Shadwell is a village and civil parish in north-east

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, England. The village is to the north east of

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. It sits in the Harewood

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and

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parliamentary constituency. The village is in the LS17 postal code and is served by the Shadwell Parish Council. Shadwell borders with areas including Alwoodley,

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and Moortown and is being increasingly referred to simply as an area or suburb of Leeds but retains its many village traditions. It had a population of 1,864 in 2001, reducing to 1,849 at the 2011 Census.

History

The first written proof of Shadwell's existence is in 1086 in

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, where it is called ''Scadewelle'', and is part of the Feudal Barony of Pontefract. The origin of the name is not certain, and some 25 variations are found in the historical record, the present one being largely fixed in the 18th century. In the original

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form, ''welle'' could mean a well, spring or boundary, often a boundary stream, such as Shadwell Beck. The ''scade'' portion could refer to shade, such as a shady spring, or a name such as Chad or Shad, and different characters with these names have been postulated. Eight "wells" or ‘springs" situated within Shadwell are shown on an 1851

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map. One of these, a “Holy Well”, is located in the Shadwell Holywell Triangle, a

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. Spring water emerges in a ditch near to the north entrance to Spencer House, a property on Holywell Lane. According to Leeds City Council's ''Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan'', it is reputed to have been visited by

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, and used for the

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of early Christians. The village pub "The Red Lion" is located between two wells which were originally used to gather water for the

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process. In the

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it was part of the

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. Over the centuries Shadwell was sometimes a separate manor, sometimes part of the Manor of

until these rights were extinguished in 1935. In the early part of the 19th century it was still a village with fewer than 200 inhabitants, containing 11 farms, 2 inns and a Methodist chapel but no school or church. However, from the middle of the century buildings began to appear as wealthier people moved out of industrial Leeds, made with stone from the local quarries. Shadwell was historically a

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in the ancient church parish of

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in the

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, until the construction of St Paul's Church in 1842 when it became a parish in its own right. Roundhay Grange, originally a grange of

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, was a detached part of the township. In 1866 the township became a separate civil parish as part of

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, but in 1912 the parish was abolished and absorbed into Leeds. In 1974 Shadwell became part of the enlarged City of Leeds in the new county of West Yorkshire. In 2002 the civil parish was reconstituted, with an elected parish council.

Amenities

The village has two churches. The Church of England parish church is St Paul's, a Grade II

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from 1842, which replaced a much earlier

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on Gateland Lane which had been disused and had vanished by then, as stones were taken for other buildings. The Shadwell Methodist Chapel dates from 1892, and replaced the smaller building on the opposite side of the road which was the Methodist Chapel from 1814 to 1892 and is also Grade II. This now serves as a library, which has operated independently since 2013,Shadwell Library, Arts Centre and Café
accessed 24 January 2017 Other buildings include a primary school, The Red Lion pub, the Village Hall, a social club, a tennis club, a golf club and six shops (clothing shop, beauty shop, dry cleaner, fish and chip shop (itself a Grade II listed building dating from 1637), post-office/newsagent and a hairdresser. There is also a cricket club. Shadwell United is a junior football club which trains at the primary school. There are Scouts, Cubs, Beavers, Guides and Ranger groups. It is also covered by a local newspaper called the '' Wetherby News''.

Slaid Hill

Slaid Hill is an area of Leeds which is within the manor or traditional estate of Shadwell, but is about half a mile west of Shadwell village with clear countryside between them, and the Shadwell name sign between. Slaid Hill is within the Alwoodley ward of

, whereas Shadwell village sits within the Harewood ward.Leeds City Council Website
accessed 20 April 2009 Today, Shadwell Parish excludes most of Slaid Hill, but includes the estate to the south of Shadwell Lane and east of Roundhay Park Lane.Shadwell Parish Council Website
Parish Map The 1881 Census makes it clear that the district of Shadwell extended to the west end of Shadwell Lane and to the Moortown Ring Road in the South.
Shadwell Census 1881 In addition Shadwell Grange is a large house and farm in Slaid Hill, with a view over the Moortown Ring Road. It is a Grade II listed building. File:Shadwell88VHall.jpg, Shadwell Village Hall File:Shadwell18RedLion.jpg, Red Lion File:Shadwell72Library.jpg, Shadwell Library Shadwell Methodist Church 14 June 2017.jpg, Methodist Church File:Shadwell90Wheel.jpg, Millennium Wheel and cottages File:Fish Chips Shadwell 20 April 2019 1W.jpg, Fish and chip shop File:ShadwellTerminus.JPG, Terminus for the 7S Bus Leeds-Shadwell File:ShadwellWelcome.jpg, Sign going from Slaid Hill to Shadwell File:Shadwell Grange.jpg, Shadwell Grange viewed from the Leeds Ring Road Image:Slaidhill.jpg, One of the parades of shops in Slaid Hill

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External links

* {{Genuki, county=WRY, Thorner, , Shadwell
Shadwell Parish Council Website
local parish council website, including details of village amenities and activities
Shadwell In Bloom
local volunteer group maintaining Shadwell's floral environment
Shadwell Bridge Club
local Bridge club meeting on Friday evenings
Shadwell Tennis Club

Shadwell Cricket Club

Shadwell Independent Library
taken over from Leeds Council and run by volunteers Villages in West Yorkshire Places in Leeds Civil parishes in West Yorkshire

History

Amenities

Slaid Hill

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