47-587: Stanningley is a district of Pudsey , West Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of Leeds city centre on the A647 road , the original main road from Leeds to Bradford . The appropriate Leeds Metropolitan Ward is Bramley and Stanningley. The parish is part of the Anglican Diocese of Leeds . The parish church of St Thomas was built in 1841 in Neo-Norman style and
94-694: A Sean Long drop goal. Peacock played for the Bradford Bulls as a second-row in their 2003 Super League Grand Final victory against the Wigan Warriors . Having won Super League VIII , Bradford played against 2003 NRL Premiers, the Penrith Panthers in the 2004 World Club Challenge . Peacock captained the Bulls as a second-row in their 22–4 victory. Bradford reached the 2004 Super League Grand Final losing out to Leeds. Peacock
141-549: A second-row in their 2001 Super League Grand Final victory against the Wigan Warriors . As Super League VI champions, the Bulls played against 2001 NRL Premiers, the Newcastle Knights in the 2002 World Club Challenge . Peacock played as a second-row in Bradford's victory. He made 30 appearances in 2002 as Bradford again returned to Old Trafford for the 2002 Super League Grand Final only to lose out to
188-685: A 3rd team in the Dales Council Cricket League. Their junior training section play competitive cricket in the Airedale & Wharfedale Junior Cricket League, a junior girls league with the West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League, and a late summer junior league in the Leeds Cricket League. In The Meaning of Liff a Pudsey is defined as "The curious-shaped flat wads of dough left on
235-427: A bus lane, but found that bus service frequencies were too low to justify it. The project was part of an EU research project called Increasing CAR Occupancy (ICARO). Its objectives were to increase car occupancy by encouraging car sharing and to demonstrate the feasibility of providing a lane for shared use by buses, other high occupancy vehicles, motorcycles and cycles. Town Street and a section of Stanningley Road to
282-537: A kitchen table after someone has been cutting scones out of it." Toward the beginning of the Monty Python episode " You're No Fun Anymore ", the two characters, Mr and Mrs Samuel Brainsample can be seen walking along the platform of New Pudsey railway station . Pudsey is also mentioned frequently in the Michael Palin TV series Ripping Yarns. Pudsey has given its name to " Pudsey Bear ", the mascot of
329-474: A loan spell at Featherstone Rovers , he made a name for himself playing in the second-row winning three Grand Finals before a move to Leeds Rhinos in 2006. At Leeds, Peacock won six more Grand Finals and became one of the most decorated players in British rugby league history. After briefly returning in 2015 Peacock played four games for Hull Kingston Rovers in 2016. Peacock made his England debut at
376-555: A resurgence the following season, and was once again named in the Super League Dream Team in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Peacock played in the 2014 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Castleford Tigers at Wembley Stadium . He played in the 2015 Challenge Cup Final victory over Hull Kingston Rovers at Wembley Stadium . Peacock announced that he would retire from the sport upon the conclusion of
423-642: A sideline to their main business. Production of the Bootie bicycle began in 1965 and continued with only minor refinements until early 1973. A section of the A647 road Stanningley Road and Stanningley By-Pass became the UK's first High Occupancy Vehicle Lane in 1998. It began on a trial basis and was made permanent after proving successful. This part of the route between Leeds and Bradford experienced high levels of traffic congestion and there were few public transport priority measures. The council originally wanted to install
470-471: A spell at University of Wollongong in Australia as he learned his rugby trade. Peacock made his Bradford Super League début in 1999. He made two starts and 16 substitute appearances for the club, scoring six tries that year. The following year he cemented his place in the side, helping Bradford to win 2000 Challenge Cup success against Leeds at Murrayfield . Peacock played for the Bradford Bulls as
517-661: A try after just 86 seconds of his début in the first test victory at Huddersfield . He then become a permanent presence in the Great Britain squad making 14 appearances, all but three of which have been in the starting line up. Peacock won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford Bulls in 2001 against Australia (2 matches), and Australia (sub), in 2002 against Australia, New Zealand, and New Zealand (sub) (2 matches), in 2003 against Australia (3 matches), in 2004 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand, in 2005 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches). Peacock
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#1732793930012564-431: A wall, between two iron railings, the lightening is believed to have formed a short circuit between the metal structures killing the two lovers, coins in the pocket of Hardaker having melted and fused. St Paul's Parish Church was constructed in 1853 and its register started in 1856. The last burial at the church took place in 1939 before it was closed in 1982 as the parish was merged with Pudsey's St Lawrence Parish. After
