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view of Morley Hall on Dawson Hill, built in 1683 by cloth manufacturer Thomas Dawson on the brow of the hill named after his family. Originally much smaller, just covering the part of the house to the right of the main entrance, it has since been graetly altered and extended. After the Dawsons, other owners of the house included the Wetherills, Dixons, Priestleys and Websters; Joseph Priestley erected the large building at the rear of the hall for the installation of hand looms. From 1884 the house was occupied by Oliver Scatcherd and his wife Alice Cliff Scatcherd, until his death in 1906. During the First World War it was used for the accomodation of about 20 refugees from Belgium whose land had been occupied by the Germans. In 1917 the house was bought by Sir Charles Scarth who presented it to the town as a maternity home, for which purpose it was used between November 1918 and October 1972, when it became surplus to the requirements of the NHS. It is now a listed building.
Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | listed building Morley Hall Dawson Hill maternity home | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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