Moor Grange
Encyclopedia
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 estate. Most of the housing on the estate is now privately owned. Moor Grange does not suffer the crime problems of other council estates (including the nearby Hawksworth Estate
). House prices on the estate are high, and Moor Grange is considered a 'model council estate'. This may be due the affluence of the area in which it is situated. Moor Grange backs onto the smaller Spen Estate which is another council estate in West Park
.
For details on the original planning of the estate see the Leodis website.http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=7364
Moor Grange
was also the name of a boys county secondary school sited across the ring road
. In the latter stages of its life it was renamed Moor Grange High School. It had a football
pitch, a cricket
square, a rugby
field, an athletics area including long jump
, high jump
and pole vault
, a running track of 440 yards and two tennis
courts. It also boasted a gym and its assembly hall was frequently used as an additional gym. It has since been demolished and a HM Revenue and Customs
House has been built on the site.
On the junction of Spen Lane and Butcher Hill is West Park County Secondary (Girls) School. This building is still used by the education authority, but not as a school.
Abbey Grange School is located on Butcher Hill near to Hawksworth
. Abbey Grange School was named after a former Kirkstall Abbey Mannor. The School was opened on 11 October 1952 by the then Princess Royal Princess Mary
, Countess of Harewood.
For a picture of the now demolished Moor Grange County Secondary School see the Leodis Database http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200851_166677
is the West Park United Reformed Church. Another church was built in the late 1960s called St Andrews on the junction of Butcher Hill and Old Oak Drive which is technically on the Spen estate. Details on the St Andrews web site . The row of shops that has the Co-op is technically on the Spen Estate and used to contain a Milk delivery dairy and in the 70's a Fish and Chip Shop opened which was formerly a butcher shop.
There is a wide variety of council housing in Moor Grange built throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Most of the estate is made up of red brick semi-detached
houses, there are also flats built in the style of houses, and a few rows of red brick terraced houses. There is the Linton Croft complex of sheltered housing situated at the top of Old Farm Parade. There are three blocks of high rise flats, these being Clayton Court, Clayton Grange (both of which were used for the filming of The Beiderbecke Affair) and Moor Grange Court situated on Butcher Hill. There are also several smaller blocks of flats (three and four stories) situated around the estate, as well as flats built in the style of houses. There are also flats situated aboove all of the parades of shops on the estate.
. Some old and recent pictures of the estate can be seen on the Leodis website which has a large collection of photos from Leeds and surrounding areas. It is circled by the West Park section of the Leeds Outer Ring Road, Spen Lane and Butcher Hill. There are three high rise blocks of flats: one on Butcher Hill called Moor Grange Court; the other two are Clayton Grange and Clayton Cout at the bottom of Fillingfir Drive. At the corner of Old Farm Parade are three sets of maisonettes which have recenetly been renovated on the outside.
Proximity to the Airport
Moor Grange is situated about 4 miles from Leeds Bradford International Airport
. Since 2000 the air traffic to the airport has increased from around 1.6 million passengers a year to over 3 million passengers a year. This has led to a large increase in air traffic over the estate, particularly in the summer months. The frequency of the extra traffic, has caused annoyance to some residents. At peak time, five or six passenger jets may pass over Moor Grange to land at the airport every hour. The level of traffic is expected to grow further.
Moor Grange View, Moor Grange Rise, Moor Grange Drive and some of West Park Drive were built before the rest and probably around the same time as some of the houses on West Park
. Technically they can be said to be part of the Moor Grange Estate.
is about 4 miles to the south east. To the north is the Ireland Wood
estate. To the South are Kirkstall
, Hawksworth
and Headingley
. Horsforth
is close by and has its own web site.
; route number 76 from Moor Grange to Middleton; route 73 went from Moor Grange to Greenthorpe. West Yorkshire Bus route number 655 from Leeds
to Bradford
and the similar route 755 both skirted the estate via Spen Lane and Butcher Hill. These routes have been either discontinued or re-routed due to the deregulation of the bus routes in the 1980s. Route 135 was a school bus route and operated the same route as the 74 but terminated at the Beckett Park estate; it ran through the week purely for pupils of Beckett Park Junior mixed and Infant School.
, and Moor Grange is served by route 56. The route, which is part of the 'Overground Network', operates between Whinmoor
, Headingley
and Moor Grange, where it terminates on Latchmere Drive. Route 97, between Leeds and Guiseley, operates along Spen Lane and Butcher Hill. The Leeds to Harrogate railway line
passes near to Moor Grange, although the nearest stations are at Headingley
and Horsforth
. Leeds Bradford International Airport
is approximately 4 miles to the north west.
and the Airedale
. Close by are The Bridge at the bottom of Butcher Hill (geographically in Horsforth), The Hark To Rover at the bottom of Spen lane which was originally a row of shops. Approximately 2 miles away down Queenswood Drive is The Duttons Arms.
