Hall Royd Walk, Silkstone Common Built 1966

 Hall Royd Walk Estate

In February 1966 adverts appeared in the local press in connection with the new estate being built at Silkstone Common.

The first phase of Hall Royd Walk - two and three bedroom bungalows - were being built to an "outstanding design" by Tarmac-Waddington. The main selling points in the advert were "the magnificent living room with an attractive feature fireplace". Kitchens were "well-equipped" and bathrooms had "suites of the very latest design." Prices, "inclusive of a landscaped garden, began at £3,450 requiring a deposit of only £175.

In comparison a "modernised terrace house with sitting room, living room / kitchen, pantry, 3 bedrooms, outside toilet and private yard" in Silkstone Common was being advertised for sale at the same time for £700.

The first phase of bungalows built by Tarmac in early 1966 was followed by the construction of a number of two storey semi detached "Scandinavian Styled 3 Bedroomed" properties leading down to the Recreation Ground and into a cul de sac.

By Dec 1966 another builder was preparing to begin work to complete the estate working from the opposite end of the site from Moorend Lane. Sheffield based Chesterman Addy had just completed the large 10 acre site of bungalows and houses off Manchester Road in Millhouse Green and were looking to start work on the Silkstone Common site with a view to some properties being complete by Spring 1967.

At the end of May 1967 adverts began to appear in the local press for the "Architect Designed Three-Bedroomed Semi-Detached Houses Off Moor End Lane, Silkstone Common" with a price tag of £2,600.

In Aug 1967 adverts appeared with three property types and three prices ranging from £2,675 to £2,900 all priced lower than the Tarmac built bungalows.

In Sept and Oct Chesterman Addy were advertising locally for Sub Contract Bricklayers to help progress the site.

In Sept 1967 Penistone Rural District Council wrote to Silkstone Parish Council asking for names for the new estate "being built off Stainborough Lane by Chesterman Addy". The following is recorded in the meeting minutes:-

"After consideration, it was resolved that the main road leading from Stainborough Lane across this estate and joining up with the road already named Hall Royd Walk in the Tarmac estate, be named Hall Royd Walk also. This means that Hall Royd Walk would then extend from main road (B6449) at Silkstone Common through both Tarmac and Chesterman Addy estates to Stainborough Lane. The two cul de sacs in Chesterman Addy estates to be named Sycamore Lane and Beech Avenue. The larger of the two which is J shaped to be Beech Avenue. The cul de sac in tarmac estate is already named as Woodland Place".

There is a sketch in the margin of the minute book which shows the cul de sac on the left to be called Sycamore Lane. This meeting note is interesting in that the name of Beech Avenue did go ahead but the other cul de sac was never called Sycamore Lane. It's also interesting to see that the cul de sac in the "Tarmac estate" was noted as being already called "Woodland Place" as this name certainly isn't used anymore if it ever was.

By Apr 1968 Chesterman Addy was advertising that only five plots remained on the site. The price tag was now £2,700.

Although construction of the first phase of Hall Royd Walk began in 1966, the whole estate would take a further 2 or 3 years before being fully completed. All the houses appear to have been completed by early / mid 1969. An indication of this was that in June that year residents of the "Chesterman Addy estate at Silkstone Common" had complained to Penistone RDC about the "inadequate and antiquitated" refuse bin collection service.

An advert a month earlier in May 1969 indicated that the last of the houses was being offered for sale.

As an aside, there are two further notes in the Parish Council meeting minutes regarding Chesterman Addy. In Nov 1967 complaints were sent to the Parish Council that their building operations were blocking a public footpath leading through the site to South Yorkshire Buildings. In Sept 1968 further complaints were received by the Parish Council that parts of the same path were being blocked and boundary posts were being erected.

In the next few years, properties on Hall Royd Walk were to be found on the market usually without a sale price but in Feb 1975 a bungalow with "partial double glazing, quiet location" was listed in the local newspapers for sale at £8,500 - more than double the original price in a period of about 9 years.

Research and Text Andy Horsfield Feb 2026