Ledston
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{redirect|Ledstone|the hamlet in Devon|Ledstone, Devon}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Ledston
| coordinates = {{coord|53|45|07|N|1|20|37|W|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Leeds
| population = 394
| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=E04000201|title=Ledston Parish|accessdate=5 November 2019}}
| metropolitan_borough = City of Leeds
| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster =
| post_town = Castleford
| postcode_district = WF10
| postcode_area = WF
| dial_code = 01977
| os_grid_reference =
| static_image_name = Main Street, Ledston - geograph.org.uk - 1056295.jpg
| static_image_caption = Main Street, Ledston
}}
Ledston (historically also spelt Ledstone){{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13300|title=History of Ledston, in Leeds and West Riding|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 August 2023}} is a village in the Leeds metropolitan borough, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.{{cite map |title =Leeds|map =289|date =2015 |scale =1:25,000|series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey|isbn =9780319244869}} It is {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} north of Castleford and {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of Leeds. The parish had a population of 400 in 2001,[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790272 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Leeds] Retrieved 7 May 2017 which decreased slightly to 394 at the 2011 Census.
History
Ledston is first mentioned in 1086, and on through the Middle Ages, in forms like Ledestun(e), Ledestona.{{cite book|last1=Ekwall|first1=Eilert|title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names|date=1960|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0-19-869103-3|page=293|edition=4}} The name seems to refer to Leeds (or the Old English precursor of this name, Loidis, which denoted a region rather than a town), meaning the tūn ('settlement, estate') belonging to Leeds.{{cite book|last1=Watts|first1=Victor|last2=Insley|first2=John|last3=Gelling|first3=Margaret|title=The Cambridge dictionary of English place-names : based on the collections of the English Place-Name Society|date=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=9780521362092|page=366|edition=2}}
Mary Pannal of Ledston was executed in 1603 as an accused witch.
Ledston was historically a township in the ancient parish of Ledsham in the wapentake of Barkston Ash in the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Genuki|county=WRY|Ledsham}} The township became a separate civil parish in 1866.{{cite vob|name=Ledston CP/Tn | url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10443325#tab02| accessdate=1 January 2024}} In 1974 Ledston was transferred to the City of Leeds in the new county of West Yorkshire. On 1 April 2023 the civil parish was abolished.{{cite web|url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/the_leeds_reorganisation_of_community_governance_no.2_order_2023.pdf|title=The Leeds (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (No.2) Order 2023|publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England|accessdate=11 August 2023}}
Ledston Hall
File:Ledston Hall, Ledston.JPG
Ledston or Ledstone Hall[https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/hastings-lady-elizabeth-1682-1739 orthwick Catalogue record] as an example showing use of older spelling. was the home of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of the 7th Earl of Huntingdon, known as "Lady Betty". The hall was originally a grange and chapel built by the monks of Pontefract Priory. It is a grade I listed building, and several associated buildings and garden features are also listed.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1237569|desc=Ledston Hall|grade=I|accessdate=7 May 2017}}
Ledston Hall featured in the television show Most Haunted:Live on 27 October 2007, but was called "Wheler Priory" for security reasons at the time (Wheler being the surname of the last family owning the hall).{{cite web|title=Watch Most Haunted Live Season 6 Full Episodes|url=https://www.ovguide.com/tv_season/most-haunted-live-season-6-251104|website=OVGuide|accessdate=7 May 2017|language=en}}
Ledston is also home to the Ledston Equine Centre located in the stables of Ledston Hall.{{cite web|title=Ledstone Equine Centre|url=http://ledstonequinecentre.co.uk/|website=ledstonequinecentre.co.uk|accessdate=7 May 2017}}
Ledston lies to the east of the A656 road, and there was a railway station named after the village on the Castleford to Garforth line, though this station was actually adjacent to Allerton Bywater Colliery. The village also had a colliery named after it, Ledston Luck, which was connected to the railway via a narrow gauge railway line up to Peckfield Colliery in Micklefield.{{cite map|map =SE43 (includes Leeds|date =1954|url =http://maps.nls.uk/view/91788895|title=SE43 |scale =1:25,000|publisher =Ordnance Survey}} The colliery, like the railway station, was some distance away from the village from which it took its name, being actually only {{convert|1|km|mi|1|order=flip}} east of Kippax. Ledston Luck Colliery closed in 1986{{cite news|title=Pit closures, year by year|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3500979.stm|accessdate=7 May 2017|work=BBC News|date=5 March 2004}} and the site is now a local nature reserve.{{cite web|title=Ledston Luck Yorkshire Wildlife Trust {{!}} Love Yorkshire, Love Wildlife|url=http://www.ywt.org.uk/reserves/ledston-luck|website=www.ywt.org.uk|accessdate=7 May 2017}}
White Horse Inn
The White Horse Inn is a 15th-century public house.{{cite web |title=Home page |url=https://www.whitehorseledston.co.uk/index |publisher=White Horse |accessdate=30 October 2019}} It was 2019 regional winner of North East Pubs in Bloom,{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} and supports various local activities such as the Ledston in Bloom{{clarify|what's this? Horticultural society? Ladies Morris dancers? ??|date=October 2019}}, a village scarecrow competition.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} and the Ledston christmas light switch on.
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Ledston}}
- {{Genuki|county=WRY|Ledsham||Ledston}}
- {{NHLE |num=1237569 |desc=Ledston Hall |grade= I}}
- {{NHLE |num=1264072 |desc=Ledston Lodge, in Ledston Park |grade= I |fewer-links= yes}}
- {{NHLE |num=1237515 |desc=Barn at Ledston Hall |grade= I |fewer-links= yes}}
- {{NHLE |num=1264075 |desc=Ledston Hall entrance gates and lodges |grade= I |fewer-links= yes}}
- {{NHLE |num=1247674 |desc=Stable block at Ledston Hall |grade= I |fewer-links= yes}}
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Category:Villages in West Yorkshire