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A64 Road
The A64 is a major road in North and West Yorkshire, England, which links Leeds, York and Scarborough. The A64 starts as the A64(M) ring road motorway in Leeds, then towards York it becomes a high-quality dual carriageway until it is east of the city, where it becomes a single carriageway for most of its route to Scarborough. The road approximates a section of the old Roman road running from Chester to Bridlington, intersecting Ermine Street – the Old North Road – at York. Route Leeds-York The road begins in Leeds as the motorway A64(M) at Richmond Hill and the ''Woodpecker Junction'', and close to the West Yorkshire Playhouse and the NHS's imposing Quarry House. It leads onto the ''York Road'', passing All Saints Richmond Hill CE Primary School where there is a flyover for ''Lupton Avenue'', and a left turn for the B6159 ''Harehills Lane'' near the Victoria Primary School. At Killingbeck, the A63 forks to the right at its western terminus. It passes Asda on the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A64 Road Map
A64 or A-64 may refer to: Roads: * A64 road (England), a road connecting Leeds and Scarborough * A64 motorway (France), a road connecting Toulouse and Bayonne * A64 motorway (Germany), a road connecting the city of Luxembourg and Trier * A64 highway (Spain), a road connecting the Autovía A-64 junction 367 km and Oviedo Other uses: * A further abbreviation of AMD64, a CPU architecture * An Athlon 64 CPU * Allwinner_Technology#A-Series, A64 system on a chip designed by Allwinner Technology * A64 (emulator), a Commodore 64 emulator for the Amiga * A64, the code for the Benoni Defense in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1990 in the Quarry Hill area of the city as the West Yorkshire Playhouse, successor to the original Leeds Playhouse, and was rebranded in June 2018 to revert to the title "Leeds Playhouse". It has two auditoria and a studio space, hosts a wide range of productions, and engages in outreach work in the local community. History The origins of Leeds Playhouse lie in the Leeds Playgoers' Society, founded in 1907 as an off-shoot of the Leeds Arts Club, to stage contemporary drama by writers such as Shaw, Ibsen and Chekhov, and hold lectures and discussions on contemporary drama. The idea of creating a Leeds Playhouse dates from 1964, when a campaign was started for a permanent home for modern and contemporary theatre in Leeds. Despite some opposition from the local council on the grounds that Leeds already had a theatre (the Grand Theatre), a public appeal was launched to raise funds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stutton, North Yorkshire
Stutton is a small village in the county of North Yorkshire, England, a mile south-west of Tadcaster. It lies in the valley of the Cock Beck which discharges into the River Wharfe one mile to the east of the village. It was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. It is in the parliamentary constituency of Wetherby and Easingwold, the civil parish of Stutton with Hazlewood and ecclesiastical parish of Tadcaster. History It has an ancient history, likely founded by a Viking settler named Stufi in the late 9th century. The Domesday survey of 1086 records a mill, meadow and woodland. It remained a small hamlet until major residential development occurred in the 1960s and 70s. From Roman times until 1907/8 a substantial part of the village was owned by the Vavasour family of Hazlewood Castle as part of the Stutton-cum-Hazlewood estate. The castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 Road (Great Britain)
The A1, also known as the Great North Road, is the longest numbered road in the United Kingdom, at . It connects Greater London, London, the capital of England, with Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The numbering system for A-roads, devised in the early 1920s, was based around patterns of roads radiating from two hubs at London and Edinburgh. The first number in the system, A1, was given to the most important part of that system: the road from London to Edinburgh, joining the two central points of the system and linking two of the UK's mainland capital cities. It passes through or near north London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Stevenage, Baldock, Biggleswade, Peterborough, Stamford, Lincolnshire, Stamford, Grantham, Newark-on-Trent, Retford, Doncaster, Pontefract, York, Wetherby, Ripon, Darlington, Durham, England, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Morpeth, Northumberland, Morpeth, Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Dunbar, Haddington, East Lothian, Haddington, Muss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramham Cum Oglethorpe
