Oulton is a village in the

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. Oulton Hall was built in 1850 and is now a hotel and

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Notable and former residents

* Richard Bentley theologian, critic and scholar, who became Master of

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. * The cricketer and Anglican clergyman Henry Bell was born in Oulton. * Francis Ingram slave trader and privateer. File:Oulton Edrus Tailor 2016.jpg, Half-Timbered house on the Leeds Road, Oulton File:Oulton The Three Horseshoes 2016.jpg, Three Horseshoes inn, Oulton File:Oulton Methodist Church 2016.jpg, Oulton Methodist Church File:St John's Church - Oulton - geograph.org.uk - 404415.jpg, St John the Evangelist's Church File:Oulton Bentley Square Plaque 2016.jpg, Richard Bentley plaque File:Airey houses on Wordsworth Drive, Oulton, West Yorkshire (7th October 2022) 007.jpg, Former

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s on Wordsworth Drive under threat of demolition.

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Area websiteBig Red Curtain Performing Arts Incorporating TheatreWorks - Part-Time Performing Arts School based in Oulton
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- Oulton was in this parish
The story of Woodlesford station

Notable and former residents

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