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'''Headingley''' is an inner suburb of ] in ], ]. It is approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the ]. Headingley is notable for being the location of the Beckett Park campus for ] and ]. '''Headingley''' is a ] of ], ], ], approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the ]. Headingley is the location of the ] campus of ] and ].

The area sits in the ] ward of ] and ] ].


==History== ==History==


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Headingley was an ] settlement, first mentioned in the ] as Hedingelei or Hedingeleia in 1086, but possibly dating back to the 7th century. The name is widely thought to mean "clearing of Hedda's people", Hedda sometimes being identified with Saint ].<ref name="origins">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannia.com/bios/saints/haedda.html|title=St. Haedda|author=Britannia.com| accessdate=2008-01-05}}</ref> However, a stone coffin found near ] in 1995 suggests there may have been an earlier settlement in late ] or post-Roman times.
Headingley is mentioned in the '']'' of 1086 as Hedingelei or Hedingeleia when Ilbert de Lacy held 7 carucates, equivalent to about 840 acres, of land. The name is believed to originate from ], combining Head(d)inga, meaning 'of the descendants of Head(d)a,' with lēah, signifying 'open ground.' In essence, it translates to "the clearing of Hedda's people".<ref>A. H. Smith, ''The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire'', English Place-Name Society, 30–37, 8 vols (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961–63), IV 140.</ref> Headda has sometimes been identified with Saint ].<ref name="origins">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannia.com/bios/saints/haedda.html|title=St. Haedda|website=Britannia.com| access-date=5 January 2008}}</ref> A stone coffin found near ] in 1995 suggests there may have been an earlier settlement in late ] or post-Roman times.


In ] times, Headingley was the centre of the ] of ], or "Shire Oak". The name refers to an oak tree that was used as a meeting place for settling legal disputes and raising armies. An ancient oak, said to be the Shire Oak, stood to the north of St Michael's Church until 1941, and gives its name to two pubs, The Original Oak and The Skyrack.<ref name="History - Headingley Today">{{cite web|url=http://www.headingleytoday.co.uk/yourheadingley/History.1560099.jp| last=Weldrake| first=Dave|title=History: The development of Headingley | accessdate=2008-01-05}}</ref> From ] times, Headingley was the centre of the ] ] or ''Siaraches'', the "]". The name may refer to an oak tree that was a meeting place for settling legal disputes and raising armies. ], stood to the north of St Michael's Church until 1941, and gives its name to two public houses, the Original Oak and the Skyrack.<ref name="History - Headingley Today">{{cite web|url=http://www.headingleytoday.co.uk/yourheadingley/History.1560099.jp|last=Weldrake|first=Dave|title=History: The development of Headingley|website=Headingleytoday.co.uk|access-date=5 January 2008|archive-date=6 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306131611/http://www.headingleytoday.co.uk/yourheadingley/History.1560099.jp|url-status=dead}}</ref>


During the 13th century William de Poiteven gave land in Headingley to ], and in 1341 the remainder of the township of Headingley-cum-Burley was given to the monastery by the then owner, John de Calverley. During the 13th&nbsp;century, William de Poiteven gave land in Headingley to ]. In 1341, the monaster received the remainder of the township of Headingley-cum-Burley from John de Calverley.


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A map of 1711 shows Headingley as having a chapel, cottages, and farmsteads scattered around a triangle of land formed by the merging of routes from north, west and south. Enclosed fields were situated around the settlement with a large tract of common land, Headingley Moor, to the north. In an 1801 ], Headingley's population is given as 300.
A map of 1711 shows Headingley as having a chapel, cottages and farmsteads scattered around a triangle of land formed by the merging of routes from north, west and south. Enclosed fields were situated around the settlement with a large tract of common land, Headingley Moor, to the north. In an 1801 ], Headingley's population was given as 300.


An 1829 Act of Parliament enclosed Headingley Moor and the land was placed for sale. Around 30 workers' cottages had by then encroached upon the fringes of the moor prior to 1829. Land in this vicinity was generally cheaper than that at Headingley Hill as it failed to attract the building of affluent villas. This brought about the building of smaller terraced housing around Moor Road and Cottage Road. In the mid 19th century, ] had begun to develop over what was largely unclaimed common land. An 1829 Act of Parliament enclosed Headingley Moor and the land was placed for sale. Around 30 workers' cottages encroached on the fringes of the moor before 1829. Land here was generally cheaper than that at Headingley Hill as it failed to attract the building of affluent villas. This brought about the building of smaller terraced housing around Moor Road and Cottage Road. In the mid 19th&nbsp;century, ] had begun to develop over what was largely unclaimed common land.


Headingley continued to be a village until the expansion of Leeds during the industrial revolution and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth and pollution of the city. Headingley was a village until the expansion of Leeds during the ] and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth and pollution of the city.


In 1840, it became the site of Leeds' Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Despite the opening of ], serving the gardens, in 1849, the zoo was a loss-making venture and closed in 1858. The ] still survives and can be seen on Cardigan Road.<ref>http://www.headingley.org/node/435</ref> In 1840, ] opened but despite the opening of the nearby ] in 1849, the zoo was loss-making and closed in 1858. ] survives on Cardigan Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headingley.org/node/435|title=Local history|website=Headingley.org|access-date=13 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716025117/http://www.headingley.org/node/435|archive-date=16 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The ], to the east of the village, was a source of water for the early inhabitants and later provided a source of power for the Victorians of Leeds. ], to the east of the village, was a source of water for the early inhabitants and later provided a source of power for the Victorians of Leeds.