611-571: A women's team and boys and girls teams at all ages. There are two Stanningley football clubs, despite neither actually playing in Stanningley. Stanningley Albion run junior and open age teams play on Woodhall in Pudsey and Stanningley Old Boys run open age teams play in Swinnow. [REDACTED] Media related to Stanningley at Wikimedia Commons Pudsey Pudsey is a market town in
658-602: Is believed to have led to jokes that pigeons in Pudsey Park flew backwards in order to keep the soot out of their eyes. Formerly within the wapentake of Morley and Calverley Parish, Pudsey Urban District was formed in 1894; it gained municipal borough status c. 1901 . For many years, despite being joined to the Leeds conurbation, it avoided being made part of the County Borough of Leeds . In 1937
705-497: Is now Grade II listed . It was designed by H. Rogerson. The foundation stone was laid on 5 November 1839, by John Farrar of Pudsey . The organ chamber and vestry were added in 1870. There are examples of stained glass dating to the 1860s and painted panels from the late 1880s. There is a notable marble memorial to John Butler of West Royd , d.1884 which was erected by the men of the Stanningley Ironworks where he
752-660: Is now Leeds West and Pudsey and the MP is Rachel Reeves . There are recreational parks in Pudsey, the largest of which is Pudsey Park . Queens Park is where the Pudsey carnival is held once a year. Pudsey's market operates on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and has recently been refurbished. Pudsey has a monthly farmers' market with stalls selling meat, fish, dairy produce, organic fruit and vegetables, delicatessen and craft-ware. Pudsey town centre has amenities including high street chain stores and independent retailers, and there are several branches of banks and estate agents. Following
799-484: Is on the Caldervale Line between Leeds and Bradford Interchange . It was built as a "parkway" station, and is situated over a mile away from the town centre. The frequent no. 16 bus service between Pudsey and Farsley (continuing to Leeds) passes close to the station. The location of the station near to the junction of the main Leeds to Bradford road with the ring road provides easy access for those travelling to
846-456: The 2000 World Cup and his Great Britain debut the following year as well as representing Yorkshire . Born in Leeds , Peacock is a product of Bradford Bulls ' junior programme, having played as a junior for Stanningley RLFC. On his way to becoming a first team regular for Bradford, Jamie spent a month on loan at Featherstone Rovers making four appearances and scoring one try. He also enjoyed
893-628: The 2011 Super League Grand Final victory over St. Helens at Old Trafford . Peacock was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to rugby league. He played in the 2012 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium . He played in the 2012 Super League Grand Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford . He enjoyed
940-650: The BBC 's annual fundraising marathon Children in Need , as this was where Pudsey logo designer Joanna Lane's grandfather was mayor. In bellringing Pudsey is one of the "Standard Eight" Surprise Major methods , the most commonly rung complex pieces of ringing for eight bells. Jamie Peacock James Darryl Peacock MBE , (born 14 December 1977) is an English motivational speaker, leadership mentor and former professional rugby league footballer. Peacock began his career with Bradford Bulls in 1998, which also included
987-655: The City of Leeds borough in West Yorkshire , England. It is located midway between Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre . Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire , it has a population of 25,393. The place-name Pudsey is first recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book as Podechesai(e) . Its etymology is rather uncertain: it seems most likely to derive from a putative personal name * Pudoc and
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#17327939300121034-667: The Farsley and Calverley urban districts were added to Pudsey. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 , it became part of the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds . It sits in the Leeds City Council ward of Pudsey . Pudsey was part of the old Pudsey parliamentary constituency , along with Farsley , Calverley , Horsforth and Guiseley . The last Member of Parliament (MP) Stuart Andrew . Pudsey’s current constituency (as of 2024)
1081-568: The Pudsey St Lawrence and Pudsey Britannia cricket clubs. Pudsey Congs Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club with a history of cricket in the village dating back to the 1892. The club has been based on the former Pudsey Britannia Cricket Club ground since they purchased it in 1977. Pudsey Congs field three senior teams. Their 1st and 2nd teams are in the Bradford Premier League and their 3rd team in
1128-747: The 1950s. Owlcotes Shopping Centre, in Stanningley, contains an Asda supermarket and a Marks & Spencer store. Stanningley is home to Stanningley Sport and Amateur Rugby League Club. Formed in 1889 it is one of the oldest amateur rugby league clubs in the world and has provided numerous players to the professional ranks. These including England captain Jamie Peacock , Jamie Jones-Buchanan , Tom Johnstone , Ryan Atkins , Ash Gibson , Jordan Lilley , Ashton Golding , Garreth Carvell , Michael Banks , Andy Bastow , Steve Nicholson , Mark Wilson and Roy Dickinson . Danika Priim represented England whilst at Stanningley. The club plays home games at