Bramham cum Oglethorpe is a civil parish forming part of the City of Leeds in the English county of West Yorkshire. The main settlement in the parish is Bramham, West Yorkshire, Bramham. It was a Township (England), township and became a civil parish in 1866. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,715, which had fallen to 1,650 by the time of the 2011 census. See also *Listed buildings in Bramham cum Oglethorpe References Civil parishes in West Yorkshire City of Leeds {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberford
Aberford is a village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 1,059 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,180 at the 2011 Census. It is situated east, north east of Leeds and west of the A1(M) motorway. Etymology The name 'Aberford' comes from the Old English woman's name ''Ēadburg'' and ''ford'', which, then as now, meant 'ford'. The name meant 'Eadburg's ford'. This suggests the settlement's once-strategic importance. The name was recorded as ''Ædburford'' in 1176 and ''Ædburgford'' in 1177, ''Ebberford'' in the 13th century and ''Aberford'' from 1208. History Aberford is where the ancient Great North Road crosses over the Cock River (now reduced in volume as the Cock Beck). Aberford was the midway point on the road between London and Edinburgh, being around distant from each city. The construction of the A1(M) motorway bypassed the village starting at Hook Moor. On the north side of the river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds Country Way
The Leeds Country Way (LCW) is a circular long-distance footpath of around Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is never more than from the city centre of Leeds, but is mainly rural with extensive views in the outlying areas of the Leeds metropolitan district. It follows public rights of way including footpaths, bridleways and minor lanes, with a few short sections along roads. It can be walked in sections, accessed from roads with public transport links, but has also been completed by a runner in less than 11 hours. History A route was first devised by Fred Andrews of the Ramblers Association, and then developed by West Yorkshire County Council in the early 1980s. This council was abolished in 1986, and the path is now under the care of the countryside section of Leeds City Council. The Leeds Country Way was realigned in 2006, using a route devised by Bob Brewster, to bring it entirely within the boundary of the Leeds metropolitan district (previously it crossed the bou ... [...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] |
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
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 east. Manston and Pendas Fields are also generally regarded as part of Cross Gates. It serves as an important transport hub for the nearby large housing estates of Seacroft, Whinmoor and Gipton. At the 2011 census, Cross Gates had a population of 7,770, situated in the Cross Gates & Whinmoor ward of Leeds City Council with a population of 22,099. Location The suburb is to the east of Leeds city centre and lies in the LS15 Leeds postcode area. Etymology According to the English Place-Name Society, the name ''Cross Gates'' is first reliably attested in 1771 and is therefore unlikely to be an old name. (A 1457 list of the assets of one Sir John Darcey mentions a "cross gate" near Whitkirk: 'unde mete eiusdem ville oltonincipiun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seacroft Hospital
Seacroft Hospital is based in York Road in the area of Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and is operated by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. History A decision was made in 1893 to establish a facility to care for people with infectious diseases. A tented hospital was created at the Seacroft Estate, which had been the location of the former Manston Hall. The present facility was built in 1904: there were beds for 482 patients when it first opened. The clock tower, which also serves as a water tower holding 28,000 gallons of water, was built at the same time;NHS News 100 years of care at Seacroft hospital it is a . The hospital joined the |
Asda
Asda Stores Limited (), trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters is in Leeds, England. The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949. It expanded into Southern England during the 1970s and 1980s, and acquired Allied Carpets, 61 large Gateway Supermarkets and other businesses, such as MFI (retailer), MFI. It sold these acquisitions during the 1990s to concentrate on the supermarkets. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until 1999 when it was acquired by Walmart for £6.7 billion. Asda was the second-largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom between 2003 and 2014 by market share, at which point it fell into third place. As of January 2025 its market share in the UK is 12.6 per cent. Besides its core supermarkets, the company also acts as a White-label product, white label payment card provider offering assistance for insurance and payment services under the Asda Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
