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Osmondthorpe
Osmondthorpe a district of east Leeds in West Yorkshire, England is considered part of the Halton Moor district. It is situated in the LS9 LS postcode area, Leeds postcode area, two miles (3 km) to the east of Leeds city centre between East End Park, Leeds, East End Park and Halton Moor. The district is part of the Burmantofts and Richmond Hill Ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council. It was originally a hamlet 3.5 miles SE of Leeds associated with the Township (England), township of Temple Newsam and in the Whitkirk parish with some coal working. Ralph Thoresby visited Osmondthorpe Hall, which stood on the West side of Osmondthorpe Lane, but was destroyed by fire in 1924. Some 50 acres of the grounds were used to create East End Park, Leeds, East End Park and the rest for housing. On 31 December 1894 Osmondthorpe became a separate civil parish, being formed from the part of the parish of Templenewsam in Leeds County Borough, on 1 April 1925 the parish was abolished and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds County Borough
The County Borough of Leeds, and its predecessor, the Municipal Borough of Leeds, was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1835 to 1974. Its origin was the ancient borough of Leeds, which was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. In 1889, when West Riding County Council was formed, Leeds became a county borough outside the administrative county of the West Riding; and in 1893 the borough gained city status. The borough was extended a number of times, expanding from in 1911 to in 1961; adding in stages the former area of Roundhay, Seacroft, Shadwell and Middleton parishes and gaining other parts of adjacent districts. In 1971 Leeds was the fifth largest county borough by population in England. The county borough was abolished in 1974 and replaced with the larger City of Leeds, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire. Origins Manorial borough 1207–1626 The Borough of Leeds was created in 1207, when Maurice Paynel, Lord of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East End Park, Leeds
East End Park is an inner city area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Burmantofts to the north west, Harehills to the north east (although not a direct neighbour), Halton Moor to the east, Richmond Hill to the west and Cross Green to the south west. It blends into the Halton Moor/Osmondthorpe area and is 1 mile to the east of Leeds city centre in the LS9 Leeds postcode area. General description The area is situated in the vicinity of the A64 York Road, east Leeds' main thoroughfare, and is also home to a large park dating back from Victorian times which was purchased by Leeds City Council in the late 19th century, when it was waste land. Housing in the area is made up of nineteenth-century through terraced housing, some back-to-back terraced housing. Semi-detached and detached houses are also found in the area. Many of the back-to-back terraced houses in the area were due to be demolished as part of the £1.3 billion ''EASEL'' regeneration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmondthorpe Railway Station
Osmondthorpe was a railway station between and on the Leeds to York Line (part of the Cross Country Route). It was opened as ''Osmondthorpe Halt'' by the London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS) of the "Big Four (British railway companies), Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It ope ... in September 1930 to serve new estates being built in the area. The station was of timber construction and was built without goods facilities. After May 1937, the word ''Halt'' was dropped from the station name. The station was closed in March 1960. References {{Reflist Disused railway stations in Leeds Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1930 Former London and North Eastern Railway stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton Moor
Halton Moor is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, about three miles east of Leeds city centre close to the A63. It is situated between Killingbeck to the north, Temple Newsam to the south, Osmondthorpe to the west and Halton and Colton to the east. The area falls into the Temple Newsam ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds East parliamentary constituency. The area is mainly a council housing estate with approximately 1000 homes, made up of semi-detached houses, with some detached and terraced houses and some high rise blocks of flats. Halton Moor lies within the LS15 & LS9 postcode, with Wyke Beck forming its western boundary. In 2018, the Halton Moor Public House was demolished and will be replaced by a housing development. Many housing developments are currently being constructed in and around the estate. History Before the 20th century, Halton Moor was open land between Osmondthorpe and the older village of Halton which was constructed in the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville Hill TMD
Neville Hill is a railway train maintenance depot in Osmondthorpe, Leeds, England on the Leeds to Selby Line. The depot is situated to the east of Leeds railway station on the north side of the line. The TOPS depot code is NL. History In 1899 the locomotive shed at Holbeck was found not to have sufficient capacity for the number of locomotives using it, so an additional depot was constructed at Neville Hill by the North Eastern Railway at a cost of £132,971, with the facility being extended in 1904. Sometime during the 1950s the four-roundhouse shed was reduced by half and given a new frontage. A DMU shed is believed to have been added in 1958 along with servicing facilities for diesels although main line locomotives such as Class 45s were still being stabled outside the old brick-built steam shed in 1961. D2000 series 0-6-0 diesel shunters were the first diesel locos allocated to Neville Hill, probably about that time; the quartet in 1961 comprised D2242-4/6. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Places In Leeds