The ] terminated at a depot at Far Headingley from 1875 to 1959, improving the accessibility of Headingley from ]. Improved transport facilitated further growth and attracted many more affluent middle class inhabitants. The tramway perhaps ended Headingley's village status and made it into a suburb of Leeds. The ] terminated at a depot at Far Headingley between 1875 and 1959. The trams improved the accessibility of Headingley from ], which facilitated growth and attracted affluent middle class inhabitants. The tramway perhaps ended Headingley's village status and made it into a suburb.


With exception of ] and the surrounding area, most of Headingley has been developed by the beginning of the twentieth century. In a 1911 census th population of Headingley was in excess of 46,000. With exception of ] and the surrounding area, most of Headingley had been developed by the beginning of the 20th&nbsp;century. In the ] the population of Headingley was in excess of 46,000.


The area has a history of student inhabitation, with ] having a campus at Beckett Park in Headingley. Much of the housing around Kirkstall Lane is rented to students. The conversion of Leeds Polytechnic into a University and its subsequent growth has brought about an increased student population in Headingley in the last ten years. ] (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) has a campus at Beckett Park in Headingley. Much of the housing around Kirkstall Lane is rented to students. The conversion of Leeds Polytechnic into a university and its subsequent growth brought about an increased student population.


Throughout Headingley's modern era, the ] have been significant in the fabric of the area. A major ] test match or a ] derby brings many spectators to the area. The cricket ground has been enlarged in recent years to maintain its eligability for test matches while in 2006 the Eastern terraces on the Rugby ground was replaced with the current Carnegie stand. The winter shed cricket pavilion is currently ({{as of|lc=y|May 2009}}) being replaced with a new stand and media centre. ] hosts ] test matches and ] matches bringing many spectators to the area. The cricket ground has been enlarged to maintain its eligibility for test matches and in 2006 the eastern terraces on the rugby ground were replaced with the Carnegie stand. The winter shed cricket pavilion has been replaced with a new stand and media centre.

==University district==
As Headingley is close to both the ] and ] campuses, it has become a very popular student area. This has had both positive and negative ] on the local population and environment. The biggest complaints against students (and increasingly, young professionals) relate to the use of multiple-occupancy houses which are prone to burglary, often neglected by landlords and occupants alike and are typically left unoccupied during university holidays. However, the student population has brought money into the area, improved public transport and, generally, made it a more desirable place to live for a portion of the population.

Family areas still exist such as in Far Headingley or the Triangle near the Co-op on Cardigan Rd.


==Sports== ==Sports==
{{See also|Headingley Stadium|Leeds Rhinos|Leeds Carnegie|Yorkshire County Cricket Club}} {{See also|Headingley Stadium|Leeds Rhinos|Yorkshire Carnegie|Yorkshire County Cricket Club}}
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===Professional=== ===Professional===
Headingley is also known in sporting circles &mdash; its stadium (known as ]) is home to the ] as well as the ] ] and ] ] clubs. Headingley is also the home of the ] Chartership Team of the Year 2006, ''Old Headingley''. The team currently plays in the West Yorkshire League Division 1. Old Headingley recently won the Barkston Ash FA Cup on 9 April 2007, winning the final 2&ndash;0 against Sherburn White Rose. Headingley is also known in sporting circles; its stadium is known as ] – earlier spelt Headingly.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hurley|first1=Patrick|title=Pynchon Character Names: A Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9F7BwAAQBAJ&dq=the+gentleman+bomber+of+Headingley&pg=PA65|publisher=McFarland|date=5 February 2008|page=65|isbn=9781476612812|access-date=21 June 2016|quote=... The Gentleman Bomber of Headingly (The ATD)... Headingley (note the slight spelling variation) is the name of a cricket ground near Leeds...}}</ref> The stadium is home to the ], the ] ], the ] ] and ] ] clubs. ] play some of their games at Headingley in the ] and ].


For many decades the ] remained largely unchanged, however since 2000 the cricket ground has been nearly entirely rebuilt in order to retain test ground status. The winter shed was demolished in 2008 and is currently being rebuilt as a new stand and media centre. The rugby ground also saw development with the building of the Carnegie Stand which replaced the former Eastern Terraces. This was built with co-operation from ] who retain lecture rooms in the building. The South Stand has a reduced capacity for 2009 as repairs are needed to the front of the terraces,<ref>http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leeds-rhinos-news/LEEDS-RHINOS-Patchup-planned-for.4634574.jp</ref> this has brought about the consideration of replacing either the South Stand or Western Terraces. The ] reported that the 'safety concerns were likely to lead to the stand being demolished and rebuilt'. Since 2000, the stadium's ] has been nearly entirely rebuilt in order to retain ] status. The winter shed was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a new stand and media centre. The ] also saw development with the building of the Carnegie Stand which replaced the former Eastern Terraces. This was built with co-operation from ] who retain lecture rooms in the building.
The North Stand of the rugby ground was the preferential stand to be redeveloped, however as it backs onto the cricket ground it required mutual co-operation. Yorkshire County Cricket Club preferred to redevelop the dilapidated Winter Shed instead.


