43-613: The Hunslet Grange Flats (colloquially known as the Leek Street Flats ) was a complex of deck-accessed flats in Hunslet , Leeds . Slum clearances in the 1960s led to clearing of much of Hunslet with many terraced housing, mostly back-to-backs . Deck accessed flats were becoming a common solution in cities around this time. Leeds had one development of medium rise large scale flats, which were built in Quarry Hill in
86-466: A day branch in 1912. On 23 February 1931, the new building was opened by Arthur Greenwood MP and Minister for Health. The fixtures and fittings in the interior of the library, with an adult and junior reading room, were designed by Thomas Horsman and Co Ltd, costing £1,049 17s 6d . The building is now Hunslet Library and Community Hub. Crown Point once had a large railway depot which contained Leeds' main goods station. After many decades lying derelict
129-605: A gearbox (but no clutch) to provide a low drive ratio for climbing steep hills with heavy loads. At least one was preserved, as part of the Tom Varley collection. Production of ploughing engines ceased in 1935. The last Fowler steam driven vehicle was a steam roller produced in 1937. The main products produced by Fowler during the 1930s were their range of tracked tractors, the FD2, FD3 and FD4, powered by Fowler-Sanders diesel engines of 2, 3, and 4 cylinders. They also produced
172-516: A hunting accident. After his death, John Fowler & Co., was then continued by Robert Fowler and Robert Eddison. In 1886 the limited company of John Fowler & Co., (Leeds) Ltd., was formed. It merged with Marshall, Sons & Co. , Ltd., of Gainsborough in 1947 to form Marshall-Fowler Ltd. Although not well known for them, Fowler also built a small number (117 has been claimed) of steam wagons . These were vertical-boilered, with an unusual single-crank cross-compound vee-twin engine. They featured
215-677: A motorcycle training centre. There are several disused railways crossing the roads, which brought coal from Middleton Colliery to the Meadow Lane Gas Works for the production of town gas , before conversion to North Sea natural gas. Penny Hill surrounds Church Street. This is the old centre of Hunslet referred to as Hunslet Grange when the Leek Street Flats (1968 to 1983) were built. The Leek Street Flats developed problems with crime and condensation and were demolished fifteen years after their construction. The area
258-509: A reported 4,579 children having been fed by food banks between April 2019 and February 2020. A chapel dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin was built in 1636, and enlarged in 1774. It was a brick structure with a tower. It was enlarged by subscription in 1826. There were two churches built on the site. The Victorian church, of which the spire remains, is the tallest in Leeds, was built in 1864 and
301-483: A rubbish disposal chute leading to huge bins at street level. Hidden in the complex on the second floor were shops and a public house , 'The Pioneer'. Twelve of the blocks were six storeys in height and six were of seven, with the entrance on the second floor. The estate covered a large area of Hunslet and was arranged in three clusters around a small park. The individual flats had large windows and were spacious and light, and were very popular with their new tenants. But
344-869: A small Lidl supermarket. The only remaining part is an electrical substation which remains on the Oval. While there are many complexes of similar layout and concept, the Bransholme Maisonettes in Bransholme , Kingston upon Hull were similar in design and aesthetics. They were demolished in the late 1980s having suffered similar problems to Hunslet Grange. Like Hunslet Grange these were also designed by Yorkshire Development Group. The Broomhall flats in Broomhill were also constructed by YDG but were somewhat different aesthetically. Hunslet Hunslet ( English: / ˈ h ʌ n z l ə t / )
387-506: A very similar explosion. By 1906 Hunslet was home to Leeds’ second-largest gas works , the city's main rail goods yards, known at the time as Midland Goods Station (now the site of Crown Point Retail Park), as well as a large number of factories. Hunslet was home to the first free public library in Leeds when a branch library opened on evenings from October 1870 in a room at the Hunslet Mechanics Institute. It became
430-568: Is an inner-city suburb in south Leeds , West Yorkshire , England. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of the city centre and has an industrial past. It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds South parliamentary constituency . The population of the previous City and Hunslet council ward at the 2011 census was 33,705. Many engineering companies were based in Hunslet, including John Fowler & Co. manufacturers of traction engines and steam rollers ,
