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Thorpe on the Hill (or Thorpe) is a village in the
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 aro ...
district, in the county of
West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...
, England. The village falls within the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council. It was mentioned as ''"Torp"'' in the
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together with neighbouring Carlton, Lofthouse, Middleton, and Rothwell as part of the Morley Hundred in the West Riding. The village is situated south of
Leeds city centre Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is roughly bounded by the Leeds Inner Ring Road, Inner Ring Road to the north and the River Aire to the south and can be divided into several quarters. A ...
, and between Middleton and Rothwell. It is split by the
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, and is close to the Lofthouse Interchange where the M62 meets the M1 (Junction 29 - Junction 42).


History

Thorpe Hall on Middleton Lane is a Grade II*
listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
. The hall bears the date 1735 on its rainwater heads, but also incorporates some earlier fabric. In 1866 Thorpe became a separate
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
. The parish was abolished and merged with Lofthouse on 1 April 1937. In 1931 the parish had a population of 993.


See also

* Listed buildings in Leeds (Ardsley and Robin Hood Ward)


References


External links


The Ancient Parish of Rothwell
at Genuki: Thorpe on the Hill was in this parish * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorpe On The Hill, West Yorkshire Villages in West Yorkshire Places in Leeds Former civil parishes in West Yorkshire Rothwell, West Yorkshire