===Amateur=== ===Amateur===
Headingley also boasts an amateur ] team, Old Headingley AFC which is made up of engineering students from ]. The club nearly folded after losing its home ground, however in 2008, the club was offered a new ground by the ].<ref>http://www.headingleytoday.co.uk/oldheadingley/Old-Headingley-AFC-Club-goes.4419431.jp</ref> There is also an amateur cricket club in ]. Headingley is also home to an amateur ] team, Headingley AFC. The club nearly folded after losing its home ground, but was offered a new ground in 2008 by the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headingleytoday.co.uk/oldheadingley/Old-Headingley-AFC-Club-goes.4419431.jp|title=Old Headingley AFC: Club goes from scrapheap to top of the heap|website=Headingleytoday.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It nows plays in Weetwood Playing Fields, owned by the University of Leeds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.headingleyafc.com/about-headingley-afc/club-history/|title=Headingley AFC Club History|work=Headingley AFC|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> They attracted media attention in January 2019 for featuring a shirt sponsor warning of the dangers of gambling.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46817317|title=Amateur team Headingley adopt gambling addiction charity as shirt sponsor|work=BBC Sport|access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref> There are also two amateur cricket clubs ( & St. Chads CC) in ].


==Politics== ==Politics==
Politically, Headingley is in the ] constituency. The current ] (MP) is ] (]), who became the first Liberal Democrat MP in West Yorkshire in the ]. At a local government level, the ward of Headingley has Liberal Democrat ]: Martin Hamilton (2006&ndash;2010), Jamie Matthews (2008&ndash;2012) and James Monaghan (2007&ndash;2011). A small part of Headingley is in the ] constituency, specifically the area around Queenswood Drive, the current MP being ] of ]. Headingley is in the ] constituency. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is ] (]) who has represented the area since the ]. The ward of ] has two Labour ], Abdul Hannan and Jonathan Pryor and one ] councillor, Tim Goodall.


==Amenities== ==Amenities==
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As well as having many pubs, Headingley boasts many shops. The Headingley ] boasts a ] (formerly ]), a ] and many other chain shops as well as a small ]. There are many banks, building societies, restaurants, cafes and charity shops. Along Otley Road there is a ] and a ]. Until 2005 Headingley had two cinemas, 'The Lounge' and 'The Cottage Road' (usually referred to as 'The Cottage'). The Lounge Cinema in the centre of Headingley has since closed, leaving only The Cottage in ]. The area's ] closed in the 1990s. Until the 1980s, the Arndale Centre boasted a ]. The Arndale Centre began undergoing an external facelift in 2009. The nearest large supermarket is a ] in ], approxamately a mile away from the centre of Headingley.
Headingley has two renowned fish and chip shops/fish restaurants<ref name=BBC2002>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/citylife/headingley_food_fishnchips.shtml|title=BBC – Leeds Features – Guide to Headingley – Fish and chips|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref> which have been operating since the 1930s: Brett's, a 19th-century stone building on North Lane, and the now permanently closed Catch Seafood Headingley (formerly Bryan's and then The Fisherman's Lodge), a more modern building on Weetwood Lane whose parent company entered administration in October of 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/catch-yorkshire-fish-and-chip-chain-closes-five-stores-after-entering-administration-3888621|title=Catch Yorkshire: Fish and chip chain closes five stores after entering administration|accessdate=19 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefishermanslodge.co.uk/|title=The Fisherman's Lodge – Restaurant & Takeaway, Leeds|website=Thefishermanslodge.co.uk|access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref> There are several pubs and bars plus extensive shopping areas. The pub Headingley Taps is so called because it was formerly a water pumping station.<ref name=BBCTaps>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/citylife/headingley_pub_taps.shtml|title=BBC – Leeds Features – Guide to Headingley – The Headingley Taps|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref> In Headingley Central (formerly the ]) there are large retailers and several other chain shops as well as a small ]. Headingley also has a small library<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/headingley-library|title=Headingley library|website=Leeds.gov.uk|access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref> on North Lane. There are many banks, building societies, restaurants, cafes and charity shops. Along Otley Road there is a large Oxfam bookshop. Until 2005, Headingley had two cinemas, 'The Lounge' and ']' (usually referred to as 'Cottage Road'). The Lounge Cinema in the centre of Headingley has since closed and is being redeveloped as office and living accommodation, leaving only Cottage Road in ]. The area's ] closed in the 1990s. Until the 1980s, the Arndale Centre boasted a ]. The Arndale Centre began undergoing an external facelift in 2009. The nearest large supermarket is a ] in ], approximately a mile away from the centre of Headingley. There is a ] hotel above the Arndale Centre in the tallest building in Headingley, formerly an office block.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yorkshire/hotel-approval-for-headingleys-tallest-building|title=Insider Media|website=Insidermedia.com|date=19 January 2016 |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> Headingley is also famous for the ], which is a pub crawl starting at Woodies Ale House in ] and finishing at the Dry Dock near Leeds City Centre. Typically the Otley run is done in fancy dress.


==People== ==People==
Many famous writers, past and present, are connected with Headingley: ], best known perhaps for the children's classic '']'', was born there, ] the writer and author of '']'', lived there when he worked at the university, playwright ] once lived over a butcher's shop (now a dry cleaner's) opposite the Three Horseshoes and TV writer ] lived in Weetwood. Many writers and poets who currently live in the area participate in the annual Headingley LitFest, which takes place each March, using venues like the Heart Centre, The New Headingley Club, various cafés and private houses. The tenth LitFest took place in 2017. Reviews of all talks and performances are online on the LitFest blog.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headingleylitfest.blogspot.com|title=Headingley LitFest|website=Headingleylitfest.blogspot.com|access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref>


In the time of Queen Victoria, ] of Abyssinia, brought to England after the defeat of his father ], died of pneumonia at an address in Hollin Lane, ].<ref name="npg">{{cite web |title=Prince (Dejatch) Alamayou of Abyssinia (Prince Alemayehu Tewodros of Ethiopia) |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp68352/prince-dejatch-alamayou-of-abyssinia-prince-alemayehu-tewodros-of-ethiopia |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>
Many famous writers, past and present, are connected with Headingley: ], best known perhaps for the children's classic ], was born there, ], author of '']'', lived there when he worked at the university, playwright ] once lived over a butcher's shop (now a dry cleaner's) opposite the Three Horseshoes and TV writer ] lives in Weetwood today.


