Osmondthorpe

Osmondthorpe
St Philip's Church, Osmondthorpe Lane
Osmondthorpe is located in West Yorkshire
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53°47′45″N 1°30′02″W / 53.79587°N 1.50051°W / 53.79587; -1.50051

Osmondthorpe a district of east Leeds in West Yorkshire, England is considered part of the Halton Moor district.[1]

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It is situated in the LS9 Leeds postcode area, two miles (3 km) to the east of Leeds city centre between East End Park and Halton Moor. The district is part of the Burmantofts and Richmond Hill Ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council.

It was originally a hamlet 3.5 miles SE of Leeds associated with the township of Temple Newsam and in the Whitkirk parish with some coal working.[1] Ralph Thoresby visited Osmondthorpe Hall,[2] which stood on the West side of Osmondthorpe Lane, but was destroyed by fire in 1924.[3] Some 50 acres of the grounds were used to create East End Park and the rest for housing.[3]

On 31 December 1894[4] Osmondthorpe became a separate civil parish, being formed from the part of the parish of Templenewsam in Leeds County Borough, on 1 April 1925 the parish was abolished and merged with Leeds.[5] In 1921 the parish had a population of 773.[6]

Osmondthorpe railway station was opened by the London & North Eastern Railway on the Selby Line in 1930 to serve a new estate of housing, but closed in 1960.[7] Osmondthorpe is home to the Neville Hill railway depot.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Osmondthorpe Yorkshire". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Notes from the Library (No.7, July 2015) The Osmondthorpe Hall Painted Glass Panel". The Thoresby Society. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Osmondthorpe Old Hall, Osmondthorpe Lane". www.leodis.net. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Osmondthorpe CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Hunslet Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Population statistics Monkhill CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  7. ^ "The Leeds and Selby Railway". LNER Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  8. ^ Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 9780947773076.