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Headingley is a
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of
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 popul ...
,
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,
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, approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the
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. Headingley is the location of the
Beckett Park Beckett Park (also known as Beckett's Park) is a residential area and a large public park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Weetwood ward of Leeds City Council. It borders onto Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall. It is named a ...
campus of Leeds Beckett University and
Headingley Stadium Headingley Stadium is a stadium complex in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, comprising two separate grounds; Headingley Cricket Ground and Headingley Rugby Stadium, linked by a two-sided stand housing common facilities. The ground ...
. The vast majority of the area sits in the Headingley and Hyde Park ward of
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and Leeds North West
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.


History

Headingley was mentioned in the ''
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'' in 1086 as ''Hedingelei'' or ''Hedingeleia'' when it was recorded that Ilbert de Lacy held 7 carucates (about 840 acres) of land. The name is thought to derive from Old English ''Head(d)inga'' 'of the descendants of Head(d)a' + ''lēah'' 'open ground', thus meaning "the clearing of Hedda's people". Headda has sometimes been identified with Saint
Hædde Hædde (died 705) was a medieval monk and Bishop of Winchester. Life Hædde is believed to have been born in Headingley, Leeds, and became a monk of Whitby Abbey.Benedictine Monks of Ramsgate. ''The Book of Saints'' p.254Hunt. ''Dictionary of Nat ...
. A stone coffin found near
Beckett Park Beckett Park (also known as Beckett's Park) is a residential area and a large public park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Weetwood ward of Leeds City Council. It borders onto Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall. It is named a ...
in 1995 suggests there may have been an earlier settlement in late
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or post-Roman times. From
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times, Headingley was the centre of the Skyrack
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or ''Siaraches'', the " Shire oak". The name may refer to an oak tree that was a meeting place for settling legal disputes and raising armies. An ancient oak, said to be the Shire Oak, stood to the north of St Michael's Church until 1941, and gives its name to two public houses, the Original Oak and the Skyrack. During the 13th century William de Poiteven gave land in Headingley to Kirkstall Abbey, and in 1341 the remainder of the township of Headingley-cum-Burley was given to the monastery by the owner, John de Calverley. A map of 1711 shows Headingley as having a chapel, cottages and farmsteads scattered around a triangle of land formed by the merging of routes from north, west and south. Enclosed fields were situated around the settlement with a large tract of common land, Headingley Moor, to the north. In an 1801
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, Headingley's population was given as 300. An 1829 Act of Parliament enclosed Headingley Moor and the land was placed for sale. Around 30 workers' cottages encroached on the fringes of the moor before 1829. Land here was generally cheaper than that at Headingley Hill as it failed to attract the building of affluent villas. This brought about the building of smaller terraced housing around Moor Road and Cottage Road. In the mid 19th century, Far Headingley had begun to develop over what was largely unclaimed common land. Headingley was a village until the expansion of Leeds during the
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and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth and pollution of the city. In 1840, Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens opened but despite the opening of the nearby Headingley railway station in 1849, the zoo was loss-making and closed in 1858. The bear pit survives on Cardigan Road.
Meanwood Beck The Meanwood Beck is a stream in West Yorkshire, England, which flows southwards through Adel, Meanwood and Sheepscar into the River Aire in central Leeds. Different portions of the same watercourse have been referred to as Adel Beck, Ca ...
, to the east of the village, was a source of water for the early inhabitants and later provided a source of power for the Victorians of Leeds. The Leeds Tramway terminated at a depot at Far Headingley between 1875 and 1959. The trams improved the accessibility of Headingley from Leeds city centre, which facilitated growth and attracted affluent middle class inhabitants. The tramway perhaps ended Headingley's village status and made it into a suburb. With exception of
Beckett Park Beckett Park (also known as Beckett's Park) is a residential area and a large public park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Weetwood ward of Leeds City Council. It borders onto Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall. It is named a ...
and the surrounding area, most of Headingley had been developed by the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1911 census the population of Headingley was in excess of 46,000. Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) has a campus at Beckett Park in Headingley. Much of the housing around Kirkstall Lane is rented to students. The conversion of Leeds Polytechnic into a university and its subsequent growth brought about an increased student population.
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hosts
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test matches and
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matches bringing many spectators to the area. The cricket ground has been enlarged to maintain its eligibility for test matches and in 2006 the eastern terraces on the rugby ground were replaced with the Carnegie stand. The winter shed cricket pavilion has been replaced with a new stand and media centre.