], editor of the '']'' in the 19th century, lived at Headingley Lodge, north of Kirkstall Lane, and then St Ann's Hill on St Ann's Lane.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Edward Baines (1800–1890) – Thoresby Society|url=https://www.thoresby.org.uk/content/people/baines2.php|access-date=3 January 2022|website=www.thoresby.org.uk}}</ref>
In the time of Queen Victoria, ] of Abyssinia, brought to England after the defeat of his father ], died of pneumonia at an address in Hollin Lane, ].


The social reformer, suffragist and writer ] was born in Headingley in 1855.
Edward Baines, editor of the ''Leeds Mercury'' in the nineteenth century, had a grand house (since demolished) in Headingley.


Yorkshire Ripper ] committed two of his 20 attacks in Headingley. He killed 20-year-old Jacqueline Hill – the last of the 13 women he killed – in the area on 17 November 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.execulink.com/~kbrannen/victim23.htm|title=The Attacks and Murders – Jacqueline Hill|website=Execulink.com}}</ref> On 24 September that year, he had also attacked ]-born doctor Upadhya Bandara, 34, who survived the assault. Sutcliffe was arrested within two months of Hill's murder and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for a total of 13 murders and seven attempted murders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trutv.com/index.html|title=truTV – Funny Because it's tru|website=Trutv.com|access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref>
Actor ] is a resident of Headingley.


==Headingley Development Trust==
== Celebrate Headingley ==
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The Headingley Development Trust (HDT) is a community benefit society, founded in 2005 by local residents, organisations and small businesses. It is a community business that is self-financing and supports. a range of initiatives that benefit the local community. HDT has over 1,200 members,<ref>{{cite web |title=Headingley Development Trust – Headingley Development Trust is a community business with over 1,200 members |url=https://hdtleeds.org.uk/ |access-date=10 April 2022 }}</ref> making it one of the largest Development Trusts of its kind in the UK. In 2018 it successfully raised over £480,000 through a community share offer to create the Headingley Investment Fund (HIF).<ref>{{cite web |title=Headingley Investment Fund – Headingley Development Trust |url=https://hdtleeds.org.uk/investment-fund/ |access-date=10 April 2022 }}</ref> Since 2011, HDT has operated the Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART).<ref>{{cite web |last= |title=About |url=https://www.heartcentre.org.uk/about/ |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=Heart Centre}}</ref> It also runs several publicly-operated local businesses and a variety of cultural initiatives.


==Churches==
Celebrate Headingley is an annual series of events organised by Headingley Network, taking place for the ninth time in September 2009. It has been growing and developing since the first one in September 2001. The main intentions are to bring together members of a community which is often seen as beleaguered, to celebrate the diversity and strengths of the local population and to provide opportunities for residents to enjoy each other’s company in a variety of social situations. Events include musical, literary, social and children's events, and local restaurants offer special deals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headingley.org/celebrate|title=Celebrate Headingley|work=Headingley.org|accessdate=2008-09-09}}</ref>
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] is dedicated to ] and All ]s. It is a large, grade II* ], steepled church on the corner of ] and St Michael's Road, opposite the Skyrack public house.<ref name=nhle-stmich>{{NHLE|num=1255967|desc=Church of St Michael|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> The Church was built between 1884 and 1886 as the third church on this site. There is a separate parish of ], with its parish church of ] (also a large steepled church and grade II* listed).<ref>{{NHLE|num= 1375301|desc=Church of St Chad | access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>


South Parade ] church (1908 and 1925, part of Cornerstone Baptist Church since 2020) <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Cornerstone Baptist Church |url=https://cornerstonebaptistchurch.org.uk/Groups/275981/About_Us.aspx |title=About us |accessdate= 18 June 2021}}</ref> and Headingley ] Church (1840–45 and later extensions) are both grade II listed.<ref>{{NHLE|num= 1256025|desc=Baptist Church and church hall | access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1375309|desc= Headingley Methodist Church, vestry, Sunday school, hall and walls and piers | access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> St Columba's ] church is a modern building, as is the ] parish church of St Urban's, located to the east of the area. Hinsley Hall in Headingley is the pastoral and conference centre for the ]. The small ] church of St Luke's in Alma Road was converted from the coach house and stable of a Victorian villa.
== Headingley Development Trust (HDT) ==


The ] and the ] both live within the Headingley area.
Headingley Development Trust is proposing to develop the currently empty primary school building on Bennett Road into a Headingley Enterprise and ARTs centre - HEART. It will be Headingley's biggest ever community project.
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File:St Chad Headingley 6 August 2018 2.jpg|]
File:Headingley St Columba.jpg|St Columba United Reformed Church
File:The Ashwood Centre, Headingley Lane (geograph 4773162).jpg|]
File:South Parade Baptist Church 14 July 2018 2.jpg|South Parade (now Cornerstone) Baptist Church
File:Headingley Methodist Church 14 July 2018.jpg|Headingley Methodist Church
File:St Urban's Catholic Church - Grove Road, Headingley - geograph.org.uk - 379998.jpg|St Urban's Catholic Church
File:Ebenezer Particular Baptist Church - Grove Lane - geograph.org.uk - 783503.jpg|Ebenezer Partiucular Baptist Church
File:St Luke's Alma Rd 8 Sep 2017.jpg|St Luke's Lutheran Church
File:St Luke's Alma Rd inside 8 Sep 2017.jpg|St Luke's: interior
</gallery>


