Riven in Two
A walk in Calverley Woods
Calverley closer to Bradford but Still part of Leeds. There are plenty of foot paths through the woods that host the remains of extensive quarry workings.
The Calverley Family have lived here for six centuries. Unfortunately the best known member of the family is the most tragic. Sir Walter Calverley of Calverley Old Hall was the subject of a play published early in the seventeenth century as being by William Shakespeare though that has since been disproved. Sir Walter, the Lord of the Manor, having lost his fortune and presumably his mind, murdered two of his children and his wife, whom he had never loved because instead in his youth he had fallen for a humble village girl who was not a suitable match. After some time imprisoned in York Castle he was put to death in a very unpleasant way – pressed to death
At the time of planting accuracy was 33ft so you might have to look at the clue !
Here is a map of the area
Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service.
Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey
and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.