473-729: Is first mentioned as Hunslet (sic, for *Hunsflet ) in the Domesday Book of 1086, though twelfth-century spellings of the name such as Hunesflete seem to be more conservative: the name appears originally to have meant 'Hūn's creek', from an Anglo-Saxon personal name Hūn (or Hūna ) and the Old English word flēot 'creek, inlet', probably referring to an inlet from the River Aire (> -fleet : Adlingfleet , Adelingesfluet 1086 ; Marfleet , Merefluet 1086 ; Ousefleet , Useflete 1100–1108). There are also
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#1732802183214516-622: Is first mentioned in 1588. Notice : Hunslet is possibly related etymologically to the place-name Honfleur in Normandy, which is probably of Anglo-Scandinavian origin and mentioned as Huneflet in 1025, Hunefleth in 1082 - 87. At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, the manor of Hunslet belonged to the Lacys, from whom it passed to various families including the Gascoignes and
559-553: Is still primarily based around manufacturing and heavy engineering. Newer industries have moved to the western fringes of the area in recent years with the building of new office complexes including the Leeds City Business Park which originally opened with offices for companies including O2 and British Gas . O2 have since moved to Morley . The Morrisons supermarket in the Penny Hill Centre as well as
602-486: Is the industrial area around Kidacre Street, Leathley Road, Ivory Street, Meadow Lane and Cross Myrtle Street where Leeds City Council 's Pottery Fields Depot and the former Meadow Lane Gas Works are situated. Pottery Fields House, has the administrative and engineering functions for Northern Gas Networks. Other businesses include Merlin Gerin medium voltage electrical supplies, a scrap yard and Volkswagen auto breakers, and
645-620: The Hunslet Engine Company builders of locomotives (including those used during the construction of the Channel Tunnel ), Kitson & Co. , Manning Wardle and Hudswell Clarke . Many railway locomotives were built in the Jack Lane area of Hunslet. The area has a mixture of modern and 19th century industrial buildings, terraced housing and 20th century housing. It is an area that has grown up significantly around
688-1366: The John Charles Centre for Sport formerly known as the South Leeds Stadium . The original Hunslet , who played at Parkside, Hunslet , were the first club in Rugby League to win " All Four Cups " in season 1907–08, the Challenge Cup, the RFL Championship, the Yorkshire County League Cup and the Yorkshire County Cup. Only two other clubs have achieved this feat, Huddersfield (1914–15) and Swinton (1927–28). Other local rugby league clubs include Hunslet Warriors , and Hunslet Parkside . John Fowler %26 Co. 53°47′11″N 1°32′16″W / 53.7864905°N 1.5378145°W / 53.7864905; -1.5378145 John Fowler & Co Engineers of Leathley Road, Hunslet , Leeds , West Yorkshire , England produced traction engines and ploughing implements and equipment, as well as railway equipment. Fowler also produced
731-657: The M62 to Manchester and Hull. The motorway was completed in 1971, and isolated a large part of Hunslet Moor. Leeds Hunslet Lane railway station was located on the Hallam Line . It opened in 1840, but in 1846 the Midland Railway replaced it with Leeds Wellington station , and Hunslet Lane became a goods depot, which closed in 1972: the area is now occupied by the Crown Point Retail Park. There
774-471: The River Aire in the early years of the 21st century, especially with the construction of modern riverside flats. It was at one point the main production site for Leeds Creamware, a type of pottery (still produced) so called because of its cream glazing. Hunslet is now prospering as it follows the trend of Leeds generally and the expansion of office and industrial sites south of Leeds city centre. Hunslet
817-678: The Track Marshall tractor which was a tracked version of the Field Marshall . British Railways Engineering Department locomotives ED1 to ED7 were built by Fowler John Fowler was an agricultural engineer and inventor who was born in Wiltshire in 1826. He worked on the mechanisation of agriculture and was based in Leeds . He is credited with the invention of steam-driven ploughing engines. He died 4 December 1864, following
860-428: The rebar became visible. In addition, the 'rabbit-warren' like layout of interconnecting blocks made the estate hard to navigate and police, reduced resident surveillance and provided a haven for surreptitious criminal activity. Burglary, delinquency and violent crime became commonplace while the complex's precincts were used for the abandonment of vehicles. The complex gained a reputation for crime and delinquency and
903-444: The 1930s, however they were more conventional in their enclosed design. Construction of the complex of 350 flats and maisonettes began in 1968 The complex was commissioned by Leeds City Council and built by Shepherd Construction . The building was built of pre-fabricated concrete panels and constructed using temporary cranes built on site which ran on rails across the footprints of where the buildings were to be built. The complex
