Comments on: The Temple, Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-temple-crow-nest-park-dewsbury/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-temple-crow-nest-park-dewsbury/#comment-26304 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:46:20 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10657#comment-26304 In reply to Paul:-).

Hello Paul. Your Grandad was absolutely right about the old men playng cards. It must have been a lovely community resource in that period. Enjoy the memories.

]]> By: Paul:-) https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-temple-crow-nest-park-dewsbury/#comment-26298 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:57:11 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10657#comment-26298 Hello,
My Great Grandma used to live just the other side of the park so we used to visit there a lot. I have only ever known it boarded up and I was born in the early 1970’s. I was always curious as to its purpose but the only thing that my Granddad used to say was that “it’s where the old men used to play cards”.
I no longer live in the area. This has brought back so many memories.

]]> By: Paul:-) https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-temple-crow-nest-park-dewsbury/#comment-26297 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:51:23 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10657#comment-26297 In reply to ann Petherick.

Hi,
It’s off Huddersfield Road up a one-way road called, funnily enough, Temple Road which turns into Heckmondwike Road

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-temple-crow-nest-park-dewsbury/#comment-17309 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:50:31 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10657#comment-17309 In reply to Danny Bedford.

Hello Danny. I am really sorry to disappoint you, but I didn’t find anything more about the Bedford family. My focus was the park around the mansion, and it was a struggle to find anything relating to its history. Good luck with your research.

]]> By: Danny Bedford https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-temple-crow-nest-park-dewsbury/#comment-17304 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:27:46 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10657#comment-17304 Hello! I would love to know more of what you learned. My name is Danny Bedford and I am of the Bedford Family of Dewsbury who sold the mansion to Samuel Burroughs. I am tracing my family’s history, and am truly excited to learn more. Thanks.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-temple-crow-nest-park-dewsbury/#comment-12841 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 07:41:24 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10657#comment-12841 Hello Ann. From the Heckmondwike Road there’s a turn into the park (simply called Crow Nest Park on maps) which leads to the mansion and car park on the left. The Temple is right by the road and entrance on your right as you drive in. Happy hunting.

]]> By: ann Petherick https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-temple-crow-nest-park-dewsbury/#comment-12840 Sat, 27 Jan 2024 23:00:45 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=10657#comment-12840 Can you please provide a map referenvce so that we can see where the Temple is ? (Google & Duckduckgo can’t find it !)
Thanks
Ann

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