Esholt, looking along Main Street

Esholt is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Guiseley. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 607 KB)The centre of Esholt, taken from the bottom of Station Road, looking along Main Street. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 607 KB)The centre of Esholt, taken from the bottom of Station Road, looking along Main Street. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Guiseley is a small town in Metropolitan Borough of Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Otley. ...

Derivation of name

The name "Esholt" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area of ash trees. Binomial name Fraxinus excelsior L. The European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a tall tree, native to most of Europe, with the exception of northern Scandinavia (the northernmost location is in the Trondheimsfjord region of Norway) and southern Mediterranean Europe. ...

History

In the 12th century, the Esholt estate was owned by Syningthwaite Priory and a nunnery was established there at Lower Esholt. When the nunnery was dissolved in about 1540 the estate was granted by Edward IV to Henry Thompson. The original manor house, Esholt Old Hall at Upper Esholt is medieval in origin, probably 16th century. and possibly once moated. It is well preserved and has Grade II* listed building protection. A priory is an ecclesiastical circumscription run by a prior. ... This article is about an abbey as a religious building. ... The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

The adjacent church of St Paul was once the private chapel of the old manor house. The church was rebuilt in 1839.

In the 17th century the Thompson heiress married Walter Calverley (1629-1694) and in 1709 their son Walter built a new Queen Anne style mansion house , Esholt Hall on the site of the old nunnery. Sir Walter Calverley, 1st Baronet (16 January 1670 – 15 October 1749) was the son of Walter Calverley of Calverley, Yorkshire and Frances Thompson, heiress of Esholt, Yorkshire. ...

In 1775 the Calverleys sold to Stansfield and eventually in 1906 the estate was purchased by the Bradford City Council. The estate is now owned by Yorkshire Water where they operate a sewage treatment plant. The new hall is a conference and staff learning centre.

Recent events

Esholt was used for the outside location shots for the Yorkshire Television drama series Emmerdale, this ceased in 1998. The series is currently filmed at nearby Harewood House. Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... For the 1994 debut album by The Cardigans, see Emmerdale (album). ... Harewood House as of 2005, seen from the garden Harewood House from A Complete History of the County of York by Thomas Allen (1828–30), showing the house before Barry altered the facades and added an extra storey to the pavilions. ...

Coordinates: 53°51′N, 1°43′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...