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Bramhope
Location within West Yorkshire
Population3,400  [1]
OS grid reference SE253432
•  London 175 mi (282 km)  SSE
Civil parish
  • Bramhope
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LEEDS
Postcode district LS16
Dialling code 0113
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53°52′58″N1°36′34″W / 53.8829°N 1.6095°W / 53.8829; -1.6095 Coordinates: 53°52′58″N1°36′34″W / 53.8829°N 1.6095°W / 53.8829; -1.6095

Bramhope is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England, north of Holt Park and north east of Cookridge.

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The village is 9 miles (14 km) north of Leeds city centre and it is in the LS16 Leeds postcode area. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,400. [1] The population had increased to 3,533 at the 2011 Census. [2] It is predominantly made up of large, privately owned houses which tend to be above the average value for properties in West Yorkshire.

Bramhope sits in the Leeds North West constituency and the Adel & Wharfedale ward of Leeds City Council.

Etymology

The place-name Bramhope appears first in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brahop and Bramhop, with later medieval spellings including Bramhop(a) and Bramhop(p)e. The name seems to derive from the Old English words brōm 'broom' and hōp 'a small valley, side-valley off a larger valley', here referring to a small valley off Wharfedale, [3] probably the one through which flows Bramhope Beck. [4]

History

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Town well

The earliest known settlement in the area was a British camp established off Moor Road. The Romans built a road through the area from Adel to Ilkley, traces of which remain in a field near Leeds Bradford Airport. [5]

In 1086, Bramhope was the manor of an Anglo-Saxon thegn, Uchill. In 1095 the manor passed to the Percy family, and in 1165 was sold to Ralph de Bramhope. In the 13th century the monasteries owned much of the land and had granges where sheep were grazed. The monks used tracks, such as Scotland Lane and Staircase Lane, as they travelled from their outlying granges to Kirkstall Abbey. [5]

The village had a small population until the 20th century. The Black Death of 1348-49 reduced the number of adults to 34, but this gradually increased to about 400 in 1900. Now it is approximately 3,400. [5] Water was drawn from private wells or the town well at the foot of Northgate (now Church Hill). The town well was restored in 1991 by the Bramhope History Group, and is located opposite St Giles' Church. [5] The plaque says that the well was exposed in 1991, so perhaps it had been lost for some time. [6]

Churches

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Puritan Chapel, 1649

At the Dissolution of the Monasteries Henry VIII gave the land to the Earl of Cumberland. In the 16th century the Dyneley family moved into the area and acquired Bramhope Hall. In 1649 they built the Puritan Chapel, which was taken over by the Church of England after the Restoration. [5] The chapel is one of only a few built during the Commonwealth period. It is said not to have been consecrated but nevertheless was regularly used for church services until 1881–82. The Puritan Chapel was listed Grade I in 1966.

When the chapel proved too small for the growing population, St Giles' Church was built in 1881. [7] The original Methodist chapel was built in 1837 and replaced by the much bigger church in 1896. [5] [8] There is a map showing the location of St Giles and the Methodist church here. Bramhope Cemetery, established in 1861, is in Moor Road, [9] but there are still some historical gravestones remaining in the cemetery of the Puritan Chapel.

Road and railway

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Milestone near St Giles' Church

For many centuries travellers to the market towns in the vicinity used Otley Old Road. However, it was the Leeds to Otley turnpike road, with its tollhouses, opened in 1842, which routed travellers through the outskirts of Bramhope. It is along this route that motorists today travel between Leeds and the northwest. The milestones along the road were erected in 1850. [5]

The railway was excavated under the village through the Bramhope Tunnel constructed between 1845 and 1849. The tunnel has an elaborate castellated northern entrance and there are many heaps of spoil and several ventilation shafts along its length. There is a replica of the tunnel entrance in Otley churchyard, erected as a memorial to the 24 men who lost their lives during the tunnel's construction. [5] A railway station has never been built at or near Bramhope.

