Killingbeck Cemetery Chapel 01 17 August 2017

Killingbeck Police Station 2 19 August 2017

Killingbeck is a district of east

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that is situated between

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to the north,

Cross Gates Cross Gates (often spelled Crossgates) is a suburb in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The area sits between Seacroft and Swarcliffe to the north, Whitkirk and Colton to the south, Killingbeck to the west and Austhorpe to the south ea ...

and

Whitkirk Whitkirk is a suburb of east Leeds, England. It is situated between Cross Gates to the north, Austhorpe to the east, Killingbeck to the west, Colton to the south-east and Halton to the south-west. The Temple Newsam estate lies directly sout ...

to the east,

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to the west,

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 a ...

to the south, Halton to the south-east and

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to the south-west. It sits in the Killingbeck & Seacroft ward of

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and

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History

The Yorkshire

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for 1274 and 1275 record the area as owned by the Knights Templar of Newsam, the gift of Walter de Kelingbec. Later records show Killingbecks of

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were local landowners: John Killingbeck was

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in 1677 and his son John was

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from 1690 to 1716. The Killingbeck estate was situated north of the York Road, and east of Wyke Beck, including what is now Killingbeck Cemetery and the shopping centre. The estate also owned Manston Hall on the south side of York Road, which is now the site of

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. The estate was purchased by

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in 1898, and the 18th century Killingbeck Hall was the starting building for Killingbeck hospital, which was closed in 1997, the Hall itself having been demolished in 1978. Killingbeck colliery was south of the York Road and the railway line in what is now Primrose Valley Park, Halton.

Population

Killingbeck had a population of 6,436 in 2011.Killingbeck is made up of 21 output areas South of Seacroft http://ukcensusdata.com/killingbeck-and-seacroft-e0007153#sthash.LbB3FW5y.dpbs

General description

The area is small and its borders difficult to define but runs along York Road, east of Wykebeck Valley Road. From this junction north of York Road is a large area of fields and woodland, Killingbeck Fields, which is a Local Nature Reserve. Immediately east of this is Killingbeck Retail Park (including an Asda superstore)and Acorn business park. On the south side of the York Road up to this point is housing which is in the LS14 and LS15 postcode, and also in the electoral ward. To the east of the retail park is Oak Tree Lane, which leads to the newest housing development on the site of the former Killingbeck Hospital. To the east of this is Killingbeck Cemetery, which was established in 1895 for the Roman Catholic community of Leeds. To the east of this is older housing developments, on Lyme Chase, and The Oval estate, which occupy the land up to Foundry Road. There is a row of shops on the north side leading up to this junction. On the south side is Seacroft Hospital. Beyond Foundry Lane are Killingbeck Police Station and Killingbeck Fire Station, leading to the Parklands housing estate which may be considered part of Seacroft. File:Killingbeck Fields entrance 20 August 2017.jpg, Killingbeck Fields entrance sign File:Killingbeck Pond 20 August 2017.jpg, Killingbeck Pond, in Killingbeck Fields, with Acorn Business Park behind File:Ash Court Killingbeck 19 August 2017.jpg, New (2017) flats on the former hospital site File:Lilac Court Killingbeck 19 August 2017.jpg, New (2017) houses on the former hospital site File:The Oval Killingbeck 19 August 2017.jpg, Houses on The Oval

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