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©Darren Haddock
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Until recently the Chequers had a six day licence, it was closed on Sunday's
©Gordon Kneale Brooke
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The classic English village scene on midsummer's day, 2003. All Saints church spire pokes above the trees.
©David Pickersgill
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©Gordon Kneale Brooke
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©Steve F
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The Chequers is a traditional English Inn that can trace it's history back to the 16th century. As far as I am aware it does not open on Sunday since the Lady of the Manor, some 170 years ago, deemed it should not do so because of the drunken behaviour of the family employees.
©Hugh Chappell
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Chequers inn on the right, still doesn't open on Sundays after an early 19th century incident when drunken farm labourers shouted abuse at Lady Wheler of Ledston Hall as she left the church.
©David Pickersgill
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Ledsham village was part of the Ledston Hall estate, owned successively by the Hastings and Wheler families. Much land in the area is still owned by the Wheler Foundation, a trust set up in 1992.
©David Pickersgill
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Norman doorway at base of tower. The tracery round the arch is a modern reproduction of ancient carvings.
©David Pickersgill
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Possibly the oldest building in West Yorkshire, with Saxon and Norman stonework. Note 'newer' upper section of tower (white stone) on older base.
©David Pickersgill
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©Hugh Chappell
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©derek dye
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Originally established by Lady Elizabeth Hastings of Ledston Hall in the early 18th century.
©David Pickersgill
Dist:0.5km north<br/>Established by Lady Elizabeth Hastings of Ledston Hall in the early 18th century. Remained the local primary school until it moved to a new site in Ledston in the 1970s. Became the village hall but converted to houses in the late 1990s.
©David Pickersgill
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©Steve F

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