Editing Cookridge (section)

==Cookridge Hall and the Paul and Middleton families==
Early buildings on the Cookridge Hall estate were of wood, thatch, wattle etc., but in the 17th century substantial stone buildings, several which are still in existence, began to be constructed including Cookridge Hall itself. William Paul commenced  business in Kirkstall Road, Leeds, in 1876. It closed in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=A 1942 wartime advertisement for Veebex British Leather Shoes manufactured by William Paul Ltd of Leeds. |url=https://www.alamy.com/a-1942-wartime-advertisement-for-veebex-british-leather-shoes-manufactured-by-william-paul-ltd-of-leeds-william-paul-started-business-in-kirkstall-road-leeds-in-1876-it-closed-in-1968-image563272571.html |publisher=Alamy Ltd. |access-date=3 May 2025 |quote=A 1942 wartime advertisement for Veebex British Leather Shoes manufactured by William Paul Ltd of Leeds. William Paul started business in Kirkstall Road, Leeds, in 1876. It closed in 1968.}}</ref> In 1890, Paul took up residence at Cookridge Hall and the Paul family remained there until 1954 when the estate was sold by the executors of T. W. Paul. The [[London Gazette]] records that in 1899 James Arthur Paul – later of Bramhope Hall – was living with his father, William Paul at Cookridge Hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Graces Guide - William Paul |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Paul |publisher=Grace's Guide Ltd. |access-date=3 May 2025 |date=2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=London Gazette – August 1899|url=https://docslib.org/doc/618213/the-london-gazette-august-ll-1899 |publisher=London Gazette |access-date=14 August 2022 |quote=...William Paul and [son] James Arthur Paul of Cookridge Hall...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Adel Bells parish magazine |url=https://www.adelparishchurch.org.uk/images/March-21-multiple_compressed.pdf  |title=William Paul’s Family |date =March 2021 |page=18 }}</ref>

Muriel Winifred Middleton ''née'' Paul (1904–1979) was the daughter of [[Lieutenant Colonel|Lt. Col.]] James Arthur Paul and had married [[Middleton family#City of Leeds dignitaries|Major Arthur Daryl Middleton]] in 1933. Muriel's brother Peter Graham Paul had attended [[Rugby School|Rugby]] in the 1920s as had Thomas Neil Paul,  recorded as the "second son of the late T.W. Paul of Cookridge Hall".<ref>{{cite web |title=London Gazette – August 1899|url=https://docslib.org/doc/618213/the-london-gazette-august-ll-1899 |publisher=London Gazette |access-date=14 August 2022 |quote=...William Paul and [son] James Arthur Paul of Cookridge Hall...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Muriel Winifred Paul – later Middleton |url=http://wyndhammarsh.co.uk/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I3436&tree=CledwynMarsh |publisher=Wynmarsh |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Paul - Peter Graham |date=1957 |publisher=Rugby School Register: 1911-1946 |page=270 |url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Rugby_School_Register_1911_1946/nSl9-s6yh54C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=James+Arthur+Paul+Bramhope+Hall&dq=James+Arthur+Paul+Bramhope+Hall&printsec=frontcover |access-date=3 May 2024 |quote=Paul - Peter Graham, second son of Lt. Col. James Arthur Paul of Bramhope Hall   born 1912... left Rugby in 1929..[also] Thomas  Neil Paul,  born 1909, second son of the late T.W. Paul of Cookridge Hall...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Winchester College Archives (Register) 1884–1934| year=1940 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yOR1GQAACAAJ|access-date=18 January 2022 |quote=MIDDLETON, ARTHUR DARYL (D-191Q2), b. 5 Nov., 1892, y. s. of Arthur Middleton, solicitor, of Leeds, and Jessie Marie, d. of Henry Dubs, engineer, Glasgow. R.M.A.; 2 Lt., Northamptonshire Regt., 1911; Capt. 1915; wounded; Instr. 1917–19; retd. as Major 1927; solicitor 1932; with Messrs. Middletons, of Leeds. M 20 April 1933, Muriel Winifred, d. of James Arthur Paul, Bramhope Hall, Leeds. Address 2, North Parade, West Park, Leeds 6. Club Naval and Military}}</ref>  A large pond named Paul's Pond  remains on the Cookridge Estate, having been named after William Paul,  the grandfather of Muriel Winifred Middleton.<ref>{{cite web |title=Breary March – Paul's Pond |url=https://www.leeds.gov.uk/parks-and-countryside/nature-reserves/breary-marsh |publisher=Leeds UK Government |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref>