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#1732802183214946-539: The Costco wholesale warehouse on Leathley Road are also large employers. In 2011, Aston Barclay, a car auction group, purchased the former Motor Auctions Leeds car centre on Hillidge Road to further add to the regeneration of the area. According to an article by the Yorkshire Evening Post , 43% of the area's population lives in poverty and it has the ninth highest child poverty rate in the country, with
989-584: The Fowler Gyrotiller from 1927 - this was a large tracked vehicle 34 foot long and 10 ft 6in wide powered initially by a 225 hp Ricardo petrol engine, later by a 170 hp MAN diesel. It was claimed it could convert virgin territory to seed-bed in one pass and at a rate of an acre per hour. Later versions of the gyrotiller were produced as attachments to the standard Fowler diesel crawler range with Fowler-Sanders engines of 30, 40 and 80 hp. A total of 88 gyrotillers were produced. During
1032-522: The Hunslet Grange (usually known as 'Leek Street Flats'). Construction of the 350 flats and maisonettes started in 1968 following a widespread slum clearance project in the area. The complex was commissioned by Leeds City Council and built by Shepherd Construction , in a maisonette style with so-called 'streets in the sky' and overhead walkways connecting blocks. The exterior of the buildings were pale grey pebbledashed concrete. Each floor had
1075-489: The Neviles. Hunslet was the birthplace of Thomas Gascoigne , born in 1404 and later chancellor of Oxford University. The brewers Joshua Tetley and Son set up business in Hunslet in 1822 producing beer and bitter today as part of Carlsberg Tetley group. However, in 2011 the brewery closed. In 1823 forty working men from Hunslet raised the sum of £1 5s 1d which they sent to the radical publisher Richard Carlile who
1118-464: The Old Norse personal names Húnn (Old Danish Hun ) and Húni , cognates of Hūn(a) . The district of Hunslet Carr, whose name is first attested in the period 1175–89 as Kerra , includes the northern English dialect word carr , meaning 'bog' (borrowed into English from Old Norse kjarr , which had the same meaning, but more commonly "copsewood", "brushwood", "thicket"). Meanwhile, Hunslet moor
1161-571: The Second World War, the Hunslet factory also produced Matilda , Cromwell , and Centaur tanks for the Army. Track castings were made at a Ministry of Supply factory built in 1943 at Sprotbrough, and after the war Fowler acquired this highly mechanised foundry. In 1947 Fowler came under the ownership of Marshall, Sons & Co. (themselves owned by Thomas W. Ward Ltd). The two companies produced agricultural tractors with Fowler focussing on
1204-602: The South Bank of Leeds. Hunslet was formerly a township in the parish of Leeds, in 1866 Hunslet became a separate civil parish , on 1 April 1925 the parish was abolished and merged with Leeds. In 1921 the parish had a population of 71,626. Hunslet, in the lower Aire Valley, is bounded on the east by the River Aire and covers nearly 1,200 acres of flat land. The underlying rocks were coal measures . Hunslet has different areas including Hunslet Moor, Hunslet Carr, Crown Point, Pottery Fields and Penny Hill. Hunslet today
1247-483: The area as well as offering vocational education courses for 14- to 16-year-olds. Hunslet is also the home of Voluntary Action Leeds, the Council for Voluntary Service in Leeds, which provides direct support services and specialist advice to Voluntary Sector organisations across the city. The M621 and A61 , two major roads, pass through the area, providing convenient access to the whole of Yorkshire and access
1290-491: The area was redeveloped into the Crown Point Retail Park, though the main railway cutting into the terminus station can still be seen at the southern end. The former track beds are currently let for storage and contain timber and brickwork. Tetley's Brewery was to the north of this area, as was the Yorkshire Chemical Works: both have now been demolished. Next to the river is Clarence Dock . Pottery Fields
1333-405: The entrance on the second floor. The estate covered a large area of Hunslet and was arranged in three clusters around a small park. The individual flats had large windows running the length of the exterior walls providing the flats with ample natural light. A perimeter road was constructed which remains largely intact as 'The Oval', there was limited vehicular access within this road. The complex
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1376-549: The first tenants moved in, to be replaced with low-rise council housing, which was largely built around the late 1980s. Low Rise private housing was added in the 1990s and 2000s and a public space known as Hunslet Green occupies much of this space. The area is home to a number of voluntary organisations servicing the community, this includes the Hunslet Club, a youth organisation established in 1940 which provides sport, dance and drama activities for hundreds of young people in
