Calverley
Coordinates: 53°49′36″N 1°41′27″W / 53.8266°N 1.6908°W
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 St Wilfrid's Parish Church (C of E) Calverley |
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  Calverley
Calverley shown within West Yorkshire |
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| Metropolitan borough | City of Leeds |
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| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PUDSEY |
| Postcode district | LS28 |
| Dialling code | 0113 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Pudsey |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Calverley is a village located in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, on the A657 road, midway between Leeds city centre and Bradford city centre. In the 1086 Domesday Book it is shown as Caverleia also Caverlei.
The village was part of the Municipal Borough of Pudsey alongside Farsley until 1974. Though for centuries previously both Pudsey and Farsley were part of the Calverley parish.[1] Now it is in the Leeds metropolitan borough, postcode LS28.
Calverley is generally a rural village with a medieval manor house Calverley Old Hall which was home to the Calverley family. Buildings are generally of sandstone, darkened by the soot of the Industrial Revolution, though there are brick buildings in an estate to the south of the original village. The Anglican parish church is St Wilfrid's, which has parts dating from the 11th or 12th Century. The tower was added and increased in the 13th to 15th century.[2] There is also a Methodist Church dating from 1872, beside Victoria Park, a recreation ground [3] which is home to Calverley St Wilfrid's Cricket Club.[4] Both churches are Grade II listed buildings.[5] There are two golf courses to the south of the village, Woodhall Hills Golf Club (established 1905)[6] off Woodhall Road, and Calverley Golf Club off Woodhall Lane.
In 1604 the local land owner, Walter Calverley, went insane and murdered some of his children in Calverley Hall. He refused to plead and was ordered to be pressed to death, a method that was used to try to force a confession. However, he died without confessing his crime in order to ensure that his estate was not taken from his remaining family.[7] Legend has it that he can still be seen as a ghost, wandering in his old grounds (which disturbingly includes the insides of some people's houses).[8]
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Methodist Church (1872)
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Older Calverley Houses
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[edit] References
- ^ Calverley Parish past boundaries
- ^ Calverley Today David Weldrake (20 December 2007) Calverley Village History
- ^ About Leeds Victoria Park
- ^ Calverley St Wilfrid's Cricket Club
- ^ Claverley Today Faith
- ^ Woodhall Hills Golf Club
- ^ The History of Calverley
- ^ The story of Pudsey (including Calverley)
[edit] External links
- CalverleyInfo, Genealogical and historical Website
- YEP Calverley Today Community Website
- The story of Pudsey (including Calverley)
- The ancient parish of Calverley: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI
- Calverley St. Wilfrids Cricket Club official website
