Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town



Ossett Picture Gallery


Old Ossett

Bank Street

Bank Street

Bank Street 1915

Bank Street

Bank Street 1960

Belgrave Street

Brocodale Gardens

Dale Street

Dale Street

Church Street

Church Street 1900

Church Street Rec 1955

Cockburns Corner

Congregational Church
Ossett Tram
Ossett Tram

Cussens Chemists

Dale Street

Dale Street

1937 Xmas Bazaar

Teddy Wilson


V.N.Wilson 1926


Flushdyke Station

Ossett Teddies 1910

Gill Bros

Healey Road

Holy Trinity

Liberal Club

Midland Bank

Looking up Dale St

Mechanics Institute

Methodist Chapel

Ossett 1787 Map

Old Ossett Grammar

Old Ossett Church

Ossett Charter

Ossett Funeral

Old Town Centre

Station Rd Bridge

Old Ossett Station

New Ossett Station

Ossett Steam Train

Ossett 1775 map

Grammar School

Ossett Market

Town Hall

Ossett 1851 map

Ossett Ambulance

Ossett bus
Ossett Market Place 1980
Market Place 1980

Church Feast 1910
General Booth in Ossett 1907
General Booth 1907
Ossett Trinity Church
Trinity Church

Market Place

Ossett Outskirts

Beeching's Legacy

Town Hall

Ossett Palladium

Red Lion

Roundwood Colliery

Runtlings Avenue

Ryecroft Street

Shaw Peace
South Ossett Church
South Ossett Church

Springstone House

Station Road

Station Road

Station Road

Temperance Hall

The Gables, Station Road

The Goit, Healey

Top Headlands

Town Hall opening 1908
Kingsway 1976
Kingsway 1976

Ossett Tram 1908

V.N. Wilson Factory

V.N. Wilson Factory

Wesley Street 1907

Isolation Hospital

Sparrow Park, West Wells
Hanson and Bentleys
Hanson & Bentley
Ossett Co-op Show
Ossett Co-op Show
Ossett Co-op Outing
Ossett Co-op Outing
Walter Ashton
Walter Ashton
Little Bull Hog Roast
Little Bull Hog Roast
Ossett Society 1911
Ossett Group 1911
Erecting Maypole
Maypole 1953
Water Tower
Gawthorpe Water Tower
Maypole Dancers 1961
Maypole Dancers 1961
Outcropping in Gawthorpe
Outcropping 1926
Benton Wilby
Benton Wilby
Chickenley Heath
Chickenley Heath Station 1905
Giggal Hill
Giggal Hill circa 1900
Giggal Hill and the Green
Giggall Hill circa 1970
Ossett below Manor Road
Below Manor Road about 1910

Ossett Magistrates 1900
Ossett Magistrates circa 1900
1894 Isolation Hospital, Storr's Hill
New Isolation Hospital 1894
Nettleton's Butchers 1911
Nettleton's Butchers shop in 1911

Ossett Green
Ossett Green
Old Market Place 1909
Ossett Market Place in 1914
Ossett Show 1912
Ossett Agricultural Show 1911
Ossett Grammar School circa 1916
Ossett Grammar School circa 1916

Wesleyan Band, Ossett 1888
Ossett Wesleyan Chapel Band 1888
Edward Clay and Son, first lorry in 1912
Edward Clay wagon in 1912
Ossett Palladium
Ossett Palladium Cinema 1930s
Devon Brook, Sowood Farm
Devon Brook & Son, Sowood Farm

Old Wesley Street
Old Wesley Street 1930s
Old Ossett Ambulance 1908
Old Ossett Ambulance 1908
Bank Street then and now
Bank Street, Ossett then and now
War Memorial
Ossett War Memorial in Market Place
Westfield Mill, Wesley Street 1983
Westfield Mill, Wesley Street, 1983
Inside the old Wesleyan Chapel
Inside the old Wesleyan Chapel



The 112 Ossett pictures in this gallery come from a variety of sources and locations. I have many more pictures, which I hope to add in the future.

If you feel that any picture I've used is copyrighted, belongs to you or is not appropriate, I will remove it without argument. I'm doing this for fun and I'd like to enjoy the experience. Life is too short to argue!

However, if you know any more about the places and people depicted, please get in touch via the CONTACT link above so I can correct or update the details on here.

I have tried to add a few notes to each picture and hopefully, those notes are accurate. Please do let me know if there are any errors.

I'd also welcome any pictures that you might have, which would be of interest to people looking at this web page. I can scan, copy, resize and retint any picture in any format. If you let me use your picture, I will happily acknowledge the source and I promise that any pictures loaned will be returned undamaged. I'd also be happy to make a few extra paper copies if that would be a help?