Scholes, Leeds

Scholes-in-Elmet
Main Street, Scholes
Scholes-in-Elmet is located in Leeds
Scholes-in-Elmet
Scholes-in-Elmet
Scholes-in-Elmet is located in West Yorkshire
Scholes-in-Elmet
Scholes-in-Elmet
Location within West Yorkshire
Population2,266 
OS grid referenceSE 37766 37254
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLeeds
Postcode districtLS15
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Yorkshire
53°49′34″N 1°25′45″W / 53.826111°N 1.429167°W / 53.826111; -1.429167

Scholes-in-Elmet is a village in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Its name is a plural of Old Norse skáli meaning "temporary shed".

It is sometimes known as Scholes-in-Elmet to distinguish it from the villages of the same name in the Holme Valley and Cleckheaton, also by analogy with the neighbouring village of Barwick-in-Elmet and Sherburn in Elmet.

The village is part of the civil parish of Barwick in Elmet and Scholes, sits in the Harewood ward of Leeds City Council and Wetherby and Easingwold parliamentary constituency. In 2011, the population of Scholes was 2,266.[1]

  1. ^ "SCHOLES-IN-ELMET (West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, Great Britain)". City Population. Retrieved 15 October 2020.