==Buildings of architectural interest==
The school (if all goes well) will be refurbished to accommodate performance, exhibition and meeting spaces on the ground floor, two large training rooms, a café with outdoor and conservatory seating areas and a 'catalyst’ business centre on the first floor particularly targeted at the arts and media industry. Besides the advantages of keeping the school in community use and introducing much needed facilities to central Headingley, HDT believes that HEART will create a new cultural buzz in Headingley, provide a space that all residents of Headingley can enjoy, secure the local business base and help to encourage graduates to stay on to make Headingley their permanent home. HDT has now raised £100,000 in shares sold to local residents.
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According to one source ''"Headingley has the most important group of large and small villas and mansions in the city.''"<ref name=Wrathmell245>{{cite book |last=Wrathmell |first=Susan |date=2005 |title=Pevsner Architectural Guides: Leeds |publisher=] |page=245 |isbn=0-300-10736-6 }}</ref> and has more than 100 listed buildings.<ref name=BLB>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/headingley-ward-leeds#.W1NbhtL0m71 |title=Listed Buildings in Headingley Ward, Leeds |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |access-date=21 July 2018 }}</ref> Parts of Headingley are included in ]s established by ].<ref name=Consmap>{{cite web |url=https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Headingley%20CA.pdf |title=Headingley Conservation Area |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Leeds.gov.uk |publisher=Leeds City Council |access-date=21 July 2018 }}</ref>


Individual ]s include ] and associated buildings,<ref name=nhle-stmich /><ref name=nhle-stmich-wall >{{NHLE|num=1255935|desc=Wall and gate piers to church of St Michael|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> the ],<ref name=nhle-hydepark>{{NHLE|num=1255790|desc=Hyde Park Cinema|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> the ],<ref name=nhle-lupton >{{NHLE|num=1255938|desc=Eleanor Lupton Centre (Leeds Girls' High School) with boundary walls|access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref> ] in Alma Road<ref name=nhle-moorfield>{{NHLE|num=1256544|desc=Moorfield House|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> and the former ] building on Cardigan Road.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=St Margarets Church|num=1255673|access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref>
==Churches==
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] is dedicated to ], and is a large, grade II* ], steepled church on the corner of ] and St Michael's Road, opposite the Skyrack public house. The Church was built between 1884-86 as the third church on this site. There is a separate parish of ], with its parish church of ] (also a large steepled church and grade II* listed).


The mid-19th century ] Spring House in St Michael's Road, Headingley,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1256117|desc= Spring House |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> was the address for ] nurses during this time; ], great-grandmother of the ], was attached to "Spring House, St Michael's Road, Headingley" when
South Parade ] church (1908 and 1925) and Headingley ] church (1840-45 and later extensions) are both grade II listed. St Columba's ] church is a modern building, as is the ] parish church of St Urban's, to the east of the area. The small ] church of St Luke's in Alma Road was converted from the coach house and stable of a Victorian villa.
working at ] and elsewhere as a VAD nurse during the Great War. Residing at Spring House were Olive's two sisters-in-law; Gertrude Middleton (1876–1942), a former ] student who also worked as a VAD nurse at Gledhow Hall and her sister Ellen Middleton (1872-1949) who volunteered as "]" at Gledhow Hall.<ref>{{cite book |title=St Anne's College, University of Oxford Archives |date=2022 |publisher=St Anne's College, Woodstock Road, Oxford |url=https://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/life-here/library/archives/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |quote=Middleton, Gertrude...age 24 ...social work 1916...Spring House, St Michael's Road, Headingley, Leeds...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=M. |title=House and Heritage – Gledhow hall|date=5 September 2016 |url=https://houseandheritage.org/tag/kate-middleton/ |access-date=15 February 2022 |quote=Familial ties were strong and we find that Olive's sister-in-law, VAD nurse Miss Gertrude Middleton, was similarly photographed at Gledhow Hall...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Middleton |first1=Ellen |title=British Red Cross |url=https://vad.redcross.org.uk/Card?fname=Ellen+&sname=Middleton+&id=150372&first=true&last=true |publisher=British Red Cross|access-date=14 May 2022 |quote=Spring House...head cook...Commandant Miss Cliff ...}}</ref><ref name="royal1">{{cite web |title=Duchess of Cambridge views family letters from the First World War|url=https://www.royal.uk/duchess-cambridge-views-family-letters-first-world-war |publisher=31 October 2018 |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> Another of Olive's sisters-in-law was Caroline Middleton (1876-1961) who worked as a VAD nurse at the 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caroline Middleton |url=https://vad.redcross.org.uk/record?rowKey=150347 |publisher=British Red Cross |access-date=19 July 2024 |date=2024 |quote=Miss Forename(s) Caroline Surname Middleton, Address 2 Northern General hosp., Leeds}}</ref> A number of premises were named Spring House in and around Leeds, at times operating as a Home for Friendless Girls in the early decades of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite news |title=Friendless Girls |url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=beechwood%20%20martineau%20%20lupton&county=yorkshire%2C%20england&from=1909&to=1948&page=1 |access-date=31 December 2021 |publisher=Leeds Mercury Yorkshire, England |date=27 January 1932 |quote=annual meeting of the Leeds Ladies' Association for the Care and Protection of Friendless Girls, held at Miss E.&nbsp;G. Lupton's house, Beechwood, Elmcte Lane, yesterday. Presenting the annual report, Mrs. F.&nbsp;J. Kitson said the Matron of the Spring House Home... |archive-date=31 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231021717/https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=beechwood%20%20martineau%20%20lupton&county=yorkshire,%20england&from=1909&to=1948&page=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="royal1"/>


