Name | Oulton with Woodlesford |
Alt names | Oulton | source: from redirect |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Located in | West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | West Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
See also | Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which it was located | | Hunslet Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district covering the area 1894-1937 | | Rothwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | urban district in which it was located 1937-1974 | | Leeds (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, England | Leeds Metropolitan Borough, West Yorkshire, England|metropolitan borough in which it has been situated since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
Oulton with Woodlesford was made a civil parish covering the two villages of Oulton and Woodlesford in 1866 and remained as such until 1937. From 1894 until 1937 it was a civil parish in Hunslet Rural District. In 1937 the civil parish was absorbed into Rothwell urban district. In 1974 Rothwell was abolished and the area absorbed into Leeds Metropolitan Borough, West Yorkshire, England in the new administrative county of West Yorkshire.
Oulton
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Oulton is a now village in the Leeds Metropolitan Borough, West Yorkshire, England, between Leeds and Wakefield. It is at the junction of the A639 road and A642 road.
Woodlesford
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Woodlesford is now a village in West Yorkshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Leeds city centre. Formerly part of the Rothwell Urban District, it is now within the Rothwell ward of Leeds Metropolitan Borough. The village sits on the banks of the Aire and Calder Canal and river system. Its 21st century population is around 21,000.
Much of Woodlesford's expansion took place from the nineteenth century as a mining village. Woodlesford contained four operational pits at Bower's Row by 1896, all owned by T & R W Bower Ltd and managed by W S Blackburn. There was also mining at Rothwell Colliery. When coal production ceased in 1983 the area declined. However, it has recovered in large part due to its position for commuters. Woodlesford also had a brewery.
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