32-454: SLP College is an independent, co-educational performing arts college based in Garforth near Leeds , West Yorkshire , England. In 1974 Sandra A. Reid founded 'Sandra A Reid, School of Ballet and Theatre Dance' It initially offered classes for young children and was held in a small church hall before Reid purchased the first Studio La Pointe premises in around 1983. 'Studios La Pointe', was
64-621: A British Ambassador to Japan , 1946 – 1951, or rather a Political advisor to Japan, 1946–1951, British Ambassador to Russia , 1951 – 1953, a CMG in 1942, KCMG in 1948, GBE in 1953, whose son, Captain Douglas Wilder Trench-Gascoigne, (11 November 1917 – August 1944) had predeceased him while fighting in WWII, in August 1944. The property was presented to the people of Leeds [maintained by Leeds City Council] for
96-542: A commuter town for Leeds, York & City of Wakefield area. There is a light industrial estate to the north of the village which provides some employment, such as Ginetta Cars , while the neighbouring Thorpe Business Park in Colton also provides employment. Garforth's rail connections and access to the M1 , A1(M) and M62 have made it a desirable area for commuters to live. Garforth's amenities are similar to some towns in
128-499: A social enterprise , giving its profits to projects in the village. There are also a number of take away food outlets. The lively Garforth Community Choir was formed in October 2015 and meets at Garforth Academy on Wednesdays at 7.00 pm, in school term time. Garforth has ten traditional public houses, a mix of restaurants/cafes/wine bars, and a number of social/affiliated clubs. There are two indoor play areas for children and
160-585: A combination of overall economic success in Leeds, and that Garforth is served by transport links. The A1 and M1 are minutes away, and both have recently been linked by an extension of the M1 which passes to the west and north of the village, with two nearby access points at Junctions 46 and 47. The M1 extension led to rapid development of commercial, light industrial and residential sites clustered around Junctions 46 and 47. The village rail link to Kippax and Castleford
192-567: A comedy TV series based on his experience of growing up in Garforth. The village was also the birthplace of Second World War airman, Sir Augustus Walker of the Royal Air Force. Jack Charlton owned a menswear shop in the town, and was a resident for a number of years along with a number of sportspeople at various times. The book The Modfather was set in Garforth in the late 1970s and early 1980s detailing David Lines adolescence in
224-663: A dance school, it later developed a full-time performing arts course and is now a course provider for the Trinity College, London professional performing arts qualifications. The college is accredited to the Council for Dance Education and Training and one of the colleges selected to award the government Dance and Drama Awards . There are two rugby clubs in Garforth, one League and one Union. Garforth Tigers/Tigresses ARLFC play Rugby League and are based at Glebelands Park. They have junior (from ages 3-18) and senior teams (from
256-611: A large skatepark . Garforth also plays home to two brass bands, both of which rehearse and perform in and around the local area. There is Garforth Jubilee Band, currently conducted by Martin Bird, who are a non-contesting brass band, and there is Garforth Brass, who are a contesting brass band. Garforth is situated on the A63 , which links it with the M1 and the A1(M) , the M62 also lies close by to
288-702: A three-year further education qualification devised and validated by Trinity College, London . The course is designed to develop practical skill rather than academic learning and so the qualification is rated at Level 6 on the National Qualifications Framework and is equal to some higher education degrees. Key areas of study include classical ballet , tap , jazz and contemporary dance, singing and drama as well as contextual studies such as music appreciation and musical theatre history. Past students include Verity Rushworth . This Yorkshire school or sixth form college related article
320-516: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Garforth Garforth ( / ˈ ɡ ɑːr f ər θ / ) is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds , West Yorkshire , England. It sits in the Garforth and Swillington ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds East parliamentary constituency . As of 2011, the population of Garforth was 14,957, having decreased since
352-489: Is a display of artistic works. Opposite Garforth Academy is the recently refurbished Strawberry Fields Primary School, formerly known as West Garforth Primary School. Other Garforth schools are Ninelands Primary School, Green Lane Primary Academy, East Garforth Primary Academy and St Benedict's Primary School, which is a Catholic school . SLP College is a further education college in Garforth, providing specialist vocational training in dance and performing arts. Founded as
