Ledston
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Ledston (historically also spelt Ledstone)[1] is a village in the Leeds metropolitan borough, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.[2] It is Script error: No such module "convert". north of Castleford and Script error: No such module "convert". east of Leeds. The parish had a population of 400 in 2001,[3] which decreased slightly to 394 at the 2011 Census.[4]
History
Ledston is first mentioned in 1086, and on through the Middle Ages, in forms like Ledestun(e), Ledestona.[5] The name seems to refer to Leeds (or the Old English precursor of this name, Loidis, which denoted a region rather than a town), meaning the tūn ('settlement, estate') belonging to Leeds.[6]
Mary Pannal of Ledston was executed in 1603 as an accused witch.
Ledston was historically a township in the ancient parish of Ledsham in the wapentake of Barkston Ash in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[7] The township became a separate civil parish in 1866.[8] In 1974 Ledston was transferred to the City of Leeds in the new county of West Yorkshire. On 1 April 2023 the civil parish was abolished.[9]
Ledston Hall
Ledston or Ledstone Hall[10] was the home of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of the 7th Earl of Huntingdon, known as "Lady Betty". The hall was originally a grange and chapel built by the monks of Pontefract Priory. It is a grade I listed building, and several associated buildings and garden features are also listed.[11]
Ledston Hall featured in the television show Most Haunted:Live on 27 October 2007, but was called "Wheler Priory" for security reasons at the time (Wheler being the surname of the last family owning the hall).[12]
Ledston is also home to the Ledston Equine Centre located in the stables of Ledston Hall.[13]
Ledston lies to the east of the A656 road,[2] and there was a railway station named after the village on the Castleford to Garforth line, though this station was actually adjacent to Allerton Bywater Colliery. The village also had a colliery named after it, Ledston Luck, which was connected to the railway via a narrow gauge railway line up to Peckfield Colliery in Micklefield.[14] The colliery, like the railway station, was some distance away from the village from which it took its name, being actually only Script error: No such module "convert". east of Kippax.[2] Ledston Luck Colliery closed in 1986[15] and the site is now a local nature reserve.[16]
White Horse Inn
The White Horse Inn is a 15th-century public house.[17] It was 2019 regional winner of North East Pubs in Bloom,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and supports various local activities such as the Ledston in BloomScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., a village scarecrow competition.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and the Ledston christmas light switch on.
See also
References
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- ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ledston CP/Tn. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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