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44-571: Founder Cecil B. Day , before creating Days Inn, had worked in real estate in Atlanta , Georgia , where he built and developed apartment complexes. He also owned several locations of the fast food chains Jiffy Drive-In and Carrols in Atlanta. Day sold his holdings to Phipps Land Company for $ 14 million in 1969, the largest real estate transaction in the state of Georgia at the time. Day founded Days Inn on Tybee Island , Georgia, in 1970. He proposed

88-573: A duplex for $ 4,000,000 and used the funds to open the first Days Inn hotel, which was located on Tybee Island, Georgia . Day coined the phrase "budget-luxury" and expanded his hotel chain with great success building a large network of franchise hotels. Day had five children and was Southern Baptist . He died of cancer in 1978. Cecil B. Day founded the Day Foundation which supported evangelical churches, organizations and Bible Colleges. This article about an American businessperson born in

132-504: A few hot days approaching 30. According to the 2001 UK Census , Wetherby had a population of 11,155 and the wider Wetherby ward had a population of 26,473 By the time of the 2011 census , the population of the town had fallen to 10,772. Since this was taken, the immediate town area has grown considerably. 150 new dwellings were built in one development in Micklethwaite , then a further 20 were added, flats have also appeared at

176-577: A game, and won the White Rose Cup, playing the final at Featherstone Rovers ' Post Office Road ground. By 1999 the club was in Yorkshire League Division One. The town's rugby union club plays at Grange Park sharing with Kirk Deighton Rangers Junior Football Club and also with the town's cricket and bowls clubs where it has a clubhouse and floodlit pitches. Wetherby Cricket Club plays at Grange Park (adjacent to

220-651: A laboratory in Wetherby on Sandbeck Way. This closed in 2012 and has been demolished, with a new housing estate now on the site. HM Prison Wetherby is located on York Road. On 1 October 2008 the healthcare centre on Hallfield Lane was opened by Colin Burgon , the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Elmet . It was completed in May 2008 and services have been provided from the building since June 2008. The centre has

264-507: A long-distance walk from Leeds to Scarborough , passes through the town. Wetherby Racecourse was originally located at the Ings before moving to York Road. The course is a left-hand oval with easy bends. The racecourse has three stands, one constructed in the 1930s with football-style terracing, a two-tier seated stand constructed in the 1970s and the new Millennium Stand which opened in 1999 providing executive facilities. Wetherby Racecourse

308-459: A new lodging option on a "no-name island" with a flagging tourist economy, the first Days Inn was 100 percent occupied by April 1970. The first property featured 60 rooms and a price of $ 8 per room. Throughout most of the 1970s, the Inns were referred to as 8 Days Inn with pricing starting at $ 8.88 per room. As costs increased, the 8 was removed from advertising and signage. Later in 1970, Day opened

352-600: A range of services these include podiatry physiotherapy and a baby clinic. For many years from 1959, the town's bypass started at a roundabout near a Forte Group Posthouse hotel until July 1988 when the A1 was diverted at a cost of £11.5 million. On 18 December 2004, the northern section of the bypass was diverted to a new section of the A1(M), bypassing Kirk Deighton, after construction work had begun in August 2003. The upgrade of

396-611: A remote first workforce in 2020, the company still retains a large office in the town centre. Farnell opened its first factory in 1956 on the York Road Industrial Estate, leasing some former W.D. Nissen huts . By 1963 it required new premises and moved to the Sandbeck Industrial Estate. In 1997 GSM Valtech Industries Limited GSM purchased the metalwork fabrication site of Farnell Electronics. GSM Valtech's operations were transferred to

440-590: A system of more than 300 hotels in the United States, Mexico, and Canada . Stanley S. Tollman and Monty D. Hundley, via the Tollman-Hundley Hotel Group, became the largest franchisees in the 1980s and bought Days Inn of America. In 1991, they took it into bankruptcy and then sold it to Hospitality Franchise Systems . Tollman and Hundley were indicted on federal bank fraud and tax fraud charges because they had not disclosed all assets in

484-610: Is a further secondary school serving Wetherby situated in Boston Spa . The local college in Wetherby is Leeds City College . The town is home to several sporting clubs: Wetherby Athletic AFC, Wetherby Bulldogs RLFC and Wetherby RUFC, all playing at a higher amateur level. Wetherby Athletic play in the West Yorkshire League . The club was formed in 1949, when previous club Wetherby United folded due to lack of players. The club groundshare with Wetherby Bulldogs RLFC at

