Calverley

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Coordinates: 53°49′36″N 1°41′27″W / 53.8266°N 1.6908°W / 53.8266; -1.6908
Calverley

St Wilfrid's Parish Church (C of E) Calverley
Calverley

 Calverley shown within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough City of Leeds
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PUDSEY
Postcode district LS28
Dialling code 0113
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Pudsey
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Calverley is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, on the A657 road, midway between Leeds city centre and Bradford. In the 1086 Domesday Book it is shown as Caverleia also Caverlei.

Administration

The village was part of the Municipal Borough of Pudsey alongside Farsley until 1974, though for centuries previously both Pudsey and Farsley were part of the Calverley parish.[1]

History

Calverley is a rural village with a medieval manor house, Calverley Old Hall which was home to the Calverleys. Houses in the village are mostly constructed of sandstone, darkened by the soot of the Industrial Revolution, though there are brick buildings to the south of the original village. The Anglican parish church St Wilfrid's, has parts dating from the 11th or 12th century. The tower was added and increased in the 13th to 15th century.[2] There is a Methodist church dating from 1872, beside Victoria Park, a recreation ground[3] which is home to Calverley St Wilfrid's Cricket Club.[4] Both churches are Grade II listed buildings.[5] There are two golf courses to the south of the village, Woodhall Hills (established 1905)[6] off Woodhall Road, and Calverley Golf Club off Woodhall Lane.

In 1604 the landowner, Walter Calverley, went insane and murdered some of his children in Calverley Hall. He refused to plead and was ordered to be pressed to death, a method used to try to force a confession. However, he died without confessing his crime in order to ensure that his estate was not taken from his remaining family.[7] Legend has it that he can still be seen as a ghost, wandering in the grounds of his former home.[8]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Calverley Parish past boundaries
  2. ↑ Calverley Today David Weldrake (20 December 2007) Calverley Village History
  3. ↑ About Leeds Victoria Park
  4. ↑ Calverley St Wilfrid's Cricket Club
  5. ↑ Claverley Today Faith
  6. ↑ Woodhall Hills Golf Club
  7. ↑ The History of Calverley
  8. ↑ The story of Pudsey (including Calverley)

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