Sports


Professional

Headingley is also known in sporting circles; its stadium is known as Headingley – earlier spelt Headingly. The stadium is home to the
Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of 18 first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Yorkshire. Yorkshire are the most successful team in English cricketing hi ...
as well as the Leeds Rhinos
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and Yorkshire Carnegie
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clubs. For many decades the stadium remained largely unchanged. Since 2000, however, the
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has been nearly entirely rebuilt in order to retain Test match status. The winter shed was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a new stand and media centre, giving the approach to the north entrance a distinctive and modern waymark. The rugby ground also saw development with the building of the Carnegie Stand which replaced the former Eastern Terraces. This was built with co-operation from Leeds Beckett University who retain lecture rooms in the building.


Amateur

Headingley also boasts an amateur
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team, Headingley AFC. The club nearly folded after losing its home ground, however in 2008, the club was offered a new ground by the
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, before moving to Weetwood Playing Fields, owned by the University of Leeds. They attracted media attention in January 2019 for featuring a shirt sponsor warning of the dangers of gambling. There is also two amateur cricket clubs
Headingley Bramhope CC
& St. Chads CC) in Far Headingley.


Politics

Politically, almost all of Headingley is in the Leeds North West constituency. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is
Alex Sobel Alexander David Sobel (born 26 April 1975) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North West since the 2017 general election. He defeated the Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland, w ...
( Labour Party) who succeeded Greg Mulholland ( Liberal Democrat) in the 2017 general election. At a local government level, the ward of Headingley and Hyde Park has three Labour
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, Al Garthwaite, Jonathan Pryor and Neil Walshaw. A small part of Headingley, specifically the area around Queenswood Drive, sits in the Kirkstall ward and the
Leeds West Leeds West is a borough constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire which is represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (United ...
constituency, where the current MP is Rachel Reeves of Labour.


Amenities

Headingley has two renowned fish and chip shops/fish restaurants which have been operating since the 1930s: Brett's, a 19th-century stone building on North Lane, and The Fisherman's Lodge (formerly Bryan's), a more modern building on Weetwood Lane. There are several pubs and bars plus extensive shopping areas. The pub Headingley Taps is so called because it was formerly a water pumping station. Other pubs and bars include the famous Original Oak, Skyrack, Head of Steam, Arcadia and Manahatta (formerly Arc). Close by in Far Headingley are in close proximity The New Inn, The Three Horseshoes and Woodies. In Headingley Central (formerly the
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) there is a
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(formerly a Somerfield), a
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, a
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and several other chain shops as well as a small
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. Headingley also has a small library on North Lane. There are many banks, building societies, restaurants, cafes and charity shops. Along Otley Road there is a large Oxfam bookshop. Until 2005, Headingley had two cinemas, 'The Lounge' and '
The Cottage Road Cinema Cottage Road Cinema is the oldest remaining cinema in continuous use in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Situated in the suburb of Headingley, Cottage Road was originally built in 1905 as a garage for the nearby Castle Grove mansion. Local ne ...
' (usually referred to as 'Cottage Road'). The Lounge Cinema in the centre of Headingley has since closed and is being redeveloped as office and living accommodation, leaving only Cottage Road in Far Headingley. The area's
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closed in the 1990s. Until the 1980s, the Arndale Centre boasted a bowling alley. The Arndale Centre began undergoing an external facelift in 2009. The nearest large supermarket is a
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in Kirkstall, approximately a mile away from the centre of Headingley. There is a
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hotel above the Arndale Centre in the tallest building in Headingley, formerly an office block. Headingley is also famous for the Otley Run, which is a pub crawl starting at Woodies Ale House in Far Headingley and finishing at the Dry Dock near Leeds City Centre. Typically the Otley run is done in fancy dress.


People

Many famous writers, past and present, are connected with Headingley:
Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childre ...
, best known perhaps for the children's classic '' Swallows and Amazons'', was born there, J. R. R. Tolkien the writer and author of ''
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'', lived there when he worked at the university, playwright Alan Bennett once lived over a butcher's shop (now a dry cleaner's) opposite the Three Horseshoes and TV writer Kay Mellor lived in Weetwood. Many writers and poets who currently live in the area participate in the annual Headingley LitFest, which takes place each March, using venues like the Heart Centre, The New Headingley Club, various cafés and private houses. The tenth LitFest took place in 2017. Reviews of all talks and performances are online on the LitFest blog. In the time of Queen Victoria, Prince Alemayehu of Abyssinia, brought to England after the defeat of his father King Tewedros, died of pneumonia at an address in Hollin Lane, Far Headingley. Edward Baines, editor of the '' Leeds Mercury'' in the 19th century, lived at Headingley Lodge, north of Kirkstall Lane, and then St Ann's Hill on St Ann's Lane. The social reformer, suffragist and writer
Isabella Ford Isabella Ormston Ford (23 May 1855 – 14 July 1924) was an English social reformer, suffragist and writer. She became a public speaker and wrote pamphlets on issues related to socialism, feminism and worker's rights. After becoming concerned wi ...
was born in Headingley in 1855. Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe committed two of his 20 attacks in Headingley. He killed 20-year-old Jacqueline Hill – the last of the 13 women he killed – in the area on 17 November 1980. On 24 September that year, he had also attacked
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born doctor Upadhya Bandara, 34, in the area, but she survived his assault. Sutcliffe was arrested within two months of Hill's murder and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for a total of 13 murders and seven attempted murders.


