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The Biggest Sell off …of Aberford that ever was!

1964 Auction Sale Catalogue Cover

On the 2nd of October 1964, The Parlington Estate and much of Aberford, along with a few properties in Saxton were put under the auctioneers hammer! This is a list of the property on offer.

The Auction Properties

Lot 1 Superb site for residence of character (Parlington Hall site)
Lot 2 Gardens House (Principal source for fruit and vegetables from the walled gardens since the late 18th century)
7 Highly productive arable and stock farms (let and producing £5,746.00 [£87,250 at todays rates, 2009, based on the retail price index] per annum) lots 3-9.

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Parlington Oil Paintings Exhibition

Sunset over Barwick in Elmet

This coming October, 4th-11th each day from 10:00am- 4:30pm, is an exhibition at Aberford Interiors featuring the paintings by the internationally acknowledged artist Anthony Christian. He and his wife Marian, enjoy a quiet and thoughtful existence in the grand old Gardens House, just up the hill from the site of the old hall.… Read the full article

Watercolour of Aberford windmill

A recent business trip to Norwich took me past a number of Windmills, although not in use their presence in the landscape is an attractive addition, being as they are on a human scale, whereas their modern equivalents have no such attraction for me. Here is one of the mills I snapped as I went by, I did stop the car first I might add.… Read the full article

Lost Gadget

The picture shown here was discovered today [6th November], that is a device with an SD Memory card in it with the picture on the card. It was found poking out of the mud on Parlington Lane, at the rear of the Dark Arch, so if you know who these people are, I may be able to restore to them the device they lost, and yes despite lying in the mud it still works!… Read the full article

Lost Cat :: Matilda

Update 9th November Remembrance Sunday, Matilda returned at just after 11:00am following a two minute silence! Thank you.
Sadly our cat disappeared yesterday, she is called Matilda and is tortoiseshell colour, with white on her tummy. She is pictured here a couple of summers back in the garden. Normally she is in and out of the house throughout the day, but yesterday [5th November 2008] she was not seen after about 10.00am.… Read the full article

Snowy Easter

The sudden arrival of three or four inches of snow prompted many people to get out their cameras this Easter, here are a few taken locally and a couple by a friend, who sent them by email.

Additional photos are available here: my dotmac account

The Triumphal Arch on the Parlington Estate

The former Almshouses

The gatehouse to the Almshouses.

The Spitfire

During the Second World War the inhabitants of Aberford, contributed towards the cost of a Supermarine Spitfire and in June of 1941 an aircraft, a Mark Vb serial number: P8640 was delivered to RAF Brize Norton. A recent enquirer, Johnny Lyttle of Aberford asked if I knew anything about the aircraft.… Read the full article

Stone Coffin

One of the eeriest things in Aberford is the stone coffin which is leaning against the perimeter wall of the graveyard. It is clearly very old, but think of all the work required to hew the stone into that complicated shape. It is as if it’s standing there waiting to be used…

Of course if it fell over on anyone, they would most certainly be confined forthwith!… Read the full article

Aberford Bridge

A recent purchase, the postcard shows the bridge over the Cock Beck in Aberford, but from the opposite view point from that usually photographed on the east side. Therefore it is possible to see the waterway running parallel to the road which came from the mill.

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The Lost Windmill, Aberford

Sadly the Windmill which used to dominate the skyline around Aberford was demolished in the early 1980’s. A good picture of the old structure can be found on Leodis

There is also an explanation of the removal of the stone work by Mark Jackson. Below is a photo of the very stone being loaded and carted away to Barwick in Elmet!… Read the full article