Schools

A village school was built in Eastgate where the war memorial garden is situated. A plaque states "On this site in 1790 a Day School was erected by the freeholders and copyholders of Bramhope Township. It was also used as a Sunday School and Public Meeting Place. Demolished 1961". The school became overcrowded whilst tunnelling work for the railway was going on in the late 1840s. It was replaced by a larger building in 1873 in Breary Lane, next to the shopping parade. The present school, situated on Tredgold Crescent, was opened in 1961. [5]

Community

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Robert Craven Memorial Hall

Bramhope has a Round Table, which organises activities to raise money for charity. [10] Bramhope has a cricket club which plays at the Recreation Ground on Old Lane. The club plays in the Leeds and Wetherby Cricket League and has two senior teams. [11]

Memorial Hall

Robert Craven Memorial Hall (originally the Craven Institute, 1896) was part of the bequest of Robert Craven, a local farmer. It is now the village hall and administered as a registered charity. It has a crown bowling green, car park and tennis courts. Inside there are various rooms plus a large hall with stage, which doubles as a badminton court. [12] On the second Saturday of every month a farmer's market is hosted at this hall. [13] The memorial hall also hosts a yearly flower show in the autumn, [14] and a bridge club. [15]

Bramhope Scout Campsite

The 13-acre Bramhope Scout Campsite, to the west of the village, is owned by Central Yorkshire Scouts. [16]

Listed buildings

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Old weaver's cottage, now private residence

Notable people

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See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Parish Headcounts, 2001" Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Bramhope CP (Parish), Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 March 2015
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. BRAMHOPE.
  4. ↑ Harry Parkin, Your City's Place-Names: Leeds, English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Name Society, 2017), p. 27.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Bramhope and Carlton Parish Council". A Brief History of Bramhope (source:A History of the Township of Bramhope' by W.F. Seals). 10 October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
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  7. ↑ "St Giles Bramhope". St Giles Church website. 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "Bramhope Methodist Church". Bramhope Methodist Church website. 2009. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  9. ↑ "Bramhope and Carlton Parish Council". Bramhope Cemetery. 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  10. ↑ "bramhope844.co.uk". Bramhope Round Table. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  11. ↑ "Headingley Bramhope CC". Headingley Bramhope Cricket Club. 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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  13. ↑ "Bramhope Parish Council". Farmers Market. 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  14. ↑ "Bramhope Parish Council". Bramhope flower show. 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  15. ↑ "gfirth.plus.com". Bramhope Bridge Club. 2009. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  16. ↑ "Bramhope Scout Campsite". Central Yorkshire Scouts. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  17. ↑ Historic England. "Puritan Chapel, Otley Road (north side) (1261799)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  18. ↑ Historic England. "Farmhouse, 1 Church Hill (1253371)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  19. ↑ Historic England. "Barn approx 5 metres west of Old Manor Farmhouse (1253372)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  20. ↑ Historic England. "Old Manor Farmhouse (rear portion only) (1261835)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  21. ↑ Historic England. "Weaver's Cottage, 4 Eastgate (1261836)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  22. ↑ Historic England. "Methodist church, Eastgate, north side (1253373)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  23. ↑ Historic England. "Gazebo on northwest corner of garden of Westwood, Hall drive (1253374)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  24. ↑ Historic England. "Manor House, Manor Close (north side) (1253375)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  25. ↑ Historic England. "Sighting tower, south side of Moorland Road (1253379)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  26. ↑ Historic England. "The Hollies, Old Lane, north side (1253380)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  27. ↑ Historic England. "Portal to north entrance to Bramhope railway tunnel (1253370)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  28. ↑ Historic England. "Milestone at Church Hill and Ditley Road junction (1261800)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  29. ↑ Historic England. "Milepost at SE 240 441, Otley Road (north side) (1253381)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
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  34. ↑ Historic England. "Milepost on south-east corner of junction with Pool Bank New Road at SE 241 440, Otley Road (south side) (1253382)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
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  37. ↑ Historic England. "Memorial to victims of Bramhope tunnel disaster, Church Lane (north side), Otley. (1135240)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 July 2009.
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