Headingley Development Trust

HDT is a community benefit society, founded in 2005 by local residents, organisations and small businesses, with the aim of promoting and developing a sustainable, balanced community in Headingley. It is a community business that is self-financing and achieves it aims by delivering, brokering and supporting a range of initiatives that benefit the local community. HDT now has over 1,200 members, making it one of the largest Development Trusts of its kind in the UK.  In 2018 it successfully raised over £480,000 through a community share offer to create the Headingley Investment Fund (HIF) will enable it to further extend its work. HDT activities currently include: Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART) opened in 2011 in the old Bennett Road primary school building which was completely refurbished and extended.  It is to date Headingley's biggest ever community project. HEART accommodates rehearsal and meeting spaces and training rooms on the ground floor, a café with outdoor and conservatory seating areas and Pulse a 'catalyst’ business centre on the first floor particularly targeted at the arts and media industry. HEART is a true community business which runs without any grant support. The Headingley Greengrocer became HDT's latest venture when they stepped in to buy the business in April 2019 from RK Harris and Son who were retiring after running it for over 40 years. The site has been a greengrocers shop for over 100 years and a much loved part of the Headingley shopping centre. The Headingley Greengrocer will extend this tradition providing high quality fruit and vegetables and local produce wherever possible and reducing reliance on single use plastics. Headingley Farmers’ Market has been held every month for over thirteen years on the Rose Garden in the centre of Headingley, providing a community focus as well as where people can buy good quality, food from local Yorkshire producers. There is music at every market and a very popular children's game. Headingley Homes is an initiative that aims to help balance the Headingley neighbourhood by providing affordable homes for people who want to put down roots here.  It intervenes directly in the housing market, owning property and also leasing it from public-spirited local owners. Promoting Headingley aims to celebrate Headingley as a desirable place to live, work and explore for current and prospective long-term residents and businesses.  Headingley Cafe Scientifique meets to hear about and debate ideas in science and technology through talks from local experts. All are welcome and meetings are on the second Monday of each month in the New Headingley Club. Talking Heads at HEART  is a monthly gathering which aims to stimulate, inform and enliven. Expert speakers introduce and host discussion on topics concerning culture, politics, economics or social issues and often aiming to set a national issue within a local context.   Films at HEART organises a monthly programme of films, drawing on the best of contemporary, independent feature films and documentaries from European and World cinema. It works with local festivals and film-makers. The Headingley Community Orchard group finds unused bits of land and plants fruit trees and bushes. It aims to improve the local environment, protect green spaces and help bio-diversity, involve local people and provide learning for new skills. The Headingley Graffiti Working Group group aims to help residents and businesses tackle illegal tagging and to promote positive alternatives such as supporting the development of street art and murals. Table Tennis at HEART offers weekly sessions on Monday evenings. Players are aged 9 to 69 of all standards and new players are very welcome. HDT has also worked with local businesses and helped set up the Natural Food Store on North Lane, now a successful independent co-operative.


Churches

Headingley Parish Church is dedicated to St Michael and All
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s, and is a large, grade II* listed, steepled church on the corner of Otley Road and St Michael's Road, opposite the Skyrack public house. The Church was built between 1884 and 1886 as the third church on this site. There is a separate parish of Far Headingley, with its parish church of St Chad's (also a large steepled church and grade II* listed). South Parade
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church (1908 and 1925, part of Cornerstone Baptist Church since 2020) and Headingley
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Church (1840–45 and later extensions) are both grade II listed. St Columba's United Reformed church is a modern building, as is the
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parish church of St Urban's, located to the east of the area. Hinsley Hall in Headingley is the pastoral and conference centre for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds. The small
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church of St Luke's in Alma Road was converted from the coach house and stable of a Victorian villa. The Anglican Bishop of Leeds and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds both live within the Headingley area. File:St Chad Headingley 6 August 2018 2.jpg, St Chad's Church File:Headingley St Columba.jpg, St Columba United Reformed Church File:The Ashwood Centre, Headingley Lane (geograph 4773162).jpg, Headingley Hill Congregational Church File:South Parade Baptist Church 14 July 2018 2.jpg, South Parade (now Cornerstone) Baptist Church File:Headingley Methodist Church 14 July 2018.jpg, Headingley Methodist Church File:St Urban's Catholic Church - Grove Road, Headingley - geograph.org.uk - 379998.jpg, St Urban's Catholic Church File:Ebenezer Particular Baptist Church - Grove Lane - geograph.org.uk - 783503.jpg, Ebenezer Partiucular Baptist Church File:St Luke's Alma Rd 8 Sep 2017.jpg, St Luke's Lutheran Church File:St Luke's Alma Rd inside 8 Sep 2017.jpg, St Luke's: interior


