Aireborough
{{Short description|Former district in West Yorkshire, England}}
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|Name= Aireborough
|subdivision_type= Urban district, civil parish
|HQ= Micklefield House, Rawdon
|Start= 1 April 1937
|End= 31 March 1974
|Replace= Leeds City Council
|Image= Council Offices - Micklefield Park, Rawdon - geograph.org.uk - 686797.jpg
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| membership_title1 = County
| membership1 = West Riding of Yorkshire
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Aireborough was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1937 to 1974. It was formed through the abolition of the urban districts of Guiseley, Yeadon and Rawdon and enlarged by the addition of parts of Otley urban district and parts of the civil parishes of Esholt, Hawksworth and Menston in the Wharfedale rural district on 1 April 1937.{{cite web |title=Aireborough UD Local Government District |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10180107#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=15 September 2023}} Aireborough Urban District was administered from Micklefield House in Rawdon, which had been acquired by Rawdon UDC in 1930.{{cite web |title=Chapter 16 Local Government|url=https://a-history-of-rawdon.co.uk/chapters/local-government-16/ |website=A History of Rawdon |publisher=C W Willcock |access-date=15 September 2023}} The district was abolished on 1 April 1974 when the metropolitan district of Leeds was established.{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/1|title=Local Government Act 1972|publisher=legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=11 November 2024}}
Aireborough is the name of a UK census ward, which was named "the most average place in England and Wales", following studies arising from the 2001 census.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3163773.stm|work=BBC News|title=Just an average day in Average Town|first=Ryan|last=Dilley|date=21 August 2003|access-date=3 February 2006}}
Background
In 1936, the urban district councils of Guiseley, Yeadon and Rawdon, along with smaller settlements belonging to Wharfedale Rural District, decided to form a new autonomous Urban District Council covering a similar to the former ancient Parish of Guiseley. The name Aireborough was adopted to reflect the equality of all townships included in the district and "wipe out old jealousies, and concentrate on the problems ahead, working together as a team".{{cite news|title=Guiseley District to be called Aireborough|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/|access-date=12 January 2016|work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer|date=2 December 1936|archive-url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/|archive-date=12 January 2016|page=15}} On 1 April 1937, the urban district came into being. Aireborough Urban District was subsumed by Leeds metropolitan borough under the 1974 local government reorganisation.{{cite web|title=About us Aireborough Civic Society|url=http://www.aireboroughcivicsociety.org.uk/about|website=aireboroughcivicsociety.org.uk|date=5 June 2010 |access-date=12 January 2016}} Ownership of Micklefield House was passed to Leeds City Council but the building was put up for sale in 2022.Mason, V., [https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/23126034.victorian-mansion-planning-permission-go-hammer/ Victorian mansion with planning permission to go under the hammer], Wharfedale Observer, published on 15 November 2022, accessed on 4 January 2025
Current usage
The name Aireborough has been used by many official bodies or organisations. Yeadon and Guiseley Secondary School was renamed Aireborough Grammar School in 1937 (when the Urban District was formed) and retained the name until its closure in 1991{{cite news |last1=Chew |first1=Michelle |title=Fond memories of Aireborough Grammar School |url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/news_local/8328153.Fond_memories_of_Aireborough_Grammar_School/ |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Wharfedale Observer |date=12 August 2010}} – the names of the different townships emblazoned on the school frontage are now set into the stone wall opposite Nunroyd Park. The Royal Mail has an Aireborough delivery office.{{cite web |title=Royal Mail Delivery Office opening times {{!}} Royal Mail Group Ltd |url=https://services.royalmail.com/delivery-office-opening-times/ |website=services.royalmail.com |access-date=30 August 2018}}
Community organisations using the name include:
- Aireborough Civic Society{{cite news |last1=Leigh |first1=Debbie |title=Desperate plea as Aireborough Civic Society membership plummets... |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/desperate-plea-as-aireborough-civic-society-membership-plummets-1-2077070 |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=25 October 2006}}
- Aireborough Fundraising Group (Marie Curie){{cite news |last1=Lomax |first1=Claire |title=Aireborough Fundraising Group raise £100,000 for Marie Curie |url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/15344515.Aireborough_Fundraising_Group_raise___100_000_for_Marie_Curie/ |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Wharfedale Observer |date=23 June 2017}}
- Aireborough Neighbourhood Development Forum and Aireborough Historical Society{{cite news |title=Fallen Heroes of Aireborough |url=http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/16403834.display/ |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Ilkley Gazette |date=7 August 2018}}{{cite news |last1=McIntyre |first1=Annette |title=Flooding in Aireborough and Horsforth prompts calls to think again about proposed house building |url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/14173160.Flooding_in_Aireborough_and_Horsforth_prompts_calls_to_think_again_about_proposed_house_building/ |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Wharfedale Observer |date=30 December 2015}}
- Aireborough Learning Partnership{{cite news |last1=Lomax |first1=Claire |title=Aireborough pupils showcase their artistic talents |url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/news_local/14596106.Aireborough_pupils_showcase_their_artistic_talents/?ref=rss |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Wharfedale Observer |date=4 July 2016}}
- Aireborough Extended Services{{cite news |title=Cluster forms to bring child services together |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/cluster-forms-to-bring-child-services-together-1-2192711 |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=22 November 2008}}
- Aireborough Voluntary Services for the Elderly
- Aireborough Rugby Union Football Club{{cite news |last1=Pickup |first1=Oliver |title=Crowdfunding transformed this rugby club |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/support/aireborough-crowdfunding-success/ |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=9 February 2018}}
- Aireborough Swimming Club{{cite news |last1=Westby |first1=Nick |title=Gold medal not likely to hold back Brownlee's ambition - have your say |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/athletics/gold-medal-not-likely-to-hold-back-brownlee-s-ambition-have-your-say-1-5446557 |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=26 February 2013}}
- Aireborough Rifle & Revolver Club{{cite news |title=Michelle is first female shooting champion |url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/sport/1638988.Michelle_is_first_female_shooting_champion/ |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Keighley News |date=23 August 2007}}
- Aireborough Bridge Club
- Aireborough Camera Club{{cite news |last1=Seton |first1=Jim |title=Aireborough Camera Club competition winners |url=https://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/ilkleynews/16263831.display/ |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Ilkley Gazette |date=1 June 2018}}
- Aireborough Gilbert & Sullivan Society
- Rotary Club of Aireborough{{cite news |last1=Lomax |first1=Claire |title=Rotary Club of Aireborough – annual brass band concert |url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/leisure/15538332.Rotary_Club_of_Aireborough_____annual_brass_band_concert/ |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Wharfedale Observer |date=15 September 2017}}
- Soroptimist International Aireborough
References
{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
- {{cite report|last=Graham|first=Andrew|title=Aireborough Character; a Characterisation Study and Urban Design Analysis of Aireborough|date=July 2017|url=http://www.hwa.uk.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Aireborough-FINAL-DRAFT-September-LOW1.pdf|publisher=The Urban Glow|access-date=30 August 2018}}
External links
- [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10180107/boundary Vision of Britain] Aireborough Boundary Maps
- [https://aireboroughnf.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/aireborough-baseline-report-b-low-res.pdf Aireborough’s Natural and Built Environment Baseline Report]
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Category:History of West Yorkshire
Category:1937 establishments in England
Category:Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972