Chapeltown Barracks was a military installation in

Chapeltown, Leeds Chapeltown is a suburb of north-east Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Leeds City Council Ward of Chapel Allerton (ward), Chapel Allerton. It is approximately one mile north of Leeds city centre. Location and boundaries Cha ...

, England, situated on the north and south sides of Barrack Road.

History

The barracks were constructed by Craven and Co. in 1820. They were largely used by cavalry regiments until the 1880s by which time they were in a poor state of repair. It was from about that time that the cavalry school was used by elements of the

Leeds Rifles The Leeds Rifles was a unit of the 19th century Volunteer Force of the British Army that went on to serve under several different guises in the World Wars of the 20th century. In the First World War, both battalions served as infantry on the Wes ...

, a

Volunteer Force The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a Social movement, popular movement throughout the British Empire in 1859. Originally highly autonomous, the units of volunteers became increa ...

regiment. The Leeds Rifles moved to the

Army Reserve Army Reserve refers to a land-based military reserve force, including: *Army Reserve (Ireland) *Army Reserve (United Kingdom) *Australian Army Reserve *Canadian Army Reserve * New Zealand Army Reserve *United States Army Reserve *United States Navy ...

Centre at Harewood Barracks in 1967 and the barracks were largely demolished in 1988.

References

{{reflist Barracks in England Installations of the British Army Demolished buildings and structures in West Yorkshire Buildings and structures demolished in 1988