The White Horse in the Townend. This was an area of old settlement in Morley, part of an old road from High Street to Back Lane (Commercial Street) running in front of Frain Bros. Running at right angles to the White Horse was an old terrace of housing called Newsome Square demolished in the late 1960s while behind the pub was an even older area called The Orchard which included Wordsworth Square, Halstead Square.placeholder image
The White Horse in the Townend. This was an area of old settlement in Morley, part of an old road from High Street to Back Lane (Commercial Street) running in front of Frain Bros. Running at right angles to the White Horse was an old terrace of housing called Newsome Square demolished in the late 1960s while behind the pub was an even older area called The Orchard which included Wordsworth Square, Halstead Square. | David Atkinson Archive

Memories of lost Leeds pubs in Morley, Gildersome, Churwell and Drighlington

Andrew Hutchinson
By Andrew Hutchinson

Specialist Reporter

Published 14th Apr 2024, 04:45 GMT

These photos raise a glass to the community pubs we have lost in a fiercely independent corner of south Leeds.

They focus on the watering holes which will be remembered by generations of residents in Morley, Gildersome, Drighlington and Churwell. This gallery features 16 pubs from down the decades all of which provided a warm welcome in LS27 before shutting their doors for good and in many cases then being demolished. Did you drink in any of these down the years? READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP NEWSLETTERS: Sign up for free news and sport emails

Looking towards Bank Street from Jackson Lane and across Webster's Yard after the whole area had been cleared of slum housing in April 1963 Through the centre of the picture is a view to Troy Hill and the old Carriers Arms is still standing.

7. Carriers Arms

Looking towards Bank Street from Jackson Lane and across Webster's Yard after the whole area had been cleared of slum housing in April 1963 Through the centre of the picture is a view to Troy Hill and the old Carriers Arms is still standing. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

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These are houses and old rag warehouses at the High Street end of Hunger Hill. The building shown on the left here as Bragg's rag warehouse was for a long while the Great Northern Hotel. At the time this photo was taken in January 1967 practically all the other buildings on the street had been demolished, most of them before the Second World War.

8. Great Northern Hotel

These are houses and old rag warehouses at the High Street end of Hunger Hill. The building shown on the left here as Bragg's rag warehouse was for a long while the Great Northern Hotel. At the time this photo was taken in January 1967 practically all the other buildings on the street had been demolished, most of them before the Second World War. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

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Bruntcliffe Lane circa 1900 showing the Dartmouth Arms on the left, where beer barrels are in the process of being unloaded from a horse-drawn cart. The pub was demolished around 1945. Victoria Road is seen in the distance.

9. Dartmouth Arms

Bruntcliffe Lane circa 1900 showing the Dartmouth Arms on the left, where beer barrels are in the process of being unloaded from a horse-drawn cart. The pub was demolished around 1945. Victoria Road is seen in the distance. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

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A view of the end of the row on Albert Road which accommodates the Rock Inn, so called because of the steep rock face behind it, between Station/Albert Road and Troy Road, above which was Morley's first quarry. The spot where the car is parked was the site of the pinder's cottage. Pictured in January 1965.

10. The Rock Inn

A view of the end of the row on Albert Road which accommodates the Rock Inn, so called because of the steep rock face behind it, between Station/Albert Road and Troy Road, above which was Morley's first quarry. The spot where the car is parked was the site of the pinder's cottage. Pictured in January 1965. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

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The entrance to Morley Tunnel taken from the Leeds platform of Morley Low Station. The isolated building in the top left hand corner is the Gillroyd Hotel. Pictured in 1895.

11. Gillroyd Hotel

The entrance to Morley Tunnel taken from the Leeds platform of Morley Low Station. The isolated building in the top left hand corner is the Gillroyd Hotel. Pictured in 1895. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

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The bottom of Scatcherd Hill, Queen Street, Morley, with tramcar no. 247 just turning the corner to go up Chapel Hill, in the mid to late 1920s. The taller block in behind the tram is called Cheapside and dates from 1895, with the Conservative Club up Chapel Hill at the end of that row dating from 1899. This was built on the site of the Old Malt Shovel Inn.

12. Malt Shovel Inn

The bottom of Scatcherd Hill, Queen Street, Morley, with tramcar no. 247 just turning the corner to go up Chapel Hill, in the mid to late 1920s. The taller block in behind the tram is called Cheapside and dates from 1895, with the Conservative Club up Chapel Hill at the end of that row dating from 1899. This was built on the site of the Old Malt Shovel Inn. | David Atkinson Archive Photo: David Atkinson Archive

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