Moor Grange was used as a backdrop for the TV series The Beiderbecke Affair
which featured shots from Abbey Grange School, Butcher Hill playing fields and Clayton Grange Flats.
Moor Grange is also used as one of the locations for the TV series Fat Friends
. 'Midgelys' Fish and Chip Shop on Butcher Hill featured as 'Big and Battered Fish and Chip Shop'. on the series.
Moor Grange is also the name of a row of houses in Yeadon
situated on Victoria Road (A658).
A bonfire
used to be held every year on 5 November (Bonfire Night
) on the field that is bordered by Old Farm Drive, although this has now been stopped due to health and safety restrictions.
Although Moor Grange was built on the site of an Old Farm there are more street names beginning with Latchmere than they are Old Farm and only three beginning with Moor Grange. Three roads also commence with the name Fillingfir and the 3 blocks of high rise flats are named .. Moor Grange Court, Clayton Grange and Clayton Court. Clayton maybe associated with nearby Clayton Ponds in Clayton Woods just across the ring road
.
Moor Grange is also the name of a fictional Horse Stable and Country Estate set in Devon, UK in the books about "Kit Hunter Show Jumper" by Peter Grey.
Moor Grange was also the name of a hall at the Leeds School of Medicine which in turn became the University of Leeds.
Housing estate
A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...
in the West Park
West Park, Leeds
West Park is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north of Headingley. It is a mixed area of private suburban housing and suburban council estates. The name derives from its main park containing playing fields together with a conservation area of grassy meadow ending in woodland...
area of 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...
, 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 estate. Most of the housing on the estate is now privately owned. Moor Grange does not suffer the crime problems of other council estates (including the nearby Hawksworth Estate
Hawksworth, West Yorkshire
Hawksworth is a small, early twentieth-century council estate in the Kirkstall area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.It is situated on a hill between West Park and Horsforth and is circled by Butcher Hill, the A65 and Vesper Road...
). House prices on the estate are high, and Moor Grange is considered a 'model council estate'. This may be due the affluence of the area in which it is situated. Moor Grange backs onto the smaller Spen Estate which is another council estate in West Park
West Park, Leeds
West Park is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north of Headingley. It is a mixed area of private suburban housing and suburban council estates. The name derives from its main park containing playing fields together with a conservation area of grassy meadow ending in woodland...
.
For details on the original planning of the estate see the Leodis website.http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=7364
Education
Moor Grange County Secondary School
Moor Grange County Secondary School was located in the Leeds postal district of Leeds 16 at the junction of Parkstone Avenue and the West Park section of the Leeds Ring Road . Although it was named Moor Grange it was actually located in the Ireland Wood area with Moor Grange Estate being located...
was also the name of a boys county secondary school sited across the ring road
Ring road
A ring road, orbital motorway, beltway, circumferential highway, or loop highway is a road that encircles a town or city...
. In the latter stages of its life it was renamed Moor Grange High School. It had a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
pitch, a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
square, a rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
field, an athletics area including long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
, high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
and pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
, a running track of 440 yards and two tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
courts. It also boasted a gym and its assembly hall was frequently used as an additional gym. It has since been demolished and a HM Revenue and Customs
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes and the payment of some forms of state support....
House has been built on the site.
On the junction of Spen Lane and Butcher Hill is West Park County Secondary (Girls) School. This building is still used by the education authority, but not as a school.
Abbey Grange School is located on Butcher Hill near to Hawksworth
Hawksworth, West Yorkshire
Hawksworth is a small, early twentieth-century council estate in the Kirkstall area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.It is situated on a hill between West Park and Horsforth and is circled by Butcher Hill, the A65 and Vesper Road...
. Abbey Grange School was named after a former Kirkstall Abbey Mannor. The School was opened on 11 October 1952 by the then Princess Royal Princess Mary
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal...
, Countess of Harewood.
For a picture of the now demolished Moor Grange County Secondary School see the Leodis Database http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200851_166677
Buildings
Moor Grange has three rows of shops which include newsagents, charity shop, and grocers. It does not have a church but close by on West ParkWest Park, Leeds
West Park is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north of Headingley. It is a mixed area of private suburban housing and suburban council estates. The name derives from its main park containing playing fields together with a conservation area of grassy meadow ending in woodland...
is the West Park United Reformed Church. Another church was built in the late 1960s called St Andrews on the junction of Butcher Hill and Old Oak Drive which is technically on the Spen estate. Details on the St Andrews web site . The row of shops that has the Co-op is technically on the Spen Estate and used to contain a Milk delivery dairy and in the 70's a Fish and Chip Shop opened which was formerly a butcher shop.
