HOTEL bosses have been left red-faced after mistakenly laying claim to a historic piece of village heritage.

Bramhope villagers were amazed when promotional leaflets from the village's Posthouse Hotel invited guests to a carol service in what it claimed was its own Puritan Chapel.

The 17th Century chapel, built by devout puritan Robert Dyneley with the help of other influential landowners in the area, belongs to the village, and is carefully watched over by the parish council.

But the Posthouse produced leaflets promoting their Christmas Eve dinners, saying guests could also enjoy a free carol service in its very own chapel, followed by mulled wine at the hotel.

Members of the parish council were quick to point out the mistake.

And the hotel's ownership claim may even have gone beyond the

paperwork.

Councillors claim a workman even turned up at the chapel one day, announcing he was under contract from the hotel, and had been assigned to maintain the chapel building.

A spokesman for the hotel said the confusion was probably down to a misunderstanding while publicity material was being prepared.

He said: "It has gone in some of the material about our Christmas events, but it will not happen again."

l Council breaks planning laws: Road signs showing the way to Bramhope's popular Golden Acre Park were never given planning permission, it has been revealed.

While members of Bramhope Parish Council have no objection to the signs, which include advertising for a Leeds car dealer, they do not want to see other Leeds City Council works go ahead without

consultation and planning panel consent.

But when parish councillors asked Leeds City Council - which owns the park - why they had not seen the planning application advertised, they were told the signs had not been approved.

The parish council will write to Leeds City Council about the matter.