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Gledhow
Gledhow is a suburb of north east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, east of Chapel Allerton and west of Roundhay. It sits in the Roundhay ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East parliamentary constituency. Etymology The name ''Gledhow'' is first attested the period 1334-37 as ''Gledhou''. Its etymology is uncertain. The ''gled-'' element could plausibly come from the Old English words ''gleoda'' ('kite, bird of prey') or ''glēd'' ('embers, burning coals'). The second element could be from Old English ''hōh'' ('ridge, escarpment') or Old Norse ''haugr'' ('hill'). It has been suggested (in relation to similar names like ''Gledhill'') that a ''gled-'' element may alternatively be based on the Old Norse ‘å glede’ (to please, or be glad about a subject) giving a translation of 'Pleasant Hill.' Description and history Well into the 19th century, Gledhow was known as a picturesque area of woodland near Leeds. It had become a suburb of Leeds by the late 19th century. Gle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Leeds (Roundhay Ward)
Roundhay is a ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 50 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward is to the northeast of the centre of Leeds, and includes the suburbs of Roundhay, Gledhow, and Oakwood. The ward is mainly residential, and most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings include an open-air bath, a bridge, schools, a hotel, churches and a gravestone in a churchyard, a folly, a row of almshouses, a hospital, a drinking fountain A drinking fountain, also called a water fountain or water bubbler, is a fountain designed to provide drinking water. It consists of a basin with either continuously running water or a tap. The drinker bends down to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gledhow Hall
Gledhow Hall is an English country house in Gledhow, Leeds, West Yorkshire. A house, built in the 17th-century by John Thwaites, was remodelled for a new owner by the Yorkshire architect John Carr. It is a Grade II* listed building and has been converted into flats. History Gledhow Hall is built on what was monastic land, the property of Kirkstall Abbey. The abbey was the major landowner in the Allerton area in the 13th century. The abbey lands were seized by the Crown in 1539 at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. John Thwaites bought the land and built a house in the 17th-century. It was remodelled between 1764 and 1767 by John Carr for Jeremiah Dixon, who was by then the owner. J. M. W. Turner painted a watercolour view of the hall in about 1816, staying at the house while he made preparatory sketches. By 1885, James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale, industrial magnate, founder of the Kitson Airedale locomotive foundries and notable figure in the Liberal party, had purchase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel Allerton
Chapel Allerton is an inner suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, from the city centre. It sits within the Chapel Allerton ward of Leeds City Council and had a population of 18,206 and 23,536 at the 2001 and 2011 census respectively. The area was also listed in the 2018 ''Sunday Times'' report on Best Places to Live in northern England. Location The region within the Chapel Allerton ward generally considered to be Chapel Allerton is bounded by Potternewton Lane to the south, Scott Hall Road to the west and Gledhow Valley Road to the north-east. Surrounding districts include Moortown, Meanwood, Roundhay, Gledhow, Chapeltown and Harehills. Chapel Allerton is on Harrogate Road, which, before the building of the A61 Scott Hall Road, was the main road from Leeds to Harrogate. The centre in terms of activity is Stainbeck Corner, at the junction of Stainbeck Lane, Harrogate Road and Town Street, which is also the key place on 19th century maps of the village. Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale
James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale (22 September 1835 16 March 1911), PC, DSc, was an industrialist, locomotive builder, Liberal Party politician and a Member of Parliament for the Holme Valley. He was known as Sir James Kitson from 1886, until he was elevated to the peerage in 1907. Lord Airedale was a prominent Unitarian in Leeds, Yorkshire. Life James Kitson's parents were James Kitson (1807–1885) a self-made locomotive manufacturer who founded Kitson and Company, and his first wife Ann. They had several children. One of them, Emily, married the royal obstetrician William Smoult Playfair in 1864, and became inadvertently involved in a court case with implications for medical ethics that resonate today. Another brother was Arthur Octavius Kitson, whose wife was the subject of the court case. Kitson attended school in Wakefield and studied chemistry and natural sciences at University College London. The loss of his first wife Emily in 1873 was devastating. His sister-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by population) in England, after London and Birmingham. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production centre, including of carbonated water where it was invented in the 1760s, and trading centre (mainly with wool) for the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a major mill town during the Industrial Revolution. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook the nearby York population. It is locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet
