Place:Hawksworth in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameHawksworth in Leeds
TypeSettlement, Suburb
Coordinates53.83°N 1.613°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
West Yorkshire, England    
See alsoLeeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandcounty borough in which it was located until1974
Leeds (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, Englandunitary authority covering the area since 1974
NOTE: There is a second place named Hawksworth in Guiseley only 5 miles to the northwest. It is by far the older settlement and was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Guiseley.


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Hawksworth in Leeds is a small, early twentieth-century council estate in the Kirkstall ward of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on a hill between West Park and Horsforth and is circled by Butcher Hill, the A65 road and Vesper Road. Hawksworth lies within the LS5 Kirkstall postcode area.

The name Hawksworth appears to have been given to the estate after 1900, and is not covered by the relevant English Place Name Society surveys. The name also belongs to the ancient village of Hawksworth in Guiseley five miles away and may have been transferred to the Hawksworth estate from there.

The name "Hawksworth Wood" probably refers to the wood that stood to the west of Kirkstall Abbey. It provided shelter, fuel, pannage and building resources such as thatch for the abbey; timber was generally brought from elsewhere since Alexander, the founding abbot of Kirkstall who completed the initial building work, was concerned to preserve the woodland at Hawksworth.

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For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Hawksworth, Leeds.

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