1175-407: The 2015 season joining Hull Kingston Rovers as a coach. He played in the 2015 Super League Grand Final victory over the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford . Peacock joined Hull KR as a coach for the 2016 Super League season. At the end of the regular season Hull KR finished 11th thus played in the 2016 Qualifiers . Towards the conclusion of the season, Peacock came out of retirement taking up
1222-652: The Arthur Miller Stadium which has a capacity of 2,000 and clubhouse that was built in 2001 includes a players lounge, bar and club room as well as numerous changing facilities. The Arthur Miller Stadium also hosts Leeds Rhinos academy and scholarship teams. Stanningley run two men's senior teams, the first XIII play in the National Conference League while the second XIII play in the Yorkshire Men's League . The clubs also run
1269-493: The Dales Council Cricket League. Their junior training section play competitive cricket in the Bradford Junior Cricket League. Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club was founded in 1845 and is based on Tofts Road. The club has a significant success record, with 10 Bradford Premier League championship titles to their name. Pudsey St Lawrence field two senior teams in the Bradford Premier League and
1316-777: The Easter weekend 2009, the Pudsey Business Forum launched the Pudsey Shop Local campaign. The campaign is to encourage local residents to shop more in Pudsey Town Centre. As part of this campaign they have launched a directory of all local shops. Pudsey in Bloom was established in 2002. Pudsey's business community introduced a Lottery Scheme, aimed at local shoppers. The lottery scheme, encourages shoppers to purchase tickets from local shops within
1363-529: The closure of Kwik Save supermarkets across the country, Pudsey's store was bought by Sainsbury's . Until the administration of the group, Pudsey had a Woolworths on Church Lane. It is now a B&M Home Bargains store. There are three secondary schools situated within Pudsey: Crawshaw Academy , Co-op Academy Priesthorpe and Pudsey Grammar School . The latter has been rebuilt under an extensive redevelopment programme adjacent to
1410-400: The closure, the building was converted into an office space and used by companies like Rockstar Leeds , a video game developer . As of December 2018, the building is privately owned. In 1894, the park lodge at Stanningley Park was built. It has the coat of arms of Leeds mounted on the park side of the house. The park once had a greenhouse . The distinctive 1920s Pavilion Picture House
1457-710: The cultural identity of the Angles . Around 1775, a cache of a 100 silver Roman coins , many predating the time of Julius Caesar , was found by Benjamin Scholfield of Pudsey on Pudsey Common, to the north of the town, at a place traditionally known as "King Alfred's Camp". The town was famous in the 18th and 19th centuries for wool manufacture, and, from the 19th century, for cricket . Yorkshire and England cricketers Sir Len Hutton , Herbert Sutcliffe , Ray Illingworth and Matthew Hoggard all learned to play in Pudsey. A 19th century Yorkshire cricketer, John Tunnicliffe ,
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1504-479: The current site. The old grammar school building facing Richardshaw Lane, which opened in 1911 and a prominent landmark of Pudsey, will unlike the rest of the old school buildings not be demolished due to its listed building status, but has since been converted into flats. Pudsey Town Hall benefits from a new, energy-efficient lighting project to highlight its most interesting features. The multi-coloured lights can be changed to offer 255 different scenes. During
1551-459: The east are home to most of the district's shops, pubs and eateries. Amenities include a dry cleaners, butcher, newsagent, salon and car garage. There are 10 public houses in Stanningley, including The Jug & Barrel, Waggon & Horses and The Great Northern. The historic pub The Halfway House is on the corner of Broad Lane and Leeds and Bradford Road. A photo in the Leodis archive shows the pub in
1598-526: The opening day of the season. He played in the 2008 Super League Grand Final victory over St. Helens . and was also part of the 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012 Super League Grand Final squads and team that won the World Club Challenge against Manly Sea Eagles . Peacock played a starring role in Leeds' 33-6 Grand Final victory over then reigning champions' St Helens. He played a full 80 minutes to win his 4th Super League champions ring. He
1645-547: The role of a player-coach due to squad injuries. Peacock earned himself a place in John Kear 's England side for the 2000 World Cup . He made four appearances in the World Cup that year, scoring an impressive six tries which including a hat trick against Fiji at Headingley . Peacock played for England in 2001 against Wales. Also in 2001, he capped the season by making his Great Britain début against Australia scoring
