Oulton /ˈuːltən/ is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England, between Leeds and Wakefield. It is at the junction of the A639 and A642 roads. Though now adjoining the village of Woodlesford, it was once quite separate.[citation needed]
| Oulton | |
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| Village | |
 Oulton boundary stone by the A639 | |
  Oulton  Oulton Location within West Yorkshire | |
| • London | 160 mi (260 km) SSE |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEEDS |
| Postcode district | LS26 |
| Dialling code | 0113 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
The village formed part of the Rothwell Urban District until its merger into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in 1974. Today, it sits in the Rothwell ward of Leeds City Council. It is also in the Wakefield and Rothwell parliamentary constituency.
Oulton Hall was built in 1850 and is now a hotel and conference centre.[1]
Sport
editThe Oulton Raiders rugby league club was founded in 1962 as Oulton Miners Welfare. In 2018 the team reached the third round of the Challenge Cup. The women's team, the Oulton Raidettes, was established in 2012. In 2022, the Raidettes won the Grand Final in the Championship and reached the quarter-finals of the Women's Challenge Cup.[2][3]
Notable and former residents
edit- Richard Bentley theologian, critic and scholar, who became Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.[4]
- The cricketer and Anglican clergyman Henry Bell was born in Oulton.
- Francis Ingram was a slave trader and privateer.[5]
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Half-Timbered house on the Leeds Road, Oulton
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Three Horseshoes inn, Oulton
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Oulton Methodist Church
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St John the Evangelist's Church
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Richard Bentley plaque
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Former National Coal Board Airey houses on Wordsworth Drive under threat of demolition.
Location grid
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Welcome to Oulton Hall". Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Oulton Raiders celebrate 60th anniversary: Club produced host of Leeds Rhinos and Super League stars". Yorkshire Evening Post. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Grand Final Success for Sheffield Eagles and Oulton Raidettes". Rugby-League.com. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bentley, Richard (scholar)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 750–753.
- ^ Richardson, David (2007). Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery. UK: Liverpool University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-84631-066-9.
External links
editFurther reading
edit- Leeds City Council 2010 Oulton Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan
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