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528-594: Is estimated at 1634. Wetherby had two railway stations with services to Leeds, Harrogate, and Church Fenton on the Cross Gates–Wetherby line and the Harrogate–Church Fenton line . These services were withdrawn on 6 January 1964, involving closures of both Wetherby (Linton Road) railway station and Wetherby (York Road) railway station (closed to passengers in 1902) and then closed to goods traffic in 1964. Both of these stations were closed as part of

572-548: Is situated on Sandbeck Way. Inspirepac has a factory on Sandbeck Lane. The ICC Group is a multi national UK IT reseller and service provider which started in 1998. ICC has its HQ at Sandbeck Lane. Supporting over 10% of the FTSE100, it specialises in HP/IBM and Dell products and associated IT services. Proactis a leading modular Source-to-Pay solutions provider has been in based in Wetherby since 1996. Despite transitioning to

616-583: The Beeching Axe . The nearest railway stations are both Pannal railway station and Cattal railway station . The closest airport is Leeds Bradford International Airport in Yeadon . There are four primary schools situated in Wetherby and one secondary school, Wetherby High School (formerly Wetherby Secondary Modern School). There is Crossley Street Primary School, Deighton Gates Primary School, St Josephs Primary School and St James C of E School. There

660-816: The River Wharfe , and for centuries has been a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road midway between London and Edinburgh. Wetherby Bridge , which spans the River Wharfe, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed structure . The course of the Old Great North Road passes through the town and, as result of its situation on the road, as well as being a major cattle droving route from Scotland to London, many coaching inns were established in Wetherby which are still used by travellers today. The town sits in

704-688: The West Yorkshire Road Car Company bus depot and bus station, and has been further redeveloped to include shops, offices, and a restaurant and the bus station. The site of the watermill by the weir, is now occupied by riverside flats. Wetherby has a manufacturing presence in the town and on the Thorp Arch Trading Estate . Many residents work in Leeds or on the Sandbeck industrial estate, major retailers in

748-614: The Wetherby ward of Leeds City Council and the Wetherby and Easingwold parliamentary constituency . It was listed in the 2018 Sunday Times report on Best Places to Live in northern England. Wetherby is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Wedrebi . The name derives from the Old Norse words veðr (" wether , castrated male sheep", in its genitive singular form veðrar ) and bý ("farmstead, village"). Thus

792-624: The 1930s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a person from the U.S. state of Georgia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wetherby Wetherby ( / ˈ w ɛ ð ər b i / ) is a market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds , West Yorkshire , England. It is close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire , and lies approximately 12 miles (19 kilometres) from Leeds City Centre, 12 mi (19 km) from York and 8 mi (13 km) from Harrogate. The town stands on

836-484: The 2009 edition, and the buildings are currently (2021) private housing. Since 2010 Wetherby has been in the Elmet and Rothwell constituency, a marginal seat . The town's MP is Alec Shelbrooke ( Conservative ) who has his constituency offices in the town. Wetherby is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council and has a town council responsible for amenities such as parks. The a coat of arms transferred over from

880-746: The Days Inn brand to the UK under a licence from a US company. It used to have one at each service station with a hotel. However, some have been converted to Ramada . Welcome Break also run a couple of non-motorway hotels, one of which is in Milton Keynes . Additionally, some locations are operated on behalf of Extra Services . Roadchef also maintains Days Inn Hotels at most of their sites. Days Inn and Moto Hospitality have experimented with two hotels in Wetherby and Winchester . Cecil B. Day Cecil Burke Day (December 10, 1934 – December 15, 1978)

924-737: The Harrogate and Tadcaster Leagues) and three flat green teams. Formed in October 2004, Wetherby Runners Athletic Club is based at Wetherby Sports Association with a membership of over 160. A junior section competes in West Yorks Track & Field & cross country Leagues. It competes throughout the region in Harrogate Road League, Yorkshire Dales Race Series, West Yorks Cross Country League and takes part in cross country, fell, road races and marathons. The club organises

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968-667: The Market Place was redeveloped in 1995. Since the partial pedestrianisation of the Market Place in 2007 capacity at the bus station has been reduced. Services are operated by National Express coach services, First West Yorkshire run buses to Leeds via Roundhay , Harrogate Bus Company runs to Leeds via Boston Spa and Seacroft and to Harrogate via Spofforth , Connexionsbuses run to Harrogate and York via Tockwith , Eddie Brown run to Bickerton , Arriva buses run to Wakefield via Garforth and Sandla Transport run to Knaresborough , Tadcaster and Otley . The daily footfall