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#1732797495085384-591: Is based in a converted chapel, which has been extended twice in 2005 and in 2008. After 30 years at the helm, Reid retired as principal of the college in the summer of 2021; head of dance Kirsty Sparks and director of music James McCullagh now share the position as joint principals. Reid remains in post as CEO. SLP College is one of a limited number of schools authorised to offer the National Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre,
416-768: Is believed to have come to England at the time of the Norman Conquest , settled in Yorkshire , although this is not proven. The Gascoignes were established by the thirteenth century at Gawthorpe and Harewood ; these estates passed in 1567 to the Wentworth family by the marriage of the Gascoigne heiress. The junior branch acquired estates at Lasingcroft in 1392 and moved in the 16th century firstly to Barnbow near Leeds and then to Parlington Hall , Parlington, situated west of Aberford , near Leeds, acquired from
448-548: The High Speed 2 railway line built close to the village, running adjacent to the M1 motorway. The High Speed Line would cross the existing railway line close to Thorpe Park to the west of the village. This line would carry the spur away from Leeds, towards the East Coast Main Line at Church Fenton . (Update) The decision to cancel the eastern leg was announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in October 2023 at
480-575: The Norse words gāra ('triangular plot of land', derived from the word gār , 'spear') and ford ('ford)', and thus meant 'ford at a triangular plot of land'. Or perhaps; Spear of the River Crossing. The plot is thought to have lain at a sharp turn in the road now called The Beck. Spellings beginning with ger- reflect the Old Norse counterpart of Old English gāra , geiri , and therefore
512-669: The City of Leeds, such as Otley and Wetherby . Garforth has two Tescos (Extra and Express), and a Lidl supermarket, the Original Factory Shop department store, several public houses in the town centre, a Co-operative , Greggs, Dominoes, Budgens, Costa, Subway, and other shops such as newsagents, charity shops, travel agents and banks. Garforth civic amenities include a library and a one stop centre run by Leeds City Council . A coffee shop on Main Street functions partly as
544-666: The Conservative Party Conference Education establishments in Garforth include a secondary school, primary schools and a vocational performing arts college. Garforth Academy , a secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11–18 is located on Lidgett Lane in Garforth. The school has over 2,000 pupils and staff . Garforth Community Arts School (situated in Garforth Academy) runs the Garforth Arts Festival , which
576-539: The Wentworths in 1546. Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th and last Baronet , succeeded his brother in 1762. He left his property, including Parlington Hall, to his stepdaughter on the condition that her husband, Richard Oliver of Castle Oliver in County Limerick , change his name to Richard Oliver Gascoigne (see Oliver Gascoigne ). In 1825, Richard acquired Lotherton Hall from a fellow turf enthusiast. In 1843
608-548: The age of 16) competing in the Yorkshire League. There is also a men's Rugby Union team: Garforth RUFC, who play their matches on Garforth Academy's playing fields. Local football teams are Garforth Town A.F.C. , Garforth Villa Football Club, Garforth W.M.C. A.F.C. and Garforth Rangers A.F.C. Garforth Town play at the Genix Healthcare Stadium (formally known as Wheatley Park) which is located in
640-568: The corner of the Cedar Ridge estate of Garforth. There are also two cricket clubs, Garforth C.C. & Garforth Church Parish C.C., the Squash and Leisure Centre. and a Premier World Fitness Centre. Garforth Golf Club has a course designed by Alister MacKenzie . The nearest weather station is in Wakefield , 13 miles (21 km) to the north. Garforth is notable for recording one of
672-655: The estates of the Trench family and at Castle Oliver , and when in 1893 Elizabeth died, leaving no children of her own, Lotherton passed to her nephew Colonel Frederick Richard Thomas Trench-Gascoigne , (4 July 1851 – 2 June 1937), from the Royal Horse Guards and a DSO in 1900, a well-known soldier and traveller of the day. Colonel Gascoigne further inherited Parlington in 1905, but preferred Lotherton. The furnishings and some structural items from Parlington Hall were transferred to Lotherton, after which Parlington
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#1732797495085704-574: The estates were inherited by Richard Oliver Gascoigne's two daughters, Mary Isabella and Elizabeth, who took one estate each on their marriages. Mary Isabella and her husband Frederick Charles Trench, who took the surname Trench Gascoigne, lived at Parlington, while Lotherton became the property of Elizabeth Gascoigne, who married Frederick Charles' cousin Frederic Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown . The Ashtowns lived mostly in Ireland , on
