Austhorpe is a
civil parish and residential suburb of east
Leeds,
West Yorkshire,
England. It is to the east of
city centre
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and close to the A6120
dual carriageway
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(
Leeds Outer Ring Road) and the
M1 motorway.
Location
The area is situated between
Pendas Fields
Pendas Fields is a private, suburban housing estate in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is considered part of Cross Gates, as is Manston. Swarcliffe is close, and Cock Beck runs nearby. The area falls within the Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward ...
to the north,
Cross Gates to the north west,
Whitkirk to the west, and
Colton to the south and
Garforth to the east.
Officially judging by the old boundaries of the former Austhorpe township, Austhorpe also includes the areas of Cross Gates, Colton Common and Barrowby. Colton Common became officially part of Colton when the Ingram family of
Temple Newsam kept it for their own after buying and then selling the rest of the Austhorpe Lodge estate. It crosses both of the
Cross Gates and Whinmoor (including
Austhorpe Hall
Austhorpe Hall is a house built in 1694 at Austhorpe, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building.
The house is of red brick with contrasting stone quoins, seven bays and three storeys, with a triangular pediment over th ...
) and
Temple Newsam wards of
Leeds City Council.
The current east half of the
civil parish of Austhorpe and large Thorpe Park business park lie in the western tip of
Garforth and Swillington ward. Austhorpe Parish Council declared nil balance accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2017.
Austhorpe lies in the
LS15 postcode area. At the
2011 Census, the population of Austhorpe was shown to be included in Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward.
Etymology
The name ''Austhorpe'' is first attested in the
Domesday Book in the form ''Ossetorp''. Like a significant number of Yorkshire place-names, the name comes from
Old Norse. The first element is from Old Norse ''austr'' ('east') and the second from Old Norse ''þorp'' ('outlying farmstead, secondary settlement'), an element found widely in the area (in names such as
Osmandthorpe
Osmondthorpe a district of east Leeds in West Yorkshire, England is considered part of the Halton Moor district.
It is situated in the LS9 Leeds postcode area, two miles (3 km) to the east of Leeds city centre between East End Park a ...
and
Thorp Arch
Thorp Arch is a village and civil parish near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough.
It sits in the Wetherby ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency.
The village is on ...
).
[Harry Parkin, ''Your City's Place-Names: Leeds'', English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Names Society, 2017).]
Meanwhile, the place-name ''Barrowby'', found within the township of Austhorpe, is first attested in 1236, in the form ''Bergeby''. The name comes from Old Norse ''berg'' ('hill') and ''bý'' ('farmstead, village').
History
After the Township dissolved, Austhorpe stopped developing as quickly as it was doing, possibly due to the once abundant coal fields close to the surface which had been a major source of commerce for the area since Roman times becoming empty with deep shaft mining proving to be unsuccessful compared to the close by coal source at Garforth. Whereas Cross Gates and
Colton quickly developed, Barrowby, if anything, did not develop.
Pioneering Civil Engineer
John Smeaton, designer of the longest standing
Eddystone Lighthouse, was born in Austhorpe. Leeds band the
Kaiser Chiefs make a positive reference to him in their hit song ''"
I Predict a Riot".''
Austhorpe Hall
Austhorpe Hall is a house built in 1694 at Austhorpe, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building.
The house is of red brick with contrasting stone quoins, seven bays and three storeys, with a triangular pediment over th ...
is a grade II* listed building dated from 1694.
Location grid
See also
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Austhorpe Hall
Austhorpe Hall is a house built in 1694 at Austhorpe, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building.
The house is of red brick with contrasting stone quoins, seven bays and three storeys, with a triangular pediment over th ...
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Cross Gates
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Colton, Leeds
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John Smeaton
References
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