The builders of Cookridge Hall  used "rough rock" or boulders which still are still found in the landscape or quarried in fields known as "quarrels".<ref name=Cole1/> In the 18th century, Cookridge Hall was substantially remodelled, and many other buildings were improved, with stone replacing thatch.<ref name=Cole2>{{cite book |last=Cole |first=Don |date=1981 |title=Cookridge: The Story of a Yorkshire Township Part Two |publisher=D&J Thornton |isbn=0907339-034 }}</ref> At this time the road through Cookridge became busier with coaches from 1754 and earned money as a turnpike. Milestones and mounting stones from the period still survive. There were also more mills along Moseley Beck, notably the Silk Mill (demolished 1978) which gave its name to modern housing estate.<ref name=Cole2/> The Hall, which dates from {{circa|1764}}, along with its flanking screen walls, gate piers and gates, is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1375168|desc=Cookridge Hall with flanking screen walls, gate piers and gates| accessdate= 11 October 2020}}</ref> It was a home for people with [[epilepsy]] from 1955 to 1990 and in 1997 was opened by the [[List of mayors of Leeds|Lord Mayor of Leeds]] as a leisure club with a golf course.<ref name=Leoidis1997>[http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2007717_164155 Leodis] Cookridge Hall Country Club Opening Ceremony</ref>

In the 19th century a new road was constructed (now the [[A660 road|A660 Otley Road]]), and the [[Bramhope Tunnel]] dug by Moseley farm for a rail line going north from Leeds to Harrogate. A large house called Cookridge Lodge and a tower added. It was demolished in 1970 to make way for an estate, but the gatepost and some outbuildings survive.<ref name=Cole2/> The Cookridge Estate was bought by Richard Wormald in 1820 and land  was sold in portions by his descendant Francis Wormald in the 1920s.<ref name=Cole>{{cite book |last=Cole |first=Don |date=2003 |title=An Early 20th c Housing Estate in a Yorkshire Parish |location=Leeds |publisher=Don Cole |isbn=0-9518016-9-4 }}</ref> In 1926 Cookridge became part of Leeds and the building of Cookridge village began in 1927 with a triangle of houses between Cookridge Lane, Moseley Wood Lane and Green Lane.<ref name=Cole2/> This was largely under the direction of architect Cecil Crowther and his builder brothers, taking advantage of subsidies from the Housing Acts of 1923–1925. Mavis Lane and Mavis Avenue are named after Cecil Crowther's daughter.<ref name=Cole/>  Crowther acted as estate agent and produced a 1930 brochure entitled ''Cookridge – Village of Youth'' extolling its virtues for newly-weds.<ref name=Crowther>C. H. Crowther (1930) ''Cookridge – Village of Youth'' reproduced in the booklet by Cole (above)</ref> This included a map showing 135 plots of an area largely bounded by Cookridge Lane to the east, Moseley Wood Lane to the south, and Cookridge Avenue to the north-west. There were six firms of builders, with different styles.<ref name=Cole/> Sporadic building continued, but it was after the [[Second World War]] that the majority of the estates were constructed, starting with 1948 Iveson and Ireland Wood; 1952 Tinshill, Silkmill and Woodnook; 1957 Moseley Wood; 1973 Holt Park; 1980 Spring Wood.<ref name=Cole2/> As the names suggest, these made major encroachments into woodland.

The water-tower was built in 1929 to supply Cookridge village<ref name=Cole/> on one of the highest points in [[Leeds]] at 198m (650 feet)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?x=422905&y=441255&z=120&sv=422905,441255&st=4&mapp=idld.srf&searchp=s.srf&dn=763&ax=425500&ay=440500&lm=0 |title= Streetmap.co.uk- search results for 422905,441255|website=www.streetmap.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023082815/http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?x=422905&y=441255&z=120&sv=422905%2C441255&st=4&mapp=idld.srf&searchp=s.srf&dn=763&ax=425500&ay=440500&lm=0 |archive-date=23 October 2012}}</ref> above sea level. Near the water-tower is [[Tinshill BT Tower]] (also known as Cookridge Tower), a prominent landmark.