Scott Hall, Leeds

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Scott Hall is a suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, adjacent to Chapeltown and Meanwood. The suburb falls within the Chapel Allerton and Moortown wards of Leeds City Council. The Scott Hall estate is made up largely of 1930s council housing on both sides of Scott Hall Road (and streets beyond) from Buslingthorpe Lane in the south to Potternewton Lane in the north.

Location and facilities

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The A61 road between Leeds and Harrogate is the main thoroughfare known as Scott Hall Road, served by First buses 7/7A/7S.{{cite web|url=http://www.wymetro.com/|title=Metro|year=2010|work=Website front page|accessdate=15 March 2010}} On this road, just north of Potternewton Lane in Miles Hill there are shops and the Scott Hall Leisure (sports) Centre which was refurbished at a cost of £500,000 in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.leedsonline.co.uk/info/13890/|title=Leeds Online|year=2010|work=Scott Hall Sports Centre|accessdate=15 March 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.leedsliveitloveit.com/students/places-to-go~page/scott-hall-leisure-centre|title=Leeds Live It Love It|year=2009|work=Scott Hall Leisure Centre|accessdate=15 March 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.networks-leeds.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:scott-hall-leisure-centre-refurb&catid=39:latest-news&Itemid=63|title=Networks|date=11 November 2009|work=Scott Hall Leisure Centre Refurb|accessdate=15 March 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Scott Hall Church, formerly Scott Hall Christian Fellowship and Hope Hall, is an Evangelical fellowship.[https://scotthallchurch.squarespace.com/ Scott Hall Church], accessed 26 August 2020 There is a guided bus route along Scott Hall Road, which has given rise to some controversy.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrta.info/Facts/facts115.html |title=Light Rail Transit Association - UK Development Group |date=March 2001 |work=Park & Ride, a doubtful response in Leeds |accessdate=15 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718072622/http://www.lrta.info/Facts/facts115.html |archivedate=18 July 2011 |df=dmy }} Scott Hall Oval is used by the Caribbean Cricket Club.{{cite web|url=http://lwrcl.org.uk/Caribbean.htm|title=Caribbean Cricket Club|year=2001|work=Club page|accessdate=15 March 2010}} Part of the Leeds Half Marathon course goes through Scott Hall Road.{{cite web|url=http://www.firstgroup.com/service_disruptions/LEEDS_HALF_MARATHON_SUNDAY_10_MAY_2009.pdf |title=Leeds half marathon |date=10 May 2009 |work=Route description |accessdate=15 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629105041/http://www.firstgroup.com/service_disruptions/LEEDS_HALF_MARATHON_SUNDAY_10_MAY_2009.pdf |archivedate=29 June 2011 |df=dmy }}

History

The sports field at the junction between Scott Hall Road and Potternewton Lane used to be part of Scott Hall Farm.{{cite web|url=http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2003916_5643862|work=Leodis|date=c. 1900|title=Scott Hall Farm (archive photo c. 1900)|accessdate=15 March 2010}} The farmhouse itself, on Scott Hall Street, is a Grade II listed building but was on the Heritage at Risk list, being described as "vulnerable through neglect and decay" in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.leedscivictrust.org.uk/files/leedscivic/HARRegister270909_1.pdf|title=Leeds Civic Trust|year=2009|work=Heritage at risk |accessdate=15 March 2010}} Bronte House (now flats) is a large building originally for single women, built in the 1930s at the junction of Buslingthorpe Lane and Scott Hall Drive.{{cite web|url=http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200438_50710696|work=Leodis|date=1930s|title=Archive photo of Bronte House|accessdate=15 March 2010}} The PHAB club, which assists disabled people to enjoy life alongside able-bodied friends, started at the Prince Philip Centre in Scott Hall Avenue in 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.phab-leeds.org.uk/|title=The Prince Philip PHAB club in Leeds|year=2009|work=PHAB|accessdate=15 March 2010}}

Two of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims lived just a few doors from each other in Scott Hall Avenue. They were his first victim, Wilma McCann, and his fifth, Jayne MacDonald.{{cite web|url=http://www.execulink.com/~kbrannen/victim11.htm|title=Jayne MacDonald|work=Yorkshire Ripper history|accessdate=15 March 2010}}

File:Scott Hall Leeds.jpg|Scott Hall

File:Scott Hall Road East Sports Feb 2017.jpg|Playing fields on the former Scott Hall Farm site

File:Scott Hall Estate Bronte House.jpg|Bronte House

File:Scott Hall Leisure Centre 22 Feb 2017.jpg|Scott Hall Leisure Centre

File:Scott Hall Church Feb 2017.jpg|Scott Hall Church

References

Location grid

External links

[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/street/SCOTT_HALL_WALK_in_LEEDS_in_LS7_541561_546987.htm Map of Scott Hall]

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Scott Hall, Leeds