1. The Balk, junction with Shay Lane, towards Priory Square. |
2. Shay Lane at its junction with The Balk, looking past the War
Memorial in the direction of the Methodist Church & New Inn. More about the Memorial. |
3. Commemorative plaque for Squire Charles Waterton. Junction of The Balk and
Shay Lane. |
4. Shay Lane field.
Work on the new junior school
commenced in April 2006 and was completed in 2007. The houses are in The Grove. |
5. Priory Square - an attractive corner
of the village with fine old stone cottages. The square once housed
the village's first butcher's shop, opened by Edwin Spurr in
1847. On the right of the entrance, another building, now partially
demolished, housed a grocer's shop.
Some of the buildings are Grade II listed. See Images of England, IoE Number: 342346,
Location: COTTAGES ATTACHED TO NORTH OF NUMBER 192, SHAY LANE.
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6. Disused police yard adjacent to Walton Manor (formerly Walton House), Shay Lane. Photographed 25 November 2002, and still much the same in 2008, decaying quietly.
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7. Walton Grange, an 1860's Victorian house, now two dwellings at the corner
of Woodfield Park Drive on Shay Lane. In its time, home to several
wealthy entrepreneurs commencing with Charles Clay. His mother was the
daughter of John Coldwell, a successful farmer on the Waterton estate.
In the 1970s the gardens and estate became the housing estate Woodfield
Park. See "Tycoons at home at the Grange" in Wakefield
District Heritage. Photograph: unknown date. A large hedge now obscures the view of the house from the lane. |
8. This picture shows Woodfield Park Drive at its junction with Chestnut Avenue. Photographed October 2000
Woodfield
Park Estate, formerly the grounds of Walton Grange,
is off Shay Lane near its western end, and is situated between the Lakeland
Way area and the old Midland Railway line. Although adjacent to Lakeland
Way, there is no connecting footpath or road. |
9. School Lane, looking towards the War Memorial. Photographed in 2008. |
10. As far as it goes - Shay Lane at its junction with Common Lane and Greenside. Dead ahead the narrow Green Belt that separates Walton from the Wakefield suburb of Sandal. Photographed in 2000.
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11. View from the bridge. Photographed in 2004. |
12. The Methodist Church and the New Inn.
Having reached the western end of Shay Lane in the previous couple of pictures, its now time to head eastwards back along Shay Lane into the village.
More pictures here.
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13. Walton Library on its new site. It shares the same building complex as the new junior school.
Photographed 2008.
More about the old library (click here). |
14. St. Paul's Church, The Balk, Walton.
Photographed 28 Dec 2002 by John S. Sargent
More pictures here. |
15. The New Inn, Shay Lane, Walton. The only pub in the village. It has a good range of cask beers, a restaurant, quiz nights and live music. Find out more here. |
