Pudsey
Pudsey Parish Church-1... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (972 × 1296 pixel, file size: 573 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Pudsey parish church 09/04/2005. ...
Pudsey shown within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE225335
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEEDS
Postcode district	LS28
Dialling code	0113
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Pudsey
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

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Pudsey is a market town and suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, between Bradford and Leeds. It is part of the City of Leeds metropolitan district. The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... Coat of Arms of South Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, that has a population of 2. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bradford (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation) and Leeds City (disambiguation). ... The City of Leeds is a metropolitan district with city status within the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 726,939. ... A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ...

Pudsey constitutes the areas of Fartown, Lowtown, and Chapeltown. There is also the area of Fulneck. Fulneck Moravian Settlement is a Moravian village in Pudsey in the city of Leeds, England. ...

Pudsey has given its name to "Pudsey Bear", the mascot of the BBC's annual fundraising marathon Children in Need. It also lends its name to the local parliamentary constituency of Pudsey, of which it is a part. Pudsey is the teddy bear logo of Children in Need, created by designer Joanna Ball and named after Balls home town, Pudsey, in West Yorkshire, England. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... New BBC Children in Need Pudsey and logo from 2007 BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised £470million. ... Pudsey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

History

Formerly within the wapentake of Morley and Calverley Parish, Pudsey became a Municipal Borough in 1889. For many years, despite being joined to the Leeds conurbation, it avoided being made part of Leeds County Borough. In 1937 the Farsley and Calverley urban districts were added to Pudsey. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, it became part of the Leeds Metropolitan District. A wapentake is a term derived from the Old Norse, the rough equivalent of an Anglo-Saxon hundred. ... Morleys Coat of Arms Morley is a town in the county of Yorkshire (since 1974, West Yorkshire), England, in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds and is situated five miles south-west of Leeds City Centre. ... Calverley is a village in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom midway between Leeds and Bradford. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... Farsley is a district of Leeds, ((West Yorkshire]], 6 miles to the west of the city centre, and 4 miles east of Bradford. ... Calverley is a village in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom midway between Leeds and Bradford. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... The City of Leeds is a metropolitan district with city status within the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 726,939. ...

The name Pudsey occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Podechesaie" and "Podechesai", but in the early 6th century Pudsey and the neighbourhood appear to have been the centre of the considerable Kingdom of Elmet, which retained its independence for more than 200 years after other more petty kingdoms had been subdued by the Angles. Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Elmet is an area close to Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... White cliffs of Dover in England White cliffs of Rugen down the Baltic coast from Schleswig The Angles is a modern English word for a Germanic-speaking people who took their name from the cultural ancestor of Angeln, a modern district located in Schleswig, Germany. ...

The town was famous in the 18th and 19th centuries for its wool manufacture, and, more recently, for cricket. Yorkshire and England cricketers Sir Len Hutton, Herbert Sutcliffe, Ray Illingworth and Matthew Hoggard all learned to play in Pudsey. For other uses, see Wool (disambiguation). ... This article is about the sport. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Herbert Sutcliffe (born November 24, 1894, Summerbridge, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England; died January 22, 1978, Cross Hills, Yorkshire, England) was arguably the greatest opening batsman in cricket history and undoubtedly one of the greatest players of any type the game has known. ... Raymond (Ray) Illingworth (born 8 June 1932) is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. ... Matthew James Hoggard MBE (born 31 December 1976, Leeds, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer. ...

Present

There is a recreational park in Pudsey; features include Pets Corner, aquarium, bird houses, tropical greenhouse and a large play area for children. There is also Queens Park where the Pudsey carnival is held once a year.

Pudsey has one of the region's most popular and well-known running clubs, Pudsey Pacers.^[1] The club meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 pm at the town's Leisure Centre.^[2] The club organises the annual Pudsey 10k Challenge,^[3] widely regarded as one of the most challenging 10k races;^[4] it attracts around 450 runners.

Pudsey's market operates on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday ^[5] and has recently been refurbished.^[6] Pudsey has also seen the introduction of a monthly farmers' market with a range of stalls selling meat, fish, dairy produce, organic fruit and vegetables, delicatessen and craftware.^[7] For the free-jazz group, see Farmers Market (band). ...

