Stanningley is a district of
Pudsey
Pudsey is a market town in the City of Leeds borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 25,393.
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, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of
Leeds city centre
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on the
A647 road, the original main road from Leeds to
Bradford
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. The appropriate Leeds Metropolitan Ward is
Bramley and Stanningley. The parish is part of the
.
History
The parish church of St Thomas was built in 1841 in
Neo-Norman style and is now
Grade II listed
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.
It was designed by H. Rogerson. The foundation stone was laid on 5 November 1839, by John Farrar of
Pudsey
Pudsey is a market town in the City of Leeds borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 25,393.
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. The organ chamber and vestry were added in 1870. There are examples of
stained glass
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dating to the 1860s and painted panels from the late 1880s. There is a notable marble memorial to John Butler of
West Royd, d.1884 which was erected by the men of the Stanningley
Ironworks
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Ironworks succeeded bloome ...
where he was the manager.
One of the stained glass windows (by Mr Preedy of London) is dedicated to Thomas Hardaker and Emma Carrick, two Sunday school teachers who were struck down by lightening in 1869, two months before they were due to be married. Many thousands of people attended the funeral of the unfortunate couple who had been caught in a storm while walking between
Farsley
Farsley is a village in the City of Leeds, Leeds district, in West Yorkshire, England, west of Leeds city centre and east of Bradford near Pudsey. Before 1974, Farsley was part of the Municipal Borough of Pudsey, Borough of Pudsey. Before 193 ...
and Stanningley. Having taken sheleter under a wall, between two iron railings, the lightening is believed to have formed a short circuit between the metal structures killing the two lovers, coins in the pocket of Hardaker having melted and fused.
St Paul's Parish Church was constructed in 1853 and its
register
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Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
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* ''Register'', a 2017 album by Travis Miller
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started in 1856. The last burial at the church took place in 1939 before it was closed in 1982 as the parish was merged with Pudsey's St Lawrence Parish. After the closure, the building was converted into an office space and used by companies like
Rockstar Leeds
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, a
video game developer
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. As of December 2018, the building is privately owned.

In 1894, the park lodge at Stanningley Park was built. It has the
coat of arms of Leeds mounted on the park side of the house. The park once had a
greenhouse
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.

The distinctive
1920s
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Pavilion Picture House was opened in February 1920. It was designed by J. P. Crawford of Albion Place.
The first film shown was ''
Daddy-Long-Legs'' starring
Mary Pickford
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.
In 1970, the cinema closed and it was turned into a bingo hall, before becoming a business centre c. 2005 and private accommodation c. 2020.
F & T Kitchin and Co.

Stanningley was the home of the
Bootie Folding Cycle. It was made by a local engineering firm, F & T Kitchin & Co, at their Vickersdale works as a sideline to their main business. Production of the Bootie bicycle began in 1965 and continued with only minor refinements until early 1973.
UK's first High Occupancy Vehicle Lane
A section of the
A647 road Stanningley Road and Stanningley By-Pass became the UK's first High Occupancy Vehicle Lane in 1998.
It began on a trial basis and was made permanent after proving successful.
This part of the route between Leeds and Bradford experienced high levels of traffic congestion and there were few public transport priority measures. The council originally wanted to install a bus lane, but found that bus service frequencies were too low to justify it.
The project was part of an EU research project called Increasing CAR Occupancy (ICARO). Its objectives were to increase car occupancy by encouraging car sharing and to demonstrate the feasibility of providing a lane for shared use by buses, other high occupancy vehicles, motorcycles and cycles.
Economy
Town Street and a section of Stanningley Road to the east are home to most of the district's shops, pubs and eateries. Amenities include a dry cleaners, butcher, newsagent, salon and car garage. There are 10 public houses in Stanningley, including The Jug & Barrel, Waggon & Horses and The Great Northern. The historic pub The Halfway House is on the corner of Broad Lane and Leeds and Bradford Road. A photo in the Leodis archive shows the pub in the 1950s.
Owlcotes Shopping Centre, in Stanningley, contains an
Asda
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supermarket and a
Marks & Spencer
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store, and B&M shop.
Sport
Stanningley ARLFC
Stanningley is home to Stanningley Sport and Amateur Rugby League Club. Formed in 1889 it is one of the oldest amateur rugby league clubs in the world and has provided numerous players to the professional ranks.
These including England captain
Jamie Peacock,
Jamie Jones-Buchanan,
Tom Johnstone,
Ryan Atkins,
Ash Gibson,
Jordan Lilley,
Ashton Golding,
Garreth Carvell,
Michael Banks,
Andy Bastow,
Steve Nicholson,
Mark Wilson and
Roy Dickinson.
Danika Priim represented
England
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whilst at Stanningley.
The club plays home games at the Arthur Miller Stadium which has a capacity of 2,000 and clubhouse that was built in 2001 includes a players lounge, bar and club room as well as numerous changing facilities. The Arthur Miller Stadium also hosts
Leeds Rhinos
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academy and scholarship teams.
Stanningley run two men's senior teams, the first XIII play in the
National Conference League
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while the second XIII play in the
Yorkshire Men's League
The Yorkshire Men's League is a summer rugby league competition for amateur teams in Yorkshire.
The competition was formed in 2009 as the RLC Yorkshire Premier by splitting the RLC North Premier into two competitions - this and the RLC North ...
. The clubs also run a women's team and boys and girls teams at all ages.
Football
There are two Stanningley football clubs, despite neither actually playing in Stanningley. Stanningley Albion run junior and open age teams play on Woodhall in Pudsey and Stanningley Old Boys run open age teams play in Swinnow.
See also
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Listed buildings in Calverley and Farsley
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Listed buildings in Leeds (Bramley and Stanningley Ward)
References and notes
External links
Bootie Folding CycleInformation on Bootie Folding Cycle with rebuild photos
Stanningley: St Thomas' a Church Near You
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