]] was built in 1846 and was owned in 1866 by cloth merchant Arthur Lupton (1809–1889) of the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Headingley Castle and Attached Wall, Leeds|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-465425-headingley-castle-and-attached-wall-|publisher=UK government – source: British Heritage|access-date=30 March 2015|quote=....in 1872 Arthur Lupton, 'gent' lived here (Headingley Castle)}}</ref> It was the home from 1909 to 1943 of entrepreneur and art collector ], and later used to house a school for the blind.<ref>{{cite web|work=A Photographic Archive of Leeds – Leodis|title=Headingley Castle|url=http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=9113&DISPLAY=FULL|publisher=UK Leeds City Council|access-date=6 May 2015}}</ref>
==Buildings of architectural interest==

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Parts of Headingley are included in ]s established by ]. Individual ]s include ] and associated buildings, the ], and ] in Alma Road. Headingley also has a typical example of a 1960s ]. Housing in Headingley is generally ] and early twentieth century and mostly of little architectural note. Headingley also has a typical example of a 1960s ]. Housing in Headingley is generally ] and early 20th&nbsp;century and mostly of little architectural note.

==Headingley in media==
The ] television series '']'' was set in Headingley. Large amounts of the eighties ITV '']'' was filmed in and around Headingley and ], along with ] and ]. Parts of Headingley stood in for Northern Ireland in '']'', and '']'' used locations in the area.


==Gallery== ==Gallery==
Images of Headingley Images of Headingley
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File:Headingley War Memorial 14 July 2018.jpg|Headingley War Memorial
Image:Headingley1.jpg|View down Otley Road from Arndale multi story car park
Image:Arndale House.jpg|Arndale House, on top of the Arndale Centre, taken from the centre's roof File:Arndale Headingley 2011.jpg|]
Image:Arndale House.jpg|Arndale House, on top of the ], taken from the centre's roof
Image:Headingley2.jpg|A view of Headingley from the Arndale Centre Image:Headingley2.jpg|A view of Headingley from the ]
File:HinsleyHallLS2 2BX.jpg|Hinsley Hall (1867)
File:St Chads Headingley Tom.jpg|St. Chad's Church at twilight
File:Bear pit, Headingley 22 July 2018 1.jpg|]
</gallery> </gallery>


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== References == ==References==
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==Further reading== ==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Bradford|first=Eveleigh|title=Headingley, 'This Pleasant Rural Village': Clues to the Past |publisher=Jeremy Mills Publishing |date=2008|isbn=978-1906600372}} * {{cite book|last=Bradford|first=Eveleigh|title=Headingley, 'This Pleasant Rural Village': Clues to the Past |publisher=Jeremy Mills Publishing |date=2008|isbn=978-1-906600-37-2}}
* {{cite book|last = Cruickshank|first = John Louis|title = Headingley-cum-Burley c.1540-c.1784|publisher = The Thoresby Society|date = 2012|isbn = 978-0-900741-72-2}}
* {{cite book |last1=Reed |first1=Michael&nbsp;E.|title=A Regal Yorkshire Family Tree – Blood Relations: The Barons Airedale and the Middleton Family |date=2020 |publisher=J.&nbsp;G.&nbsp;K. Nevett |isbn=9780648862604 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lN6RzQEACAAJ}}


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This article is about the suburb of Leeds, England. For the cricket and rugby stadium, see Headingley Stadium. For the Canadian municipality, see Rural Municipality of Headingley. "Headingly" redirects here. For the Australian pastoral lease, see Headingly Station.

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Headingley is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road. Headingley is the location of the Beckett Park campus of Leeds Beckett University and Headingley Stadium.

The area sits in the Headingley and Hyde Park ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central and Headingley parliamentary constituency.

History

The centre of Headingley
The Original Oak, named after the Skyrack Oak which grew opposite.
The Skyrack, historical remnants of the Wapentake.
Terrace houses typical of the southern districts of Headingley.

Headingley is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hedingelei or Hedingeleia when Ilbert de Lacy held 7 carucates, equivalent to about 840 acres, of land. The name is believed to originate from Old English, combining Head(d)inga, meaning 'of the descendants of Head(d)a,' with lēah, signifying 'open ground.' In essence, it translates to "the clearing of Hedda's people". Headda has sometimes been identified with Saint Hædde. A stone coffin found near Beckett Park in 1995 suggests there may have been an earlier settlement in late Roman or post-Roman times.

From Viking times, Headingley was the centre of the Skyrack wapentake or Siaraches, the "Shire oak". The name may refer to an oak tree that was a meeting place for settling legal disputes and raising armies. An ancient oak, said to be the Shire Oak, stood to the north of St Michael's Church until 1941, and gives its name to two public houses, the Original Oak and the Skyrack.