Pudsey town centre has many amenities and a shopping centre which includes high street stores such as Boots and Woolworth's, etc. In keeping with many affluent areas it has its fair share of banks and estate agents. Following the closure of Kwik Save supermarkets across the country, Pudsey's store has been bought by Sainsbury's.^[8] This article is about a former British company which has now merged to form Alliance Boots, as a result, information on this page may be out of date. ... F.W. Woolworth Company was the original USA based chain of five and dime stores. ... Kwik Save was a discount supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. ... Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ... This article is about the supermarket business. ...

There are three high schools situated in the Pudsey boundary: Crawshaw, Priesthorpe and Pudsey Grangefield, which is currently undergoing an extensive redevelopment programme which sees a whole new state-of-the-art school building constructed adjacent to the current site. The front grammar school building, opened in 1911 ^[9] and a prominent landmark of Pudsey, will be converted into flats and not demolished, unlike the rest of the school, due to its Grade II listed building status. The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, opened in 1890, and now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland. ...

Pudsey's historic town hall is benefitting from a new, energy-efficient lighting project to highlight its most interesting features. The multi-coloured lights can be changed to offer 255 different scenes.^[10]

Public transport

New Pudsey Station

Pudsey Park - opened in October 1889

There is a small railway station known as New Pudsey. It is on the Caldervale Line between Leeds and Bradford Interchange and was built to replace Pudsey's two original stations - Pudsey Lowtown and Pudsey Greenside - which were both destroyed in 1964 by the Beeching Axe along with the Stanningley-Laisterdyke-Bradford GNR loop serving them. However, New Pudsey's situation over a mile away from the town centre makes it impractical for commuters especially as there is no bus that links the station with the town centre.-1... -1... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 1. ... 156498 at New Pudsey, June 2006 New Pudsey railway station is in West Yorkshire, England, on the Caldervale Line 9 km (5¾ miles) west of Leeds towards Bradford Interchange, Halifax, Huddersfield, Manchester Victoria and Blackpool North. ... The Caldervale Line is the name given to rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T 42072 at Bradford Exchange, 1966/7 Bradford Interchange railway station is one of two railway stations in Bradford, West Yorkshire. ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running the British railway system. ... The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ...

Pudsey is now served by a number of First and Arriva bus services that run through to Leeds City Centre and other areas of the city, Bradford and other surrounding towns. The 4 FTR service runs regularly to the Leeds city centre from Waterloo via the town centre and Swinnow. There are also bus services that run between Leeds, Bradford and Halifax along Stanningley Road, which is 10 minutes walk from Pudsey town centre. First Leeds is a bus operator based in and around Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... Arriva Yorkshire is a division of Arriva. ... The city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, can be separated roughly into four areas or quarters. ... A York FTR bus // The FTR system is an example of the public transport concept of bus rapid transit. ... Swinnow (A Yorkshireised contraction of Swine Moor) is a district of west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... For other uses, see Halifax. ... Stanningley is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ...

Plans for a £2 million covered bus station in Pudsey, to replace the current array of individual bus stands, have been given the go ahead.^[11]

The Leeds-Pudsey tram route via Armley and Bramley was opened in the early 20th century; it was closed in 1938 and most of the infrastructure was removed, although roadworks on the central reservation of Stanningley Road uncovered some of the tracks in October 2005. There is also a town in Saskatchewan called Armley. ... Bramley is the name of several places in England: Bramley, Derbyshire Bramley, Hampshire Bramley, Surrey Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire Bramley, Rotherham, Yorkshire For the apples see Bramley (apple). ...

Sport

Speedway racing was staged at a track which was located at the base of the famous Post Hill hillclimb course. Eight meetings were staged in the pioneer days of 1928. A couple of the meetings were operated in conjunction with a road race type event at Post Hill. The nearest professional football team, located in Farsley and known as Farsley Celtic, are currently in the Blue Square Premier (the Conference league). Farsley Celtic A.F.C. are an English football club based in Farsley near Leeds, currently playing in the Conference North. ... The Football Conference is a football league at the top of the National League System of non-League football in England. ...

Cultural References

In The Meaning of Liff a Pudsey is defined as "The curious-shaped flat wads of dough left on a kitchen table after someone has been cutting scones out of it."^[12] Front cover of the US hardcover edition of The Meaning of Liff, 1984. ...

References

External links

• Calverley.info Pudsey & Calverley genealogical and historical data
• Pudsey.com Pudsey Online Community Website.
• Pudsey Civic Society
• BBC Children in Need
• Pudsey Carnival
• The Ancient Parish of Calverley. GENUKI. Retrieved on 2007-10-29. Pudsey was in this parish
• Yorkshire Evening Post: Sainsbury's takes on Kwik Save

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Location

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