Sir Edmund Beckett-Denison, 4th Baronet (28 January 1787 – 24 May 1874) was a railway promoter and politician. Early life Beckett was born at Gledhow Hall, in Leeds, on 29 January 1787. He was a son of the banker Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet (1743–1826), and his wife, Mary, whose father was Christopher Wilson, Bishop of Bristol. Career In 1818, Beckett settled in Doncaster, becoming its richest citizen. His wealth came from his share in the Beckett family bank. He became active in municipal and county politics, and in the 1841 general election was elected Tory MP for the West Riding. Having expected an unopposed return in 1847, he withdrew when the Liberals nominated Richard Cobden, but was returned at a by-election in 1848 and sat until 1859. He was close to Sir Robert Peel (he supplied Peel with the horse that threw and fatally injured him); although he voted against the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, by 1848 he opposed a return to protection and by 1857 described hims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roundhay School
Roundhay is a large suburb in north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Roundhay had a population of 22,546 in 2011. It sits in the Roundhay ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East parliamentary constituency. History Etymology Roundhay's name derives from Old French ''rond'' 'round' and the Old English word ''(ge)hæg'' 'enclosure', denoting a round hunting enclosure or deer park.West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service Roundhay Park Conservation Area; Victor Watts (ed.), ''The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. ROUNDHAY.A circular fence requires the minimum length to enclose any given area, reducing the materials and work required The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roundhay
Roundhay is a large suburb in north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Roundhay had a population of 22,546 in 2011. It sits in the Roundhay ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East parliamentary constituency. History Etymology Roundhay's name derives from Old French ''rond'' 'round' and the Old English word ''(ge)hæg'' 'enclosure', denoting a round hunting enclosure or deer park.West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service Roundhay Park Conservation Area; Victor Watts (ed.), ''The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. ROUNDHAY.A circular fence requires the minimum length to enclose any given area, reducing the materials and work required The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roundhay (ward)
Roundhay is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in north east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the suburb of the same name, Gledhow and Oakwood. The ward's boundaries run the A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road to the north and the A58 Wetherby Road to the south and east. The boundary also follows Gledhow Valley Road to the west before heading north-east to the A6120.Leeds Metropolitan Ward Boundaries Councillors since 1980 indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. indicates councillor vacancy. ''*'' indicates incumbent councillor.Elections since 2010 May 2022 May 2021 May 2019
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Albert Johanneson
Albert Louis Johanneson (13 March 1940 – 28 September 1995) was a South African professional footballer who was one of the first high-profile black men, of any nationality, to play top-flight football in England. He is recognised as being the first person of African heritage to play in the FA Cup final in 1965 for Leeds United FC . Career Johanneson, a skilful and swift left winger, was recommended to Leeds United by a South African schoolteacher and joined the club in April 1961. He stayed there for nine years working diligently at his game, and by the 1963–64 season had established himself as a powerful attacking force providing 13 league goals, which assisted in Leeds' promotion from the Second Division. In 1965, Johanneson earned his berth in the Leeds team at the Football Association Challenge Cup (F.A Cup) Final played at Wembley Stadium. While Leeds lost the match to Liverpool, and Johanneson regrettably did not play his best, he made history by becoming the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds North East (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leeds North East is a constituency which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Fabian Hamilton of the Labour Party. Boundaries 1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Crossgates, Roundhay, Seacroft, and Shadwell, and parts of the wards of North and North East. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Burmantofts, Harehills, Potternewton, and Richmond Hill. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Chapel Allerton, Potternewton, Roundhay, and Woodhouse. 1974–1983: The City of Leeds wards of Chapel Allerton, Harehills, Roundhay, Scott Hall, and Talbot. 1983–2010: The City of Leeds wards of Chapel Allerton, Moortown, North, and Roundhay. 2010–present: The City of Leeds wards of Alwoodley, Chapel Allerton, Moortown, and Roundhay. ;History of boundaries A North-East division of Leeds's parliamentary borough was recommended by the Boundary Commission in its report of 1917. The Commission recommended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded by countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command. No civilian has received the award since 1879. Since the first awards were presented by Queen Victoria in 1857, two-thirds of all awards have been personally presented by the British monarch. The investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace. The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War. Since then, the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. Only 15 medals, of which 11 to members of the Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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