The History of Our Village

If anyone has any historical information or pictures about Allerton Bywater that they would like to have put in this section of our website please select A.B parish Council on the left hand side and use the contact us form to supply your details and we will contact you

 

 

This 4 man mini submarine named the "SPRAT" sailed up the river Aire to Leeds in 1957.

 

Ronnie Booth of Castleford can remember being taken out of school to see the submarine pass through the locks at Castleford and thinks the year would be circa. 1955

Park View (now Park Lane)

BOWERS HALT STATION (BEHIND WESTFIELDS ESTATE)

IRON BRIDGE OVER RIVER AIRE.

Mr Gilligan form Castleford used to go round shouting "rags a ride"

NINEVAH COLLIERY ALLERTON BYWATER

Does anyone know its location, we can only presume it was near Ninevah Lane.