Talk:Lightcliffe

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Lightcliffe might be a village but it has no focal point. It merely straddles, in the main, Wakefield Road, the southern spur road from Hipperholme crossroads to Bailiffe Bridge, a distance of about two miles. The northern spur, Leeds Road, has a handful of fine Victorian houses for a distance of less than a mile, with other more modern housing. Thre are two original Elizabethan houses on Wakefield Road, the first at a distance of about 200 metres from the crossroads, and the second another 100 metres or so beyond. Until being renamed at the time of the First World War these were known as Upper German House and Lower German House. The house nearer the crossroads was used as a hardware shop and plumber's business on the ground floor after the Second World War and had an internal well when last seen over 40 years ago. This was originally Upper German House. Lower German House was renamed 'Harrock'. Both of these roads have been busy since 1960. My grandmother told me that when she was young there was only a single vehicle per day - the brewer's dray. There was a ruined mansion (flattened) some 400 metres to the south of Wakefield Road a mile from the crossroads reputedly belonging to Sir Titus Salt, but Salt archives say that Salt's mansion was much nearer Saltaire - discussion? The surrounding area is now home to Lightcliffe's secong golf club. Peter Michael Jagger. 6 Mar 2007.