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Dist:0.3km north<br/>

©Paul Johnston-Knight

Dist:0.4km north<br/>Hundred Acre Plantation viewed from New Road on the way to Ledsham.

©Darren Haddock

Dist:0.6km north<br/>Ledston Park (right) or Ledston Luck (left) . . . the choice is yours! Taken looking south-west.

©Paul Johnston-Knight

Dist:0.6km north<br/>Former shooting lodge for the Ledston Hall estate, built in similar style to the hall itself.

©David Pickersgill

Dist:0.7km south<br/>Originally established by Lady Elizabeth Hastings of Ledston Hall in the early 18th century.

©David Pickersgill

Dist:0.7km east<br/>Typical of the lime-loving plants to be found in Ledsham Dale.

©David Pickersgill

Dist:0.7km south<br/>Norman doorway at base of tower. The tracery round the arch is a modern reproduction of ancient carvings.

©David Pickersgill

Dist:0.7km south<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

Dist:0.7km south<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:0.7km east<br/>A small valley of unimproved limestone grassland, rich in characteristic plant and insect life.

©David Pickersgill

Dist:0.8km south<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

Dist:0.8km south<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:0.8km south<br/>Ledsham

©Darren Haddock

Dist:0.8km south<br/>Until recently the Chequers had a six day licence, it was closed on Sunday's

©Gordon Kneale Brooke

Dist:0.8km south<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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