Cookridge is a suburb of north-west Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is a mixture of suburban, twentieth-century private housing and a very small amount of council housing bordering Tinshill

Tinshill

Tinshill is a district of Leeds, 4 miles north of Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Horsforth and Cookridge. When the estate was planned in the 1940s it was originally known as the 'Cookridge Tower Estate'. The estate predated surrounding estates such as...

. It is in the Adel and Wharfedale ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...

 of City of Leeds

City of Leeds

The City of Leeds is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Leeds City Council, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. The metropolitan district includes Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell,...

 metropolitan district, and the Leeds North West

Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leeds North West is a parliamentary constituency in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

 parliamentary constituency. Before 2004 there was a Cookridge ward; it was proposed that the present ward be called Cookridge and Wharfedale, but this was rejected and parts of the Cookridge ward were moved to other wards. The southern part of the former Cookridge ward is Tinshill

Tinshill

Tinshill is a district of Leeds, 4 miles north of Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Horsforth and Cookridge. When the estate was planned in the 1940s it was originally known as the 'Cookridge Tower Estate'. The estate predated surrounding estates such as...

, and there is some crossover with names of institutions.

Nearby places include Adel

Adel, Leeds

Adel is a suburb in North Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Cookridge, Holt Park, Weetwood and Alwoodley. To the north are the villages of Arthington and Bramhope and the market town of Otley...

, Holt Park

Holt Park

Holt Park is a medium-sized low-rise 1970s housing estate in the northwest suburbs of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately from the Leeds city centre situated between Tinshill, Cookridge and Adel, and is at the edge of the Leeds metropolitan urban fringe, bordering the green belt...

, Tinshill

Tinshill

Tinshill is a district of Leeds, 4 miles north of Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Horsforth and Cookridge. When the estate was planned in the 1940s it was originally known as the 'Cookridge Tower Estate'. The estate predated surrounding estates such as...

, Horsforth

Horsforth

Horsforth is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, lying to the north west of Leeds. It has a population of 18,928....

, Bramhope

Bramhope

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....

, Moor Grange

Moor Grange

Moor Grange Estate is a housing estate in the West Park area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which was built in the 1950s on reclaimed farmland. Work on the Moor Grange Estate began in 1955. It was originally owned by the local council, and was leased by the council to tenants as a council...

 and Ireland Wood

Ireland Wood

Ireland Wood is a small residential area in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately to the north west of Leeds city centre. The original planning for Ireland Wood began in 1950....

.

History and buildings

In 1715 Ralph Thoresby

Ralph Thoresby

Ralph Thoresby , born in Leeds and is widely credited with being the first historian of that city. He was besides a merchant, non-conformist, fellow of the Royal Society, diarist, author, common-councilman in the Corporation of Leeds, and museum keeper.-Upbringing:Ralph Thoresby was the son of John...

 described it as a village four miles from Leeds and three from Otley, dating from 1540 and once part of the possessions of Kirkstall Abbey

Kirkstall Abbey

Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire. It is set in a public park on the north bank of the River Aire. It was founded c.1152. It was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the auspices of Henry...

. Thoresby noted traces of a Roman

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

 road and the interesting paths which had been created in the adjacent Moseley Wood.

The Cookridge Estate was bought by Richard Wormald in 1820 and sold in portions by his descendant Francis Wormald in the 1920s. In 1926 Cookridge became part of Leeds, and from 1927 the houses of Cookridge Village began to be built. This was largely under the direction of architect Cecil Crowther and his builder brothers, taking advantage of subsidies from the Housing Acts of 1923-1925. Mavis Lane and Mavis Avenue are named after Cecil Crowther's daughter. Crowther acted as estate agent and produced a 1930 brochure entitled Cookridge - Village of Youth extolling its virtues for newly-weds. This included a map showing 135 plots of an area largely bounded by Cookridge Lane to the east, Moseley Wood Lane to the south, and Cookridge Avenue to the north-west. There were six firms of builders, with different styles.

In the 1950s and 1960s Moseley Wood was developed into a large private housing estate. In the 1970s further land between Tinshill Road and Green Lane was developed to create the areas known locally as 'The Dale Parks'.

Cookridge Hall is a Grade II listed building, dating from the 17th century which was formerly a country house and in 1997 was opened by the Lord Mayor of Leeds as a leisure club with a golf course.

The water-tower was built in 1929 to supply Cookridge village on one of the highest points in Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

 at 192m (630 feet) above sea level. Near the water-tower is Tinshill BT Tower

Tinshill BT Tower

The Tinshill BT Tower is a telecommunication tower located on the east side of Otley Old Road in the north of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...

 (also known as Cookridge Tower), a prominent landmark.

Sports

Cookridge has three sports clubs: Cookridge Cricket Club
,
Cookridge Hall Golf Club
,
and Old Modernians Sports Club

which has football, rugby and cricket teams of varying standards.

Cookridge Hospital

Cookridge Hospital specialised in the treatment of cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

 but these facilities have been transferred to the new St James's

St James's University Hospital, Leeds

St. James's University Hospital in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, popularly known as Jimmy's, is one of the United Kingdom's most famous hospitals...

 Oncology Unit (Bexley Wing) of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.The Trust was formed in April 1998 after the merger of two previous smaller NHS trusts to form one city-wide organisation...

. The main building and the lodge, designed by Norman Shaw

Richard Norman Shaw

Richard Norman Shaw RA , was an influential Scottish architect from the 1870s to the 1900s, known for his country houses and for commercial buildings.-Life:...

 in 1868, are Grade II listed building, as is the lodge.

Religion

The Church of England parish church is Holy Trinity, a 1961 brick building on Green Lane. Cookridge Methodist Church is a brick building on the junction of Tinshill Road and Otley Old Road.

Education

The main primary schools in Cookridge are;

• Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) Primary School
• Cookridge Primary School

External links

Cookridge was in this parish

• Cookridge Hall website http://www.cookridgehall.co.uk/main.htm