Fryston

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FRYSTON

Fryston (also known as New Fryston) is a village at the end of Wheldon Road. It was a pit village but Fryston Colliery, like all collieries in Castleford, has now closed. The area around the village plus Ferry Fryston and Fryston woods is called the Fryston area, which extends to Ferrybridge. The name is believed to be derived from the name of a tribe (the Frisians) who had a settlement in the area.

lamp post at Fryston

This memorial lamp post stood in front of the colliery and has been retained.

Fryston Hall before becoming a ruin

Fryston Hall, which was in the nearby woods, was visited on a number occasions by Florence Nightingale.

The hall fell into disrepair and the stones from the ruins were used by the people of Airedale and Fryston to build the Holy Cross Church at Airedale (see the Airedale and Ferry Fryston page).

Fryston's memorial pit wheel

sculpture at Fryston

Martha Schwartz designed a new area in Fryston, as part of the Channel 4 project. At one end is a memorial pit wheel and play area, and at the other a "totem pole" sculpture:

A new environment area has been constructed at Fryston and Wheldale alongside the river.