Buslingthorpe, Leeds

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For the village in Lincolnshire, see Buslingthorpe.

Buslingthorpe is an area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies about one mile north of the city centre. Much of the housing in the area was demolished as slum clearance in the 1950s.

Buslingthorpe was an ecclesiastical parish 1849-1955.[1] In 1870-1872 it was a chapelry in the parish of Leeds, with a population of 4,548 in 998 houses.[2]

The Church of St Michael, Buslingthorpe, was built in 1852-1854 on Buslingthorpe Lane, and demolished in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The architect was O. W. Burleigh of Leeds.[3]

A writer in Notes and queries in 1932 noted that the place-name Buslingthorpe contains 13 different letters, exactly half the alphabet, none repeated and with no hyphenation, and wondered whether this was unique.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Buslingthorpe EP. A vision of Britain through time. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  2. ^ Descriptive Gazetteer entry for Buslingthorpe. A vision of Britain through time. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  3. ^ Buslingthorpe St Michael. The Bells of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds: Lost churches. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  4. ^ Askew, H. (1932-11-26). "Buslingthorpe Place-Name". Notes and Queries clxiii: 389. 

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