Buildings of architectural interest

According to one source ''"Headingley has the most important group of large and small villas and mansions in the city.''" and has more than 100 listed buildings. Parts of Headingley are included in
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s established by
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. Individual
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s include St Michael's Church and associated buildings, the
Hyde Park Picture House The Hyde Park Picture House is a cinema and Grade II listed building in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Built by Thomas Winn & Sons, it opened on 7 November 1914. It features many original features, such as an ornat ...
, the
Elinor Lupton Centre The Golden Beam is a pub and Grade II listed building located in the Headingley area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1912 for the Church of Christ, Scientist, and was known as the Elinor Lupton Centre from 1986 to 2010 when ...
, Moorfield House in Alma Road and the former St Margaret of Antioch church building on Cardigan Road. The mid-19th century
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Spring House in St Michael's Road, Headingley, was operating as a
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centre during the Great War and was the permanent address for matters relating to VAD nurses during this time; Olive Middleton, great-grandmother of the
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, gave her permanent address as "Spring House, St Michael's Road, Headingley" when living and working at
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and elsewhere as a VAD nurse during the Great War. Residing with her at Spring House at this time were her two sisters-in-law; Gertrude Middleton (1876–1942), a former
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student who also worked as a VAD nurse at Gledhow Hall and her sister Ellen Middleton (1872-1949) who volunteered as " head cook" at Gledhow Hall. A number of premises were named Spring House in and around Leeds, at times operating as a Home for Friendless Girls in the early decades of the 20th century. Headingley Castle was built in 1846 and was owned in 1866 by cloth merchant Arthur Lupton (1809–1889) of the Lupton family. It was the home from 1909 to 1943 of entrepreneur and art collector Frank Harris Fulford, and later used to house a school for the blind. Headingley also has a typical example of a 1960s
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. Housing in Headingley is generally Victorian and early 20th century and mostly of little architectural note.


Headingley in media

The ITV television series '' Fat Friends'' was set in Headingley. Large amounts of the eighties ITV '' Beiderbecke Trilogy'' was filmed in and around Headingley and
Beckett Park Beckett Park (also known as Beckett's Park) is a residential area and a large public park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Weetwood ward of Leeds City Council. It borders onto Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall. It is named a ...
, along with
Moor Grange Moor Grange Estate is a housing estate in the West Park area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which was built in the 1950s on reclaimed farmland. Work on the Moor Grange Estate began in 1955. It was originally owned by the local council, and ...
and Pudsey. Parts of Headingley stood in for Northern Ireland in '' Harrys Game'', and '' A Touch of Frost'' used locations in the area.


Gallery

Images of Headingley File:Headingley War Memorial 14 July 2018.jpg, Headingley War Memorial File:Arndale Headingley 2011.jpg,
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Image:Arndale House.jpg, Arndale House, on top of the Arndale Centre, taken from the centre's roof Image:Headingley2.jpg, A view of Headingley from the Arndale Centre File:HinsleyHallLS2 2BX.jpg, Hinsley Hall (1867) File:St Chads Headingley Tom.jpg, St. Chad's Church at twilight File:Bear pit, Headingley 22 July 2018 1.jpg, The bear pit


See also

*
Listed buildings in Leeds (Headingley Ward) Headingley is a Ward (electoral subdivision), ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 111 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List f ...
*
Elmet Elmet ( cy, Elfed), sometimes Elmed or Elmete, was an independent Brittonic kingdom between about the 5th century and early 7th century, in what later became the smaller area of the West Riding of Yorkshire then West Yorkshire, South Yorks ...
* Otley Run


References


Further reading

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External links


YEP Headingley Today Community WebsiteHeadingley.org community web site
maintained by residents.
Headingley Development Trust
The HEART project
Headingley LitFest
Blog for the annual Headingley LitFest, which takes place in March
Headingley Methodist ChurchHeadingley Community Website
maintained by the council. * {{Authority control Student quarters Leeds Blue Plaques Places in Leeds