Housing
Semi-detached
Semi-detached housing consists of pairs of houses built side by side as units sharing a party wall and usually in such a way that each house's layout is a mirror image of its twin...
houses, there are also flats built in the style of houses, and a few rows of red brick terraced houses. There is the Linton Croft complex of sheltered housing situated at the top of Old Farm Parade. There are three blocks of high rise flats, these being Clayton Court, Clayton Grange (both of which were used for the filming of The Beiderbecke Affair) and Moor Grange Court situated on Butcher Hill. There are also several smaller blocks of flats (three and four stories) situated around the estate, as well as flats built in the style of houses. There are also flats situated aboove all of the parades of shops on the estate.
Demographics
Most Street names are preceded by Old Farm, Latchmere, Moor Grange and Fillingfir. It also benefits from three large grassed areas for recreation. Close by for fishing are Clayton Ponds which are locted in Clayton WoodClayton Wood
Clayton Wood is an area of woodland towards the north west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England at . It is bordered by Lawnswood, Horsforth, Ireland Wood and Tinshill. Towards the west of the wood runs a beck . Along the north of the wood is Silk Mill Road and to the east is Ireland Wood...
. Some old and recent pictures of the estate can be seen on the Leodis website which has a large collection of photos from Leeds and surrounding areas. It is circled by the West Park section of the Leeds Outer Ring Road, Spen Lane and Butcher Hill. There are three high rise blocks of flats: one on Butcher Hill called Moor Grange Court; the other two are Clayton Grange and Clayton Cout at the bottom of Fillingfir Drive. At the corner of Old Farm Parade are three sets of maisonettes which have recenetly been renovated on the outside.
Proximity to the Airport
Moor Grange is situated about 4 miles from Leeds Bradford International Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport is located at Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Leeds city centre itself...
. Since 2000 the air traffic to the airport has increased from around 1.6 million passengers a year to over 3 million passengers a year. This has led to a large increase in air traffic over the estate, particularly in the summer months. The frequency of the extra traffic, has caused annoyance to some residents. At peak time, five or six passenger jets may pass over Moor Grange to land at the airport every hour. The level of traffic is expected to grow further.
Roads
Old Farm Drive. Old Farm Close. Old Farm Garth. Old Farm Cross, Old Farm Walk. Old Farm Approach. Old Farm Parade. Latchmere Road, Latchmere Approach. Latchmere Green, Latchmere Cross. Latchmere View. Latchmere Drive. Latchmere Gardens. Latchmere Walk. Latchmere Crest. Latchmere Close. Fillingfir Drive. Fillingfir Road and Fillingfir Walk.Moor Grange View, Moor Grange Rise, Moor Grange Drive and some of West Park Drive were built before the rest and probably around the same time as some of the houses on West Park
West Park, Leeds
West Park is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north of Headingley. It is a mixed area of private suburban housing and suburban council estates. The name derives from its main park containing playing fields together with a conservation area of grassy meadow ending in woodland...
. Technically they can be said to be part of the Moor Grange Estate.
Location
Leeds City SquareLeeds City Square
City Square is a paved open area in Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England.In 1897, the Leeds city council of the time wanted to improve the open space near to the Post Office and in 1899 work was completed. The city square was enhanced with the erection of statues, the grandest being the...
is about 4 miles to the south east. To the north is the 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....
estate. To the South are Kirkstall
Kirkstall
Kirkstall is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. To the west is Bramley, to the east is Headingley and to the north is West Park. Kirkstall is around from the city centre and is close to the University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan...
, Hawksworth
Hawksworth, West Yorkshire
Hawksworth is a small, early twentieth-century council estate in the Kirkstall area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.It is situated on a hill between West Park and Horsforth and is circled by Butcher Hill, the A65 and Vesper Road...
and Headingley
Headingley
Headingley is a suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road...
. 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....
is close by and has its own web site.
History
Moor Grange had a number of bus routes either passing through or terminating/starting on the estate. LCT bus route number 74 went from Moor Grange to Belle IsleBelle Isle, Leeds
Belle Isle is a large suburb south of Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England. It is bounded to the north and east by the M621 motorway.The district lies in the LS10 Leeds postcode area...