City of Leeds, West Yorkshire is a large city in England that includes several separate towns and villages and many other identifiable areas. Divisions of Leeds The metropolitan borough is divided into 33 wards, each of which elects three members of Leeds City Council. The ward boundaries were last reorganised in 2004. A map of the wards is available on the council website, as is a postcode-to-ward tool. Leeds is represented by eight Members of Parliament. Since boundary changes made before the 2010 general election, the constituencies are Elmet and Rothwell, Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds West, Morley and Outwood (three out of five wards) and Pudsey. The constituency boundaries coincide with ward boundaries, so that each constituency comprises four or five complete wards; the Morley and Outwood constituency includes three Leeds wards and two Wakefield wards. Leeds City Council divides the city into ten "Management areas" (Inner and Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production and trading centre (mainly with wool) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Leeds developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution alongside other surrounding villages and towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, and a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LS Postcode Area
The LS postcode area, also known as the Leeds postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of 29 postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover northern West Yorkshire (including Leeds, Wetherby, Pudsey, Otley, Morley and Ilkley) and some parts of North Yorkshire (including Tadcaster). Coverage The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: , - ! LS1 , LEEDS , Leeds city centre , Leeds , - ! LS2 , LEEDS , Leeds city centre, Woodhouse , Leeds , - ! LS3 , LEEDS , Burley, Woodhouse , Leeds , - ! LS4 , LEEDS , Burley, Kirkstall , Leeds , - ! LS5 , LEEDS , Hawksworth, Kirkstall , Leeds , - ! LS6 , LEEDS , Beckett Park, Burley, Headingley, Hyde Park, Meanwood, Woodhouse , Leeds , - ! LS7 , LEEDS , Beck Hill, Buslingthorpe, Chapel Allerton, Chapeltown, Little London, Lovell Park, Meanwood, Miles Hill, Potternewton, Scott Hall, Sheepscar , Leeds , - ! LS8 , LEEDS , Fearnville, Gipton, Gledh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harehills
Harehills is an inner-city area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is about northeast of Leeds city centre. Harehills is between the A58 road, A58 (towards Wetherby) and the A64 road, A64 (towards York). It sits in the Gipton and Harehills (ward), Gipton & Harehills ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency), Leeds East House of Commons, parliamentary constituency, between Burmantofts and Gipton, and adjacent to Chapeltown, West Yorkshire, Chapeltown. Its boundaries are defined by the city council as "the boundary of Spencer Place to the West, Harehills Avenue to the North, the boundary of Foundry Place to the East and Compton Road and Stanley Road to the South." As the name suggests, it is a hill area, basically a south-facing slope, with many streets of terraced houses on hills. In the middle is Banstead Park, a grassy slope with trees and play areas, giving a view over the city of Leeds. There are two main shopping streets, Harehil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton, Leeds
Halton is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between Cross Gates to the north, Halton Moor to the west, Colton to the east and Whitkirk to the South. Temple Newsam lies directly south of the estate. The area falls into the Temple Newsam ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds East parliamentary constituency. Etymology The name of Halton is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the forms ''Halletun'' and ''Halletune''. The name comes from the Old English words ''halh'' ('nook, corner of land') and ''tūn'' ('farm, estate'), and thus once meant 'estate in a corner of land'.Harry Parkin, ''Your City's Place-Names: Leeds'', English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Names Society, 2017), p. 51. The parish also contains Halton Deans, first attested in the period 1170–90 in Latin or French form, as ''denam de Haleton'', and in English form in the same century as ''Haletun dene'' and variants thereof. The ''deans'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selby Line
The Selby Line is a secondary railway line in Yorkshire, England, linking Leeds to Selby via Micklefield and then on to Kingston upon Hull (Hull). Hull Trains, London North Eastern Railway, and Northern and TransPennine Express operate passenger trains on the line. In the second half of 2018, a stretch of line between and had all its semaphore signalling and signal boxes decommissioned in favour of digital control overseen by the Rail Operating Centre in York. One of the crossing boxes at Crabley Creek has remained operational and worked by a Network Rail Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and railway infrastructure manager, infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain. ... representative as the original deeds for the acquisition of the land by the railway company dictated that as long as the crossing existed, it should be staffed. Most of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
