Heath, near Wakefield
Yorkshire
The village of Heath, a Conservation Area, is mainly comprised of houses built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. From the 1600s, one family of woolstaplers, the Smyths, became the dominant landowners in the village. They were unsuccessful in their attempt to enclose the common in the 1840s, and the village has retained its 'open' character ever since.
This 'virtual tour' includes some of the main features of interest.
Photographs taken January 2002
The King's Arms Inn
Inside the King's Arms
Inside the King's Arms
The Manor House
Beech Lawn
ha-ha at Beech Lawn
Old School House
Marsh Close
Above the doorway of Marsh Close
The initials are for Richard and Mary Austwick 1665
The Dower House
ha-ha at the Dower House
Heath Hall
Heath House
Priest's House
The ornate gateway to Heath Old Hall (now demolished)
Blacksmith's Cottage
The Victorian School
general view of village buildings
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