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Yeadon
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City facts
Overview
Yeadon is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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History
Yeadon's name comes from Old English and meaning steep hill, and the hilly part of the High Street has been known as "the Steep" for centuries. It was one of three hill settlements: Rawdon, Yeadon and Baildon, and it has been suggested that Rawdon was the main one, Yeadon being used for burial (there are burial urns nearby) and other religious purposes. In the 19th century, the population rose rapidly from 1,695 in 1801 to 4,109 in 1851 and 7,396 in 1891 as Yeadon became a manufacturing rather than farming town. It was particularly noted for making women's apparel. To assist trade, New Road (now A65) was built in 1827 through Yeadon, linking Kirkstall with Guiseley and the railway followed in the 1840s. In 1845 it was administratively separated from Guiseley. By 1853 it had gas from the "Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Light Co". In 1937 it became part of the Aireborough district, being the most populous township of over ten thousand.
Geography
The main part of the town is on a hill with a south facing slope towards the Aire valley. It is bounded by the A65 road to the southwest and the A658 road to the southeast. South of the junction of these roads are Nether Yeadon and Little London. To the west of the A65 is New Scarborough, containing many 19th century houses. A public park, Nunroyd Park, to the northwest provides a green break between the housing of Yeadon and Guiseley. This was formerly the house and lands of a mill owner, and before that the parkland belonging to a nunnery, royd meaning a woodland clearing. Leeds Bradford Airport occupies the high plateau of Yeadon Moor to the east.
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Official Identifiers
ONS — UK Office for National Statistics
- ONS code
- osgb4000000074573041
- Local type
- Town
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
- • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names