During the 13th century, William de Poiteven gave land in Headingley to Kirkstall Abbey. In 1341, the monaster received the remainder of the township of Headingley-cum-Burley from John de Calverley.

The shire oak in 1890

A map of 1711 shows Headingley as having a chapel, cottages and farmsteads scattered around a triangle of land formed by the merging of routes from north, west and south. Enclosed fields were situated around the settlement with a large tract of common land, Headingley Moor, to the north. In an 1801 census, Headingley's population was given as 300.

An 1829 Act of Parliament enclosed Headingley Moor and the land was placed for sale. Around 30 workers' cottages encroached on the fringes of the moor before 1829. Land here was generally cheaper than that at Headingley Hill as it failed to attract the building of affluent villas. This brought about the building of smaller terraced housing around Moor Road and Cottage Road. In the mid 19th century, Far Headingley had begun to develop over what was largely unclaimed common land.

Headingley was a village until the expansion of Leeds during the Industrial Revolution and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth and pollution of the city.

In 1840, Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens opened but despite the opening of the nearby Headingley railway station in 1849, the zoo was loss-making and closed in 1858. The bear pit survives on Cardigan Road.

Meanwood Beck, to the east of the village, was a source of water for the early inhabitants and later provided a source of power for the Victorians of Leeds.

The Leeds Tramway terminated at a depot at Far Headingley between 1875 and 1959. The trams improved the accessibility of Headingley from Leeds city centre, which facilitated growth and attracted affluent middle class inhabitants. The tramway perhaps ended Headingley's village status and made it into a suburb.

With exception of Beckett Park and the surrounding area, most of Headingley had been developed by the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1911 census the population of Headingley was in excess of 46,000.

Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) has a campus at Beckett Park in Headingley. Much of the housing around Kirkstall Lane is rented to students. The conversion of Leeds Polytechnic into a university and its subsequent growth brought about an increased student population.

Headingley Stadium hosts England test matches and rugby league matches bringing many spectators to the area. The cricket ground has been enlarged to maintain its eligibility for test matches and in 2006 the eastern terraces on the rugby ground were replaced with the Carnegie stand. The winter shed cricket pavilion has been replaced with a new stand and media centre.

Sports

See also: Headingley Stadium, Leeds Rhinos, Yorkshire Carnegie, and Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Headingley Stadium cricket ground during an England game.
The Carnegie Stand at Headingley Stadium rugby ground

Professional

Headingley is also known in sporting circles; its stadium is known as Headingley – earlier spelt Headingly. The stadium is home to the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the Northern Superchargers franchise cricket team, the Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs. Northern Diamonds play some of their games at Headingley in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

Since 2000, the stadium's cricket ground has been nearly entirely rebuilt in order to retain Test match status. The winter shed was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a new stand and media centre. The rugby ground also saw development with the building of the Carnegie Stand which replaced the former Eastern Terraces. This was built with co-operation from Leeds Beckett University who retain lecture rooms in the building.

Amateur

Headingley is also home to an amateur association football team, Headingley AFC. The club nearly folded after losing its home ground, but was offered a new ground in 2008 by the University of Bradford. It nows plays in Weetwood Playing Fields, owned by the University of Leeds. They attracted media attention in January 2019 for featuring a shirt sponsor warning of the dangers of gambling. There are also two amateur cricket clubs (Headingley Bramhope CC & St. Chads CC) in Far Headingley.

Politics

Headingley is in the Leeds Central and Headingley constituency. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Alex Sobel (Labour Party) who has represented the area since the 2017 general election. The ward of Headingley and Hyde Park has two Labour councillors, Abdul Hannan and Jonathan Pryor and one Green councillor, Tim Goodall.

Amenities

Brett's Fish Restaurant, North Lane
Headingley railway station before redevelopmemt in 2019.
The Headingley Taps, a pub on North Lane

Headingley has two renowned fish and chip shops/fish restaurants which have been operating since the 1930s: Brett's, a 19th-century stone building on North Lane, and the now permanently closed Catch Seafood Headingley (formerly Bryan's and then The Fisherman's Lodge), a more modern building on Weetwood Lane whose parent company entered administration in October of 2022. There are several pubs and bars plus extensive shopping areas. The pub Headingley Taps is so called because it was formerly a water pumping station. In Headingley Central (formerly the Arndale Centre) there are large retailers and several other chain shops as well as a small multi-storey car park. Headingley also has a small library on North Lane. There are many banks, building societies, restaurants, cafes and charity shops. Along Otley Road there is a large Oxfam bookshop. Until 2005, Headingley had two cinemas, 'The Lounge' and 'The Cottage Road Cinema' (usually referred to as 'Cottage Road'). The Lounge Cinema in the centre of Headingley has since closed and is being redeveloped as office and living accommodation, leaving only Cottage Road in Far Headingley. The area's Woolworths closed in the 1990s. Until the 1980s, the Arndale Centre boasted a bowling alley. The Arndale Centre began undergoing an external facelift in 2009. The nearest large supermarket is a Morrisons in Kirkstall, approximately a mile away from the centre of Headingley. There is a Premier Inn hotel above the Arndale Centre in the tallest building in Headingley, formerly an office block. Headingley is also famous for the Otley Run, which is a pub crawl starting at Woodies Ale House in Far Headingley and finishing at the Dry Dock near Leeds City Centre. Typically the Otley run is done in fancy dress.

