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Whinmoor
Whinmoor is a residential area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) to the north-east of the city centre and adjacent to Swarcliffe and Seacroft in the LS14 Leeds postcode area. Historically, the area was within the Tadcaster Rural District until 1974. It is today situated in the Leeds City Council ward of Cross Gates and Whinmoor and Leeds East parliamentary constituency. History In November 655 AD (or perhaps in 654, according to one interpretation of the chronology), the Battle of the Winwaed took place around the Whinmoor/ Cock Beck/Swarcliffe area, with the Christian King Oswiu of Bernicia's army defeating the pagan army of King Penda of Mercia, although historians admit that few details are available. A road to the south of Whinmoor was later named Penda's Way. In addition, during the First English Civil War, the Battle of Seacroft Moor, 30 March 1643, was fought over the two moors of Winn Moor and Bramham Moor, ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarcliffe
Swarcliffe, originally the Swarcliffe Estate, is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is east of Leeds city centre, and within the LS14 and LS15 Leeds postcode area. The district falls within the Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council. In the 1950s, the Swarcliffe housing estate was developed, by the County Borough of Leeds, including semi detached council houses, three-storey blocks containing flats, and three brick-built, nine-storey blocks of flats. Two of these were demolished in the 1990s, and the third in 2007. A private finance initiative redevelopment of Swarcliffe began in 2006. From 1955 to 1992, the MP for Leeds East constituency, including Swarcliffe, was Denis Healey. In 2009, over 91% of the population in Swarcliffe were "hard-pressed". History The Battle of the Winwaed, between the army of the Christian king Oswiu of Bernicia and the pagan army of King Penda of Mercia, took place in 655 AD, according to Bede, altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Gates And Whinmoor (ward)
Cross Gates and Whinmoor is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the outer city suburb areas of Cross Gates, Manston, Swarcliffe and Whinmoor Whinmoor is a residential area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) to the north-east of the city centre and adjacent to Swarcliffe and Seacroft in the LS14 Leeds postcode area. Historically, the area was wi .... Austhorpe is also shared with Temple Newsam ward to the south. Councillors indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat up for election following resignation or death of sitting councillor. indicates councillor defection. ''*'' indicates incumbent councillor. Elections since 2010 May 2024 May 2023 May 2022 May 2021 May 2019 May 2018 May 2016 May 2015 May 2014 May 2013 by-election May 2012 May 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seacroft
Seacroft is an outer-city suburb/township consisting mainly of council estate housing covering an extensive area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the LS14 LS postcode area, Leeds postcode area, around east of Leeds city centre. It sits in the Killingbeck and Seacroft (ward), Killingbeck & Seacroft ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency), Leeds East United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, parliamentary constituency. The population of the corresponding Leeds City Ward was nearly 18,000 in 2001Office for National Statistics 2001 census for Seacroft ward 17,725 on 29 April 2001 and fell to 14,426 in 2011. The name is often used as a catch-all for Seacroft and the neighbouring areas of Whinmoor and Swarcliffe, other large east Leeds council estates which merge into each ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds City Council
Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Leeds has had a council since 1626, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 it has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. It is the second most populous local government district in the United Kingdom with approximately 800,000 inhabitants living within its area; only Birmingham City Council has more. Since 1 April 2014, it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011. It meets at Leeds Civic Hall and has its main offices at Merrion House. History Leeds Corporation Leeds (historically often spelt Leedes) was a manor and then a town, receiving a charter from King Charles I as a 'Free Borough' in 1626 giving it powers of self-government, leading to the formation of the Leeds Corporation to administer it.Steven B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds East (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leeds East is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2015 by Richard Burgon of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The constituency was represented by Denis Healey from 1955 to 1992. Healey served as Defence Secretary from 1964 to 1970, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and latterly as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Constituency profile This seat includes the areas of Leeds around York Road and Temple Newsam, including several large council estates. The seat is ethnically mixed and residents are poorer than the UK average. History The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was first used in the 1885 United Kingdom general election, general election of that year. Leeds (UK Parliament constituency), Leeds had previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Seacroft Moor
The Battle of Seacroft Moor took place in Whinmoor moor near the village of Seacroft, north-east of Leeds in West Riding on 30 March 1643 during the First English Civil War. In the battle, a Parliamentarian force commanded by Lieutenant-General Thomas Fairfax was decisively beaten by a Royalist cavalry force commanded by George Goring. Background In December of 1642, the Earl of Newcastle brought his Royalist army south from Newcastle to reinforce and support King Charles and the Royalists in Yorkshire. Within the month of December, Newcastle captured a number of important towns including York, Tadcaster, and Leeds. In late January of 1643, the Parliamentarians fought back and partially restored the balance of power in northern England when they retook the town of Leeds. Through the winter, the two opposing armies stood facing each other. Newcastle's field army was at Clifford Moor to the north-west of the occupied city of York. Ferdinando Lord Fairfax, the commander of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmet (UK Parliament Constituency)
Elmet was a county constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. From 1997 the MP was Colin Burgon of Labour Party (UK), Labour, who did not stand in the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election. Boundaries The City of Leeds wards of Barwick and Kippax, Garforth and Swillington (ward), Garforth and Swillington, Wetherby (ward), Wetherby, and Whinmoor. The constituency was created in 1983 to cover the far eastern wards of Leeds and neighbouring areas, notably Wetherby, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, West Yorkshire, Kippax, Garforth and Swillington. It also includes the Whinmoor area of east Leeds. Initially the Boundary Commission for England proposed calling the constituency Leeds East, with the existing Leeds East constituency being renam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cock Beck
Cock Beck is a stream in the outlying areas of eastern Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which runs from its source due to a runoff north-west of Whinmoor, skirting east of Swarcliffe and Manston (where a public house has been named 'The Cock Beck'), past Pendas Fields, Scholes, Barwick-in-Elmet, Aberford, Towton, Stutton, and Tadcaster, where it flows into the River Wharfe. It is a tributary of the River Wharfe, formerly known as the River Cock or Cock River, having a much larger flow in the past than it does today. The name 'cock' may refer to a mature salmon, as it was a spawning ground for salmon and trout. Industrial pollution reduced the fish stock, but it has been recovering in the 21st century, aided by work from the Environment Agency. In places the beck was relatively narrow, but too deep to cross unaided; a feature which can still be seen today at many points. History The Great North Road crossing at Aberford was first a Celtic trackway and later a Roman roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Leeds
Leeds, also known as the City of Leeds, is a metropolitan borough with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, West Yorkshire, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell, West Yorkshire, Rothwell, Wetherby and Yeadon, West Yorkshire, Yeadon. It has a population of (), making it technically the second List of English districts by population, largest city in England by population behind Birmingham, since London is not a single local government entity. Local government, Local governance sits with Leeds City Council and the city's 32 Parish council (England), Parish Councils. The current city boundaries were set on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, as part a reform of local government in England. The city is a Merger (politics), merger of eleven former local government districts; the unitary Cou ... [...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] |
