Bolling Hall -

The existing building was completed in 1370 and extended in the 1400's. Before this, the Manor consisted of a set of wooden framed buildings. Subsequent modifications have been made through the centuries. The first known reference to the Manor of Bolling was in the Domesday Book in 1086. It had been owned by someone called Sindi but by 1086 was held by Ilbert De Laci who was given it by the King for his help at the Battle of Hastings.

It's not known how long the De Laci family held Bolling but by 1316 William Bolling is described as Lord of the Manor. At the time of the War of the Roses the then head of the family, Robert Bolling, supported the Lancastrians and fought for them. After this he was accused of high treason by Edward 4th. His life was saved by pardon of the King but his land and manor were taken from him. In 1475 he begged for the return of his estates and the king relented.

At the beginning of the Civil War, Richard Tempest fought for the king and Bolling Hall was the Royalist Headquarters for the siege of Bradford in 1643. However, Richard changed sides a year later and was later fined £1,748 for his part in the war placing him in severe financial difficulties. In 1668 Henry Savile sold the Manor on to Francis Lindley (a barrister and son of a Hull merchant). Francis died less than a year later and his wife Elizabeth managed the estates until his son, the second Francis Lindley (known as Frank) came of age.

After the 1870s it was divided into tenements and several families had a couple of rooms each (one of which is known to be the Oddy's who had the two rooms under the Georgian Staircase in the 1880s and 90s). In 1915, the hall was opened as a period house and museum of local history.