People

Many famous writers, past and present, are connected with Headingley: Arthur Ransome, best known perhaps for the children's classic Swallows and Amazons, was born there, J. R. R. Tolkien the writer and author of The Lord of the Rings, lived there when he worked at the university, playwright Alan Bennett once lived over a butcher's shop (now a dry cleaner's) opposite the Three Horseshoes and TV writer Kay Mellor lived in Weetwood. Many writers and poets who currently live in the area participate in the annual Headingley LitFest, which takes place each March, using venues like the Heart Centre, The New Headingley Club, various cafés and private houses. The tenth LitFest took place in 2017. Reviews of all talks and performances are online on the LitFest blog.

In the time of Queen Victoria, Prince Alemayehu of Abyssinia, brought to England after the defeat of his father King Tewedros, died of pneumonia at an address in Hollin Lane, Far Headingley.

Edward Baines, editor of the Leeds Mercury in the 19th century, lived at Headingley Lodge, north of Kirkstall Lane, and then St Ann's Hill on St Ann's Lane.

The social reformer, suffragist and writer Isabella Ford was born in Headingley in 1855.

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe committed two of his 20 attacks in Headingley. He killed 20-year-old Jacqueline Hill – the last of the 13 women he killed – in the area on 17 November 1980. On 24 September that year, he had also attacked Singapore-born doctor Upadhya Bandara, 34, who survived the assault. Sutcliffe was arrested within two months of Hill's murder and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for a total of 13 murders and seven attempted murders.

Headingley Development Trust

Headingley street map

The Headingley Development Trust (HDT) is a community benefit society, founded in 2005 by local residents, organisations and small businesses. It is a community business that is self-financing and supports. a range of initiatives that benefit the local community. HDT has over 1,200 members, making it one of the largest Development Trusts of its kind in the UK. In 2018 it successfully raised over £480,000 through a community share offer to create the Headingley Investment Fund (HIF). Since 2011, HDT has operated the Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART). It also runs several publicly-operated local businesses and a variety of cultural initiatives.

Churches

Headingley Parish Church

Headingley Parish Church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. It is a large, grade II* listed, steepled church on the corner of Otley Road and St Michael's Road, opposite the Skyrack public house. The Church was built between 1884 and 1886 as the third church on this site. There is a separate parish of Far Headingley, with its parish church of St Chad's (also a large steepled church and grade II* listed).

South Parade Baptist church (1908 and 1925, part of Cornerstone Baptist Church since 2020) and Headingley Methodist Church (1840–45 and later extensions) are both grade II listed. St Columba's United Reformed church is a modern building, as is the Roman Catholic parish church of St Urban's, located to the east of the area. Hinsley Hall in Headingley is the pastoral and conference centre for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds. The small Lutheran church of St Luke's in Alma Road was converted from the coach house and stable of a Victorian villa.

The Anglican Bishop of Leeds and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds both live within the Headingley area.

  • St Chad's Church St Chad's Church
  • St Columba United Reformed Church St Columba United Reformed Church
  • Headingley Hill Congregational Church Headingley Hill Congregational Church
  • South Parade (now Cornerstone) Baptist Church South Parade (now Cornerstone) Baptist Church
  • Headingley Methodist Church Headingley Methodist Church
  • St Urban's Catholic Church St Urban's Catholic Church
  • Ebenezer Partiucular Baptist Church Ebenezer Partiucular Baptist Church
  • St Luke's Lutheran Church St Luke's Lutheran Church
  • St Luke's: interior St Luke's: interior

Buildings of architectural interest

Former Elinor Lupton Centre, now The Golden Beam
Spring House
Headingley Hall, Shire Oak Road

According to one source "Headingley has the most important group of large and small villas and mansions in the city." and has more than 100 listed buildings. Parts of Headingley are included in Conservation areas established by Leeds City Council.

Individual listed buildings include St Michael's Church and associated buildings, the Hyde Park Picture House, the Elinor Lupton Centre, Moorfield House in Alma Road and the former St Margaret of Antioch church building on Cardigan Road.

The mid-19th century listed building Spring House in St Michael's Road, Headingley, was the address for VAD nurses during this time; Olive Middleton, great-grandmother of the Princess of Wales, was attached to "Spring House, St Michael's Road, Headingley" when working at Gledhow Hall and elsewhere as a VAD nurse during the Great War. Residing at Spring House were Olive's two sisters-in-law; Gertrude Middleton (1876–1942), a former Oxford University student who also worked as a VAD nurse at Gledhow Hall and her sister Ellen Middleton (1872-1949) who volunteered as "head cook" at Gledhow Hall. Another of Olive's sisters-in-law was Caroline Middleton (1876-1961) who worked as a VAD nurse at the 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds. A number of premises were named Spring House in and around Leeds, at times operating as a Home for Friendless Girls in the early decades of the 20th century.

Headingley Castle

Headingley Castle was built in 1846 and was owned in 1866 by cloth merchant Arthur Lupton (1809–1889) of the Lupton family. It was the home from 1909 to 1943 of entrepreneur and art collector Frank Harris Fulford, and later used to house a school for the blind.

Headingley also has a typical example of a 1960s Arndale Centre. Housing in Headingley is generally Victorian and early 20th century and mostly of little architectural note.

Headingley in media

The ITV television series Fat Friends was set in Headingley. Large amounts of the eighties ITV Beiderbecke Trilogy was filmed in and around Headingley and Beckett Park, along with Moor Grange and Pudsey. Parts of Headingley stood in for Northern Ireland in Harrys Game, and A Touch of Frost used locations in the area.

Gallery

Images of Headingley

See also

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