Whitkirk

Whitkirk
Whitkirk
	; St Mary's Church, Whitkirk
	Whitkirk Whitkirk Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE 363 339
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds ;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire ;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEEDS
Postcode district	LS15
Dialling code	0113
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Leeds East ;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°48′00″N1°27′00″W / 53.800°N 1.450°W Coordinates: 53°48′00″N1°27′00″W / 53.800°N 1.450°W

Last updated November 03, 2022

Whitkirk is a suburb of east Leeds, England. It is situated between Cross Gates to the north, Austhorpe to the east, Killingbeck to the west, Colton to the south-east and Halton to the south-west. The Temple Newsam estate lies directly south of the area.

History

A church is recorded in The Domesday Survey (1086) as belonging to the manor of Gipton and Colton, and as Whitkirk is the only known medieval church in these area of Leeds, it is reasonable to assume that it is Whitkirk church that is being referred to, in which case it must have a late Anglo- Saxon origin at least. The first mention of Whitkirk itself is in 1154–66 in the Early Yorkshire Charters as ‘Witechirche’, meaning ‘white church’.^[1] The name has Old English origins, with the ‘chirche’ element subsequently being replaced by the Old Norse ‘kirkja’. It is possible that the church was the focus of settlement activity at this period extending into the later medieval.^[2]

The renowned civil engineer John Smeaton was born in the local parish of Austhorpe and is buried in Whitkirk churchyard.^[3]

Information

Whitkirk is 4 miles east of Leeds city centre, and about 1 mile from Cross Gates Railway Station,^[4] which has services to Leeds City station and York railway station, and is close to the A63 dual carriageway and M1 motorway, meaning it is an ideal location for commuters. The area is well served by regular buses.

Temple Newsam War Memorial Temple-newsam-war-memorial.jpg — Temple Newsam War Memorial

The area has a cricket club which has a large cricket pitch, five tennis courts, a football pitch and a crown green bowling green, along with a large bar area.^[5] Housing in Whitkirk ranges from detached houses, semi-detached houses and terraced houses. It is also home to a Premier Inn, directly next to the Brown Cow public house, a gym, a Co-op, a carpet shop, an undertaker and an estate agent. The Temple Newsam War Memorial can be found a few hundred yards along Selby road towards Halton.

Education

Whitkirk has three schools, Whitkirk Primary School,^[6] Temple Newsam Halton Primary School,^[7] and Temple Moor High School.^[8]

Comparison

A view over Whitkirk in winter, looking towards Colton Whitkirk-Colton-Sunrinse-Leeds.jpg — A view over Whitkirk in winter, looking towards Colton

Whitkirk lies within the LS15 postcode area. Here is a population breakdown of the postcode area in comparison with the UK population.

Category	LS15	UK average
Population density (people / sq mi)	43.2	24.9
Gender split (females / male)	1.05	1.05
Average commute	6.1 miles	8.73 miles
Average age	38	39
Home ownership	16%	16.9%
Student population	2.4%	4.4%
People in good health	69%	69%

Location grid

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Temple Newsam is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the outer city suburbs of Colton, Halton, Halton Moor and Whitkirk. Austhorpe is also shared with Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward, whilst the current civil parish boundaries of Austhorpe see its eastern half lie in the western tip of Garforth and Swillington ward.

Temple Newsam is a ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 51 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward is to the east of the centre of Leeds, it is largely residential, and contains the suburbs of Colton, Halton, Halton Moor and Whitkirk. The most important building in the ward is Temple Newsam House, which is listed, together with associated structures and buildings in the surrounding park. Most of the other listed buildings are houses, cottages and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The rest include churches and associated structures, a former windmill and mill buildings, two railway bridges, and a school.

References

↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 514. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
↑ "Whitkirk Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). leeds.gov.uk. 13 March 2009. p. 5. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
↑ "History of Whitkirk – St Mary's Church, Whitkirk". whitkirkchurch.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
↑ "History of Whitkirk, in Leeds and Yorkshire | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
↑ "Welcome to Whitkirk Cricket Club". www.whitkirkcc.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
↑ "Whitkirk Primary School - Templegate Walk, Leeds, LS15 0EU". www.whitkirk.org. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
↑ "Templenewsam Halton Primary School - Home". www.templenewsam.leeds.dbprimary.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
↑ "Temple Moor High School; Together we achieve success". tmhs.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

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[1] Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 514. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.

[2] "Whitkirk Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). leeds.gov.uk. 13 March 2009. p. 5. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[3] "History of Whitkirk – St Mary's Church, Whitkirk". whitkirkchurch.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[4] "History of Whitkirk, in Leeds and Yorkshire | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[5] "Welcome to Whitkirk Cricket Club". www.whitkirkcc.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[6] "Whitkirk Primary School - Templegate Walk, Leeds, LS15 0EU". www.whitkirk.org. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[7] "Templenewsam Halton Primary School - Home". www.templenewsam.leeds.dbprimary.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[8] "Temple Moor High School; Together we achieve success". tmhs.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

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