November 2021

Newton Park Estate

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Newton Park Estate Background The Newton Park Estate is a Victorian Residential Development, in North Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. It has been a conservation area…

10th May 2016<25th January 2021

Cragside

by Paul

The four month push to get the Kitchen finished is finally coming to an end, so we hopped off for a week away at…

11th November 2015<18th September 2019

Repair Restore Renovate

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Repair, Restore or Renovate When we started on this journey we used the words repair, restore and renovate interchangeably. We just wanted the house…

11th November 2015<31st March 2022

Chapel Allerton or Chapeltown

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Chapel Allerton Chapeltown Chapel Allerton and Chapeltown are two areas of North Leeds both contained within the Chapel Allerton Boundary Ward. They used to…

23rd September 2015<25th January 2021

A Poet Goes North

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A Poet Goes North This is a beautiful film with the poet John Betjeman wandering the streets of Leeds. It is interesting to see…

10th September 2015<13th April 2022

First films made in Leeds

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Louis Le Prince This is possibly the oldest bit of film it was taken in 1888, in Leeds. Louis Le Prince owned a house…

10th September 2015<25th January 2021

Heritage Open Day

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St Martins Church St Martins Church was built as part of the Newton Park Estate in 1881, it features in the wedding of one…

30th April 2015<29th June 2020

Princess Kate’s great grandmother was our neighbour

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Olive Middleton, A Royal Connection Duchess of Cambridge (nee Kate Middleton) Great Grandmother was a neighbour. When our house was built it was inhabited…