Oulton is a village in the

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, England, between

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and

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. It is at the junction of the A639 and A642 roads. Though now adjoining the village of Woodlesford, it was once quite separate. The village formed part of the Rothwell Urban District until its merger into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in 1974. Today, it sits in the Rothwell ward of

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. It is also in the Wakefield and Rothwell

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

Sport

The

Oulton Raiders Oulton Raiders are an amateur rugby league football club from Oulton in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club's open age team currently compete in the top division of the National Conference League. The club also operates many youth teams. The club ...

rugby league club was founded in 1962 as Oulton Miners Welfare. In 2018 the team reached the third round of the

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. The women's team, the Oulton Raidettes, was established in 2012. In 2022, the Raidettes won the Grand Final in the Championship and reached the quarter-finals of the

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Notable and former residents

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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 was a 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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Airey houses on Wordsworth Drive under threat of demolition.

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References

External links

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

Sport

Notable and former residents

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See also

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