736-488: The existence of Norse-influenced pronunciations of the name existing alongside Old English ones. Correspondingly, the district also once included the place Church Garforth, whose name is first attested in the fifteenth century as Kirkgarford ; here again the form kirk reflects the Old Norse form of the word church , kirkja . Garforth owes its size to expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries during which
768-498: The last census. It is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east of Central Leeds , 16 miles (26 km) south-west of York and 10 miles (16 km) north of Wakefield . It is mostly an Un-Parished area , like much of Greater Leeds . The place-name Garforth appears first in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Gereford and Gereforde , with gar- spellings first appearing in 1336 in the form Garford . The name seems to derive from
800-649: The latest instances of −10 °C (14 °F) in the United Kingdom, on 24 April 1908, the temperature fell to −12.8 °C (9.0 °F). Notable residents and ex-residents of Garforth include:England and Yorkshire cricketer Chris Silverwood ; DJ Dave Seaman ; Andrew White of the Kaiser Chiefs ; John Birch of Leeds , England & Great Britain rugby league teams; and BAFTA nominated comedian Liam Williams , who created and stars in Ladhood ,
832-438: The local land-owning Gascoigne family ran several coalmines in the area. The surrounding settlements of Micklefield , Kippax , Swillington , Methley and Allerton Bywater Great and Little Preston are all villages that prospered and grew as a result of the coal industry. Nowadays manufacturing and motor-vehicle repair account for more than a third of the workforce in the area. More recent expansion can also be traced to
864-549: The predecessor of today's SLP College. Initially, it was a part-time dance school teaching children of pre-vocational age. In 1991, the studios moved to a former chapel closer to the centre of Garforth, and a full-time performing arts course was established, which became known as SLP College. It is accredited to the Council for Dance Education and Training, and is one of the 21 specialist performing arts schools selected to allocate government funded Dance and Drama Awards . The college
896-644: The south of the village. Garforth has two railway stations. Garforth railway station lies to the north of the village centre, whist East Garforth railway station , which opened in the 1980s, lies to the east of the village, both stations on the mainline route between Leeds , York and North Eastern England to Scotland, and between Leeds, Selby and Hull and the Yorkshire coastal resorts. There are also rail links to Manchester , Newcastle upon Tyne , Liverpool and Blackpool . Garforth's bus services are provided by First Leeds and Arriva Yorkshire . Under proposals released on 28 January 2013, Garforth would see
928-535: The village and his obsession with Paul Weller . Gascoigne family The Gascoigne Baronetcy , of Barnbow and Parlington in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia . It was created on 8 June 1635 for John Gascoigne. He had converted to Roman Catholicism in 1604. His daughter, Catherine Gascoigne , went to Cambrai where she became an abbess. Gascoigne's son Sir Thomas, 2nd Baronet,
960-641: Was accused of conspiracy to murder King Charles II as part of the mythical Popish Plot , but acquitted. The eighth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Thirsk , Malton and Arundel . He renounced Catholicism, and was much involved in the Irish Parliament and in horse racing . Sir Thomas died in 1810, the year after his only son died in a hunting accident, upon which the baronetcy became either extinct or dormant. The surname Gascoigne derives from Gascony in France . The best-known family of this name
992-520: Was allowed to decay until, apart from the west wing, still standing, it was demolished in a number of stages from around 1911 to 1968. The most prominent artefact removed to Lotherton Hall was the Thomas Banks bas-relief marble of the classic scene Alcyone and Ceyx . The Gascoignes continued at Lotherton Hall until the death of Sir Alvary Gascoigne , a.k.a. Sir Alvary Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne , (6 August 1893 – 18 April 1970), formerly
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1024-482: Was closed under the Beeching Axe of the 1960s. Garforth has been home to first Garforth Scout Group since 1908. Garforth & District Lions Club was formed in 1972. Originally a coal mining area, the collieries of much of east Leeds and surrounding areas closed in the 1960s, although further south mining was still strong in the 1990s and is still prevalent to some degree today. Garforth has increasingly become
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