10 Facts About Royds Hall

Royds Hall Manor is one of the surviving manor houses in the Yorkshire Region.

Royds Hall left no heir, and after a short succession of owners the Hall and its estates passed to William Rookes of Rookes Hall, Norwood Green.

Royds Hall was a prominent racehorse breeder and constructed a racecourse at the property.

Royds Hall was actively involved in the construction of Turnpike Roads in the area and was mainly instrumental in the cutting of the Leeds Liverpool Canal.

Finally in 1932 Royds Hall was purchased by a private owner who stayed until 1975.

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Two further owners since lovingly maintained and improved Royds Hall, including millionaire businessman Sir Earnest Hall who was responsible for much of the restoration of the property, returning it to its former glory.

All paths through it eventually come out by the seat at Royds Hall Lane, from which there is a view.

Judy Woods is situated to the south boundary of Royds Hall and is the third-largest woodland in the Bradford district at a size of forty hectares.

Royds Hall was the second wife of Joseph North whose family had tended the “pleasure gardens” on the hillside by the bridge since the early 1800s.

Royds Hall calls the woods Royds Hall Woods and the bridge Horse Close Bridge.