Clay House Gardens, West Vale
View of the gardens at Clay House, West Vale, West Yorkshire.
Author: Unknown
Date: not dated
Location: West Vale
Format: Postcard - Colour
Document ID: 101086
Library ID: 34532 603
Colour postcard of Clay House and its gardens, West Vale, near Elland.
The house was built for John Clay and the Clay family around 1650, although a house owned by Robert Clay on the site is mentioned in 1296 and 1419. In the 18th century it was owned by John Wheelwright, collector of salt duties and local landowner who founded Rishworth School. There is a replica of a Roman altar which was found at nearby Thick Hollins; the original is in the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology.
The house was taken over by Greetland District Council in the 1920s. The park opened in 1924, and in 1929, a war memorial was built in the hall. Clay House is the starting point of the Calderdale Way.
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