; route number 76 from Moor Grange to Middleton; route 73 went from Moor Grange to Greenthorpe. West Yorkshire Bus route number 655 from 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...
to Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
and the similar route 755 both skirted the estate via Spen Lane and Butcher Hill. These routes have been either discontinued or re-routed due to the deregulation of the bus routes in the 1980s. Route 135 was a school bus route and operated the same route as the 74 but terminated at the Beckett Park estate; it ran through the week purely for pupils of Beckett Park Junior mixed and Infant School.
Current services
Bus services are now operated by First LeedsFirst Leeds
First Leeds is one of the bus companies serving the area of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...
, and Moor Grange is served by route 56. The route, which is part of the 'Overground Network', operates between Whinmoor
Whinmoor
Whinmoor is residential area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The area is 5 miles to the north east of the city centre, adjacent to Swarcliffe and Seacroft in the LS14 Leeds postcode area...
, Headingley
Headingley
Headingley is a suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road...
and Moor Grange, where it terminates on Latchmere Drive. Route 97, between Leeds and Guiseley, operates along Spen Lane and Butcher Hill. The Leeds to Harrogate railway line
Harrogate Line
The Harrogate Line is the name given to a passenger rail service through parts of North Yorkshire and the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England connecting Leeds to York by way of Harrogate and Knaresborough. The service is operated by Northern Rail, with a few additional workings by East...
passes near to Moor Grange, although the nearest stations are at Headingley
Headingley railway station
Headingley railway station is off Kirkstall Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England on the Harrogate Line north west of Leeds...
and Horsforth
Horsforth railway station
Horsforth railway station is a railway station in West Yorkshire, England. It is on the Harrogate Line north west of Leeds station and the final stop in the Metro regulated area towards Harrogate...
. Leeds Bradford International Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport is located at Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Leeds city centre itself...
is approximately 4 miles to the north west.
Pubs
Moor Grange has one pub called The Dalesman at the junction of Butcher Hill and Old Farm Approach. Its three rooms were once named The Strid, The WharfedaleWharfedale
Wharfedale is one of the Yorkshire Dales in England. It is the valley of the River Wharfe. Towns and villages in Wharfedale include Buckden, Kettlewell, Conistone, Grassington, Hebden, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Arthington, Collingham, and Wetherby...
and the Airedale
Airedale
Airedale is a geographic area in Yorkshire, England, corresponding to the river valley of the River Aire . The valley stretches from the river's origin in Malham which is in the Yorkshire Dales, down past Keighley and Bingley, through Leeds and Castleford and on to join the Humber...
. Close by are The Bridge at the bottom of Butcher Hill (geographically in Horsforth), The Hark To Rover at the bottom of Spen lane which was originally a row of shops. Approximately 2 miles away down Queenswood Drive is The Duttons Arms.
Trivia
The Beiderbecke Affair
The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the UK by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits to British Television since the 1960s included the preceding 4 part mini series Get Lost! for ITV in 1981...
which featured shots from Abbey Grange School, Butcher Hill playing fields and Clayton Grange Flats.
Moor Grange is also used as one of the locations for the TV series Fat Friends
Fat Friends
Fat Friends is an ITV drama , following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships,...
. 'Midgelys' Fish and Chip Shop on Butcher Hill featured as 'Big and Battered Fish and Chip Shop'. on the series.
Moor Grange is also the name of a row of houses in Yeadon
Yeadon, West Yorkshire
Yeadon is a town within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. It is home to Leeds Bradford International Airport.-History:...
situated on Victoria Road (A658).
A bonfire
Bonfire
A bonfire is a controlled outdoor fire used for informal disposal of burnable waste material or as part of a celebration. Celebratory bonfires are typically designed to burn quickly and may be very large...
used to be held every year on 5 November (Bonfire Night
Guy Fawkes Night
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in England. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding...
) on the field that is bordered by Old Farm Drive, although this has now been stopped due to health and safety restrictions.
Although Moor Grange was built on the site of an Old Farm there are more street names beginning with Latchmere than they are Old Farm and only three beginning with Moor Grange. Three roads also commence with the name Fillingfir and the 3 blocks of high rise flats are named .. Moor Grange Court, Clayton Grange and Clayton Court. Clayton maybe associated with nearby Clayton Ponds in Clayton Woods just across the ring road
Ring road
A ring road, orbital motorway, beltway, circumferential highway, or loop highway is a road that encircles a town or city...
.
Moor Grange is also the name of a fictional Horse Stable and Country Estate set in Devon, UK in the books about "Kit Hunter Show Jumper" by Peter Grey.
Moor Grange was also the name of a hall at the Leeds School of Medicine which in turn became the University of Leeds.