1419-457: The former Braime's engineering works, all in close proximity to each other. Bewerley Street Infant School, designed by famous Leeds architect, George Corson , opened on 8 August 1873. By the 1950s, the school was for Juniors (7 – 11 Years) and the Infants had moved to a school on Hunslet Hall Road. The suburb has a rugby league club with historic roots in the form of Hunslet who play at
1462-509: The manufacture of crown and flint glass, extensive potteries for coarse earthenware and the Leeds Pottery. Hunslet Mill, created between 1832 and 1842, is a Grade II listed building. From 1898 to 1935 it was the home of the 25 acres (10 ha) Leeds Steel Works , with four blast furnaces , which was the site of a major industrial accident in 1913, when a boiler explosion killed nine men. Thirteen years earlier, four men had died in
1505-401: The new church building surrounding it was built in the 1970s but was demolished in 2019. Other smaller less notable churches exist in the district. The area is also home to St Joseph's Catholic Club (near a St Joseph's Catholic Church that was demolished in 2005 and is now part of the parish of St Margaret Clitherow). Hunslet's redevelopment in the 1960s was notable for the construction of
1548-418: The popularity was short-lived; the heating systems were inadequate for the poorly insulated concrete prefabricated buildings , the interiors suffered from condensation and the exterior walls became streaked with black. In addition, the "rabbit-warren" layout made the estate hard to navigate and, within a few years, even harder to police. Demolition of the complex started in 1983, less than fifteen years after
1591-495: The pub gained a reputation of its own. Demolition of the complex started in 1983, less than fifteen years after the first tenants moved in. Demolition was undertaken by mechanical means. All other complexes constructed by Yorkshire Development Group were also demolished in the 1980s. Today the site consists of low-rise housing, the Hunslet Green Community Sports Club, a small business park and
1634-466: The tracked versions, and Marshall on the wheeled versions. Although Fowler operated as a subsidiary of Marshall until at least 1966 the companies were eventually merged and the exhibits at the 1970 Smithfield show (three new Track Marshall tractors) are attributed to Marshall-Fowler Limited, John Fowler Works, Leeds. Production at the Hunslet factory finally ceased in early 1974, by which time production of both tracked and wheeled tractors had been moved to
1677-696: Was also a passenger station on Hillidge Road: this is gone, but the Station Hotel remains. The railway yard is now used as the Leeds Vehicle Maintenance Facility for Freightliner . An educational hub has been formed in the north of Hunslet, with Leeds City College 's Printworks Campus using the former Alf Cooke printworks building, Leeds College of Building 's Cudbear Street site, the Ruth Gorse Academy , and University Technical College Leeds (UTC) using
1720-405: Was at first popular with its tenants. However, this early popularity was short-lived. The warm-air heating systems were inadequate for the poorly insulated concrete prefabricated buildings , the interiors suffered from condensation and the exterior walls became streaked with black. The decks were poorly drained and could become flooded in heavy rain. Over time the concrete panels weathered and
1763-401: Was built in the style of so-called 'streets in the sky' with overhead walkways connecting blocks. The exterior of the buildings were pale grey pebbledashed concrete panels. Each floor had a rubbish disposal chute leading to huge bins at street level. Shops and a public house , 'The Pioneer' made up part of the complex. Twelve of the blocks were six storeys in height and six were of seven, with
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1806-409: Was redeveloped in the 1960s, the main feature of this being the Hunslet Grange (Leek Street flats). In the 1980s it was again redeveloped, and in the 2000s, the area around the River Aire and Clarence Dock was redeveloped. Aire Park , a 4.9 acres (2 ha) new public open space and redevelopment, is now being planned for the site surrounding The Tetley art gallery as part of the regeneration of
1849-564: Was serving a prison sentence in Dorchester gaol for the publications in which he exposed the reactionary policies of the government of Lord Liverpool . The subscription was accompanied by a noble letter written by one of the contributors, William Tillotson. The population of Hunslet grew rapidly in the first half of the 19th century becoming an important manufacturing centre. Several large mills were built for spinning of flax including Hunslet Mill , and there were chemical works, works for
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