Arthursdale Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Nook Road, Arthursdale (geograph 5345528).jpg
Static Image Caption:Nook Road
Coordinates:53.8331°N -1.427°W
Official Name:Arthursdale
Metropolitan Borough:City of Leeds
Metropolitan County:West Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:LEEDS
Postcode District:LS15
Postcode Area:LS
Dial Code:0113
Os Grid Reference:SE3737

Arthursdale is an area within the village of Scholes in West Yorkshire, England. It is a small area immediately to the north of Rakehill Road in Scholes, near the former Scholes station on the closed Cross Gates–Wetherby line.[1] [2] It was established around 1900 on glebe land bought by farmer, property developer and brick works manager Arthur Chippindale and included Whinmoor Farm.[3] A cricket club named after the settlement was formed in 1929.[4]

The glebe land on which the housing in the area is built was originally part of the wastes & common land of Whinmoor and was awarded to the Rector of Barwick in Elmet under the 1804 Barwick in Elmet Enclosure Award.[5]

References

  1. Yorkshire CCIV.SW (includes: Barwick in Elmet and Scholes.). 1:10560. Ordnance Survey. 1909. 9 April 2018.
  2. Yorkshire CCIV.SW (includes: Barwick in Elmet and Scholes.). 1:10560. Ordnance Survey. 1952. 9 April 2018.
  3. The Development of Arthursdale. The Barwicker. June 2006. 82. Barwick-in-Elmet. 9 April 2018.
  4. Arthursdale Cricket Club 1929-99. The Barwicker. March 2000. Barwick-in-Elmet. 9 April 2018.
  5. Web site: West Yorkshire Archives Service. West Yorkshire Archive Service. 3 September 2019.