Stanningley Railway Station
Stanningley railway station, also called ''Stanningley for Farsley'', is a closed railway station in Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England, located about west of Leeds station. It also served Farsley and Pudsey, the latter namely until the Pudsey Loop was built. It was opened on 1 August 1854 as a station on the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, later part of the GNR, from Leeds Central station to Bradford Adolphus Street. On 1 April 1878 a branch from Stanningley to Pudsey Greenside was opened which eventually evolved into the Pudsey loop line railway. Having been renamed into ''Stanningley for Farsley'', the station name reverted to ''Stanningley'' in 1961. Stanningley railway station closed on 1 January 1968, while the line itself has remained open, with trains of the Calder Valley Line The Calder Valley line (also previously known as the Caldervale line) is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as w ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Stanningley
Stanningley is a district of Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Leeds city centre on the A647 road, the original main road from Leeds to Bradford. The appropriate Leeds Metropolitan Ward is Bramley and Stanningley. The parish is part of the Anglican Diocese of Leeds. History The parish church of St Thomas was built in 1841 in Neo-Norman style and is now Grade II listed. It was designed by H. Rogerson. The foundation stone was laid on 5 November 1839, by John Farrar of Pudsey. The organ chamber and vestry were added in 1870. There are examples of stained glass dating to the 1860s and painted panels from the late 1880s. There is a notable marble memorial to John Butler of West Royd, d.1884 which was erected by the men of the Stanningley Ironworks where he was the manager. St Paul's Parish Church was constructed in 1853 and its register started in 1856. The last burial at the church took place in 1939 before it was closed in 1982 as the p ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]