Harewood ( ) is a village,
civil parish
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, former
manor and ecclesiastical parish, in
West Yorkshire
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, England, today in the
metropolitan borough
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of the
City of Leeds
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. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 3,734.
Etymology
The name of Harewood is first attested in the tenth-century
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manuscript, in the form ''æt Harawuda'' ('at Harewood'); it is next attested in the
Domesday Book
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of 1086, as ''Hareuuode''. Although consideration has been given to an origin involving the Old English word ''hār'' ('grey'), commentators agree that, as the name's present-day form suggests, the name comes from the
Old English
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words ''hara'' ('
hare
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') and ''wudu'' ('wood'). Thus it once meant 'wood characterised by hares'.
Location
Harewood sits in the
Harewood ward of
Leeds City Council
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and
Elmet and Rothwell
Elmet and Rothwell is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 2010 by Alec Shelbrooke, a Conservative. In the 2017 general election, Elmet and Rothwell recorded the l ...
parliamentary constituency.
The
A61 from
Leeds city centre
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Central districts
A ...
to
Harrogate
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passes through the village. The
A659 from
Collingham joins the A61 outside the main entrance to
Harewood House
Harewood House ( , ) is a country house in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, it was built, between 1759 and 1771, for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy West Indian plantation ...
( ) to descend the slopes of the
Wharfe valley before continuing towards
Pool-in-Wharfedale
Pool-in-Wharfedale or Pool in Wharfedale, usually abbreviated to Pool, is a village and civil parish in the Lower Wharfedale area, north of Leeds city centre, north-east of Bradford, and east of Otley. It is in the City of Leeds metropoli ...
.
Amenities
The Harewood Arms
public house
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and hotel is opposite the entrance to the Harewood Estate.
Other facilities in the village include a medical centre, mobile library, community cafe, and a village hall.
It is the location of the UK's longest motorsport
hillclimb,
Harewood speed Hillclimb (pronounced ). The exterior set for the
soap opera
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''
Emmerdale
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'' is located in the Harewood estate.
Education
Harewood C of E Primary School is a
state-funded faith school which stands opposite the grounds of the Harewood estate on the A61 and was built by the estate in 1864 for estate workers' children. In 2005 and 2008 the school was awarded "outstanding" grading following Ofsted inspections. The school maintains its historic links with the estate, the children regularly use its grounds and educational facilities.
Gateways School is an independent private school with a
sixth form
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. The junior school and nursery are co-educational, admitting boys and girls to age 11.
Manor
The manor of Harewood was the seat of the de Romelli family, from which it passed by marriage of the heiress Avice de Romelli to her husband William de Curcy II (d. circa 1130),
feudal baron
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of
Stoke Curcy (now
Stogursey
Stogursey is the name of a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It is situated from Nether Stowey, and west of Bridgwater. The village is situated near the Bristol Channel, which bounds the parish on the no ...
) in Somerset, whose granddaughter and eventual heiress Alice de Curcy (sister and heiress of William de Curcy IV (d.1194)) married Warin FitzGerold (1167-post-1216), eldest son and heir of Henry FitzGerold (d.1174/5), Chamberlain to King Henry II. Alice's daughter and sole heiress was Margaret FitzGerold, who married Baldwin de Redvers (1200–1216), eldest son and
heir apparent
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of
William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon
William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (died 10 September 1217) (or de Reviers), of Tiverton Castle and Plympton Castle, both in Devon, was feudal baron of Plympton in Devon.
Origins
He was the son of Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon by his ...
(d.1217) and father of
Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon
Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (1217 – 15 February 1245), feudal baron of Plympton in Devon and Lord of the Isle of Wight, was the son of Baldwin de Redvers and Margaret FitzGerold and grandson of William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon.
...
. The eventual heiress was
Isabel de Forz, eldest daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (1217–1245). Her heir to the manor of Harewood was her distant cousin Warin de Lisle (d.1296) of Cambridgeshire, whose paternal grandmother was Alice FitzGerold. The De Lisle family then moved their seat to
Rougemont Castle
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within the manor of Harewood. Warin's son was
Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle (title created 1311) called "of Rougemont" to distinguish his family from the unrelated
Baron Lisle "of
Wootton, Isle of Wight", created in 1299. The site of Rougemont Castle was abandoned in about 1366 when the Lisle family built
Harewood Castle nearby, of which much of the ruined stone structure survives, also hidden in overgrown woodland. Harewood Castle itself was abandoned as a residence soon after 1600 when it was owned by Sir William Wentworth of Gawthorpe Hall. The manor of Harewood containing both ruined castles was purchased in 1738 by the Lascelles family, which built there as its seat the surviving palatial 18th-century mansion known as
Harewood House
Harewood House ( , ) is a country house in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, it was built, between 1759 and 1771, for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy West Indian plantation ...
, still owned by the family, which was created
Earl of Harewood in 1812.
Harewood House
Harewood House
Harewood House ( , ) is a country house in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, it was built, between 1759 and 1771, for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy West Indian plantation ...
, a
country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peop ...
was designed by architects
John Carr and
Robert Adam
Robert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his ...
, and built between 1759 and 1771 for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood. Its garden of more than is set in a landscape of designed by
Lancelot "Capability" Brown
Lancelot Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783), more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains the most famous figure in the history of the English lan ...
.
All Saints' Church
All Saints' Church, the former parish church, stands to the west of the village, in the grounds of Harewood House which was built in the 18th century. The village was relocated in the late 18th century, leaving the church isolated from the village population. It is a Grade I
listed building
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but is no longer used regularly for worship and is in the care of the
Churches Conservation Trust.
Location grid
See also
*
Harwood (disambiguation)
*
Harewood Castle
*
Listed buildings in Harewood, West Yorkshire
References
External links
Harewood Parish Council Website*
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