1012-717: The Scottish raiders in 1318 or the 18th-century drovers who used Wetherby as a watering place. In the English Civil War in 1644, before marching to Tadcaster and on to Marston Moor , the Parliamentarians spent two days in Wetherby joining forces with the Scots. In the heyday of the coaching era, Wetherby had up to forty inns and alehouses . The first recorded mail coach arrived in Wetherby in 1786. In 1824, William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire sold

1056-735: The Second World War, as a member of the USAAF ground staff, with the rank of captain. He was transferred to RAF Polebrook in Northamptonshire. Adolf Hitler offered a reward to anyone who was able to catch the airman. Group Captain Leonard Cheshire was stationed at Marston Moor for a short while before leaving to become commander of the 617 Dam Buster squadron . Wetherby had the only stone frigate north of London, built on Hallfield Lane in 1942 (it later became

1100-633: The South Wetherby A1(M) / A661 intersection). It plays in the Wetherby League and the Whixley Evening League fielding two senior and junior sides ranging from U-9s to U-17s. Wetherby Bowling Club was established in 1986 at Grange Park Sports Centre between the cricket club and the rugby union club. It has crown and flat greens and takes part in a floodlit mini league. The club has six crown green teams (playing in

1144-504: The Wetherby 10k Run on the second Sunday in September at Wetherby Racecourse. Wetherby Golf Club has an 18-hole golf course, constructed in two loops of 9 holes along Wetherby Ings where, 100 years ago, steeplechase racing was the major sporting activity. The course is almost 6,700 yards with five variable tee positions. Wetherby Castlegarth Tennis Club has had a presence in the town since 1904. The route of The White Rose Way ,

1188-487: The Wetherby site, increasing the manufacturing area to 28,000 sq ft and gaining staff with 40 years' experience in manufacturing electronic enclosures. Substantial investment followed. The company specialises in the manufacture and wholesale distribution of electrical, electronic and measurement, control and instrumentation equipment. In the 1990s the company moved to offices in Armley . The Forensic Science Service had

1232-501: The crew of the Racecourse-class minesweeper HMS Wetherby despite hardship and shortages caused by the war. During the Second World War, nearby RAF Tockwith was renamed RAF Marston Moor to avoid confusion with RAF Topcliffe . Part of the airfield is now a driver training centre and the old control tower is used as the offices. Parts of the runways can still be seen. Clark Gable was stationed at Marston Moor, during

1276-478: The former Motorworld , La Locanda Restaurant, Deighton Road car garage, Fields Works and the cattle market. In the late 2010s, two new large scale greenfield housing developments started to be developed; one in the Sandbeck area and another in the Spofforth Hill area. The Wharfedale Brewery became Oxley's mineral water factory during the inter-war years. It was demolished in the 1950s and redeveloped as

1320-765: The former Wetherby Rural District Council , it was the first such arms to be granted by the College of Arms to a rural district council, on 7 January 1938. Wetherby has a cool, fairly moist climate with changeable weather year-round. Liquid equivalent precipitation totals about 630mm per year and is fairly well distributed through the seasons. Cloudy weather tends to predominate, but settled, sunny spells occur at times, as well. Winter temperatures average just above freezing for lows, with highs about 5–9 C. Frost and snow are not uncommon, but are rarely severe or prolonged. Temperatures very rarely drop as low as −10 C. Summers are mild, with lows mostly 10–15 and highs 15–25, with

1364-408: The idea as a means of using a piece of land he owned on the island. When the first Days Inn opened, Day could not find maid service, so he had his children make up the rooms' beds. Also, a truck that delivered furniture was too heavy for the bridge onto the island, so Day's mother hauled furniture onto the island in her station wagon. Despite the criticism that Day faced from friends for wanting to start

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1408-422: The local secondary school), named in turn; HMS Cabot , Demetrius , Rodney and Ceres . The base was closed in 1958 and transferred to Chatham . Throughout the 1960s the town council deliberated over how best to enlarge the town centre to cope with the needs of a growing population and to provide the town with a purpose built supermarket. Plans were put forward to enlarge the town over the ings , or to develop

