Moor Allerton is an area of

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, England. The area is situated in North Leeds, near to King Lane and the

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The majority of Moor Allerton is situated in the

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ward of

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and the southern part (below the Outer Ring Road) is in the Moortown ward. Both wards make up the Leeds North East parliamentary constituency. The area is mainly made up of 1950s/60s housing as well as a proportion of modern housing. In the 1990s much of the area's Shopping Centre was rebuilt. It now has a large

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, a

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, several other retailers, a

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and a

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called The Penny Fun. The centre has previously had a Jones of Oakwood (electronic retailers) and a

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. The earlier part of the centre was opened by Mr Arthur Craven (director of library services) on 5 March 1982. By 1985 the library had become the busiest branch library in Leeds. Moor Allerton is situated along King Lane, on the outside of the Outer Ring Road. To the West of King Lane is the Black Moor Estate and to the East is the Lingfield Estate, Lingfield Towers, however lies within the Outer Ring Road. The Black Moor Estate has its own amenities. There is a parade of shops with a

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, charity shops, a Chinese and an Indian takeaway. Moortown Social Club is situated on Cranmer Gardens. It includes Tynwald Woods (1.3 ha) and Cranmer Bank Wood (2.34 ha), both managed by the city council and accessible from Cranmer Bank.

Etymology

The name ''Allerton'' is first attested in the period 1147-82, in the forms ''Alretuna'', ''Alreton'' and ''Alretona''. It comes from the Old English word ''alor'' ('alder tree'), in its

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form ''alra'', and the word ''tūn'' ('farmstead, estate'). Thus it originally meant 'farmstead of the alder trees'.Harry Parkin, ''Your City's Place-Names: Leeds'', English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Names Society, 2017), p. 73. Since ''Allerton'' is a common place-name in Yorkshire, the word 'moor' was added to distinguish it from places such as

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, the now lost Allerton Gledhow in

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, and Allerton Bywater. This appellation is first in the early thirteenth century as ''Mor Allteron'' and ''More Allteron''. The name is occasionally attested partly in Latin form, as 'Allerton super mora' ('Allerton on the moor'), first found in 1622.

Moor Allerton Golf Club

After the

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there was a substantial

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population in North Leeds including some very successful businessmen. However, there was also a lot of prejudice which meant that many institutions would not admit Jews to membership. This was the case for Moortown Golf Club along with others nearby. A consortium purchased farm land North of Nursery Lane and West of Primley Park Road. Despite the objections of Moortown Golf Club and the Residents' Association, planning permission was granted and the club opened on 27 March 1923, though initially with only 12 holes playable. It was sometimes referred to as a Jewish Golf Course but from the outset it was open to all as members and visitors. Its presence made it attractive as a social venue, and many houses were constructed nearby on what had been a sparsely populated area. In the late 1960s land was purchased on Blackmoor Farm and the Nursery Lane site was sold for housing. The club opened on its present site off Coal Road, Wike, LS17, on 2 May 1971 with

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, the Minister for Sport officiating. The former clubhouse on Nursery Lane was converted into a pub, The Allerton.

Gallery

Images of Moor Allerton Image:Moorallertoncentre1.jpg, Moor Allerton Centre, showing the library Image:Moorallertoncentre2.jpg, Moor Allerton Centre File:MoortownSocialClub.jpg, Moortown Social Club File:LingfieldFlats1.JPG, Lingfield Flats File:PennyFun.JPG, The Penny Fun File:St Stephen LS17 25 Aug 2022.jpg, St Stephen's Church (C of E) File:Tynwald Woods 25 Aug 2022.jpg, Tynwald Woods entrance

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