Historic England, Abbotts Ladies Homes (or House): numbers 1 and 2, 1272633, numbers 3 and 4, 1138781, numbers 5 and 6, 1243973, number 7, 1330017, numbers 8 and 9, 1243977, numbers 10 and 11, 1138782, number 12, 1330018, The Lodge, 1330016, Walls and gates to Abbotts Ladies Homes, 1243995 Retrieved 26 February 2014
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"Halifax: the Akroydon recreation ground". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. British Newspaper Archive. 3 March 1873. p. 3 col.1. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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This was the 1872 Leeds stained glass and murals firm of Charles and Albert Powell, which was taken over by Kayll & Co. in 1905; they closed around 1970.