Manston, Leeds
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Manston Park | |
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Manston shown within West Yorkshire | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Leeds |
Postcode district | LS15 |
Dialling code | 0113 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Manston is an area to the east of Cross Gates, Leeds, England, that lies 4 miles (6 km) to the east of Leeds city centre. It is East of the Ring Road, North of Austhorpe Road and South of Barwick Road.[1][2] The area falls within the Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward of Leeds Metropolitan Council. It is named after the former Manston estate of the Gascoigne family.[3] Many streets in the area are named after Manston, such as Manston Crescent and Manston Grove.
It contains Barnbow, the site of a munitions factory in both World Wars, and now a scheduled monument.[4] It has its own park, Manston Park, and had a pub named after it, the Manston hotel, which is now known as The Barnbow, next to the park. It has a Parish Church, St James the Great,[5] and is also home to three primary schools, Manston Primary, Manston St James Primary Academy and St Theresa's Catholic Primary.
- St James Church
- The Vickers works, formerly Barnbow Royal Ordnance Factory
- The old Optare bus factory in Manston
- The Manston public house, now called The Barnbow
References
- ↑ www.leeds.gov.uk East Leeds Extension Indicative Plan
- ↑ AZ Leeds and Bradford Street Atlas, Geographer's A-Z Map Company, London, 1993
- ↑ Leodis Aerial View, Manston, showing Royal Ordnance Factory Barnbow
- ↑ BBC News 10 October 2016 Barnbow munitions blast factory site given heritage status
- ↑ /www.stjamesmanston.church
External links
- The Ancient Parish of Whitkirk at GENUKI: Manston was in this parish