1452-834: The name once meant "wether's farmstead". Historically , Wetherby was a part of the Claro Wapentake (as part of the parish of Spofforth ) within the West Riding of Yorkshire . In the 12th and 13th centuries the Knights Templar and later the Knights Hospitallers were granted land and properties in Yorkshire . The local preceptory founded in 1217 was at Ribston Park. In 1240 the Knights Templar were granted by Royal Charter of Henry III

1496-544: The newly refurbished ground on Ings . Three-time English champions Leeds United 's training ground is located just outside Wetherby. Wetherby Bulldogs rugby league team play at the Ings with Wetherby Athletic. The club plays in the Pennine League Division Four. The club was formed in 1983 playing in the York and District Sunday League. In the 1997/98 season, Wetherby won the league without losing

1540-457: The process. Tollman fled to London in 2002, where he fought extradition for many years. In 2008, he agreed to a plea deal that would allow him to return home in exchange for more than $ 100 million. In August of 2022, a mass shooting took place in and outside of a Days Inn in Phoenix, Arizona . Two were killed and 5 others were injured before the shooter committed suicide . Starting with

1584-588: The right to hold a market in Wetherby (known then as Werreby) on Thursdays and a yearly fair was permitted lasting three days over the day of St James the Apostle . From 1318 to 1319 the North of England suffered many raids from the Scots. After the Battle of Bannockburn Wetherby was burned and many people were taken and killed. According to the blue plaque at the entrance to the lane, Scott Lane could be named after

1628-530: The second location in Forsyth, many Days Inns featured a restaurant and gift shop combination called Tasty World. Day refused to sell alcohol at Tasty World restaurants. Day did not drink alcohol and decided to target families with the brand. He noted that his refusal was criticized by bankers, who felt that including a bar would increase profits. Forsyth and many properties after it also featured on-site gasoline pumps to sell unbranded fuel to motel guests. Day, who

1672-720: The second location, in Forsyth, Georgia . During a heavy rainstorm a week before construction was completed and the planned opening day, about 20 travelers were allowed to stay at the property, at Day's insistence despite unfinished rooms. Three nights later all 120 rooms were occupied. Through the 1970s hotel guests could take home a paperback Bible (usually the American Bible Society Good News Bible New Testament ) from their guest rooms for free. Days Inn of America, Inc. began franchising hotels in 1972 and within eight years created

1716-612: The section between Bramham and Wetherby started in July 2007 and was scheduled to be completed in 2009. The upgrading of the A1 included the construction of Wetherby Services at the Wetherby North Junction. The upgrading of the A1(M) in Wetherby was the final development after 50 years of gradual improvement to motorway standard. A new road links all routes in and out of the town with the A1(M). Wetherby bus station in

1760-530: The town centre into a pedestrian precinct. In the end it was decided to build a purpose built shopping precinct , which was built in the 1970s and underwent a significant redevelopment throughout 2003. By 2006 the remaining open parts of the Horsefair Centre were enclosed under a glass canopy roof. The 1986 Ordnance Survey 1:50 000 map (sheet 104) shows a 'hospital' at the corner of Spofforth Hill and Linton Road (grid 398484); this no longer appears on

1804-567: The town centre or at Thorp Arch. Large employers include the British Library , Morrisons , Goldenfry Foods and Moores Furniture. 2017 saw the return of brewing to Wetherby when the Wetherby Brew Company established a new microbrewery and taproom on the York Road Industrial Estate. Goldenfry, which started as a fish and chip shop but which now makes other products including own-brand gravy for every UK supermarket,

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1848-554: The town of Wetherby (except one house) to finance work at Chatsworth . Wetherby provides the setting for the novel Oldbury (1869) by Annie Keary . During the First World War , many Wetherby men served with either the 5th or 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment , which had great losses in Flanders . A war memorial designed by E. F. Roslyn was dedicated on 22 April 1922. In 1918, residents contributed to support

1892-553: Was a devout Christian, also offered a network of chaplains to provide ministry at each motel. Days Inn was one of the first hotel chains to offer discounts to senior citizens . It was also among the first to locate its properties along suburban and rural exits on the Interstate Highway System , as opposed to more urban locations. The hotel brands of Days Inn include: In the UK, the top four motorway service operators have Days Inn hotels. Welcome Break brought

1936-840: Was an American hotelier, known for founding the hotel chain Days Inn . Day studied at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia , but withdrew prior to graduation to join the United States Marine Corps . After the Marine Corps, Day studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology ; he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and graduated with a degree in Industrial Management in 1958. Day owned real estate in Atlanta, Georgia . He sold

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