1692-591: The scheme. At the end of each month a draw takes place and prizes are paid out in Pudsey Pounds that can be spent in participating shops. Pudsey has a Masonic community, there are Lodges which meet at Pudsey Masonic Hall on Church Lane. Locally these lodges support activities within the local community. Next to the Masonic Hall on Church Lane is the former Unitarian Church, now a private residence known as Churchfield House. New Pudsey railway station
1739-474: The station by car. There is a large car park adjacent to the station. Pudsey bus station serves the town. The bus station is managed and operated by West Yorkshire Metro . It is situated at Market Place and consists of six stands in total. Services are operated by SquarePeg . TLC Travel , First Leeds and Yorkshire Buses . The original bus station was replaced by a new structure that opened on 14 November 2010. Metro and Leeds City Council re-built it in
1786-547: The style of similar bus stations in West Yorkshire. Buses go from Pudsey to various parts of neighbouring Leeds , such as Armley , Bramley , Chapel Allerton , Cross Gates , Farsley , Horsforth , Headingley , Seacroft (a number of services run from the here to Seacroft bus station ) and White Rose Centre , and as far afield as Dewsbury and Bradford . The England cricket captain Sir Len Hutton
1833-471: The word ēg meaning 'island' but here presumably referring metaphorically to an 'island' of good ground in moorland. Thus the name would mean 'Pudoc's island'. Other possibilities have been suggested, however. In the early sixth century the district was in the Kingdom of Elmet , which seems to have retained its Celtic character for perhaps as many as two centuries after other neighbouring kingdoms had adopted
1880-745: Was announced as the England captain for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup in Australia. In Group A 's first match against Papua New Guinea he played as a prop in England's victory. He played against Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand (2 matches), in 2009 against France (2 matches), New Zealand and Australia. He was selected to play for England against France in the one-off test in 2010. On 26 June 2012, Peacock announced his retirement from international rugby league. Peacock released his autobiography No White Flag in 2008, co-written with Phil Caplan. Since retiring from rugby, Peacock has become
1927-527: Was born in Lowtown. During the Industrial Revolution , Pudsey was one of the most polluted areas of the UK due to its position in a slight valley between the two industrial cities of Leeds and Bradford . As a result, whichever way the wind blew Pudsey became covered in thick soot. The temperature inversion created by the valley led to the soot becoming trapped leading to dense smogs. This
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1974-544: Was born in nearby Fulneck and was called "the man from Pudsey". Raymond Illingworth , another former England cricket captain, was born in Pudsey as was the England fast bowler Matthew Hoggard and the snooker player Danny Fowler . For over a hundred years the Yorkshire County Cricket Club had at least one player who came from the old Borough of Pudsey. The England opening batsman Herbert Sutcliffe attended Pudsey School and learnt his cricket with
2021-596: Was honoured with the captaincy at Bradford Bulls in his final year at Odsal and played for the Bulls as a prop in their 2005 Super League Grand Final victory against Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford. During his time with Bradford he won every club honour available, in addition to winning the Man of Steel , Players' Player of the Year and Rugby League Writers' Player of the Year. Peacock joined Leeds in 2006 from local rivals Bradford. He made his Leeds début against Huddersfield on
2068-561: Was named in the Super League Dream Team for both the 2008's Super League XIII and 2009's Super League XIV season. He played in the 2009 Super League Grand Final victory over St. Helens at Old Trafford . Peacock signed a new one-year deal at Leeds in July 2011. Later that year he played as a prop for Leeds in the 2011 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Wigan Warriors at Wembley Stadium . He played in
2115-510: Was opened in February 1920. It was designed by J. P. Crawford of Albion Place. The first film shown was Daddy-Long-Legs starring Mary Pickford . In 1970, the cinema closed and it was turned into a bingo hall, before becoming a business centre c. 2005 and private accommodation c. 2020. Stanningley is the home of the unique Bootie Folding Cycle . It was made by a local engineering firm, F & T Kitchin & Co, at their Vickersdale works as
2162-422: Was the manager. One of the stained glass windows (by Mr Preedy of London) is dedicated to Thomas Hardaker and Emma Carrick, two Sunday school teachers who were struck down by lightening in 1869, two months before they were due to be married. Many thousands of people attended the funeral of the unfortunate couple who had been caught in a storm while walking between Farsley and Stanningley. Having taken sheleter under
2209-554: Was then selected in the Great Britain team to compete in the end of season 2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against Australia he played as a second-row in the Lions' 44–4 loss. Peacock played for Great Britain while at Leeds in 2006 against New Zealand (3 matches), and Australia (2 matches), in 2007 against New Zealand (3 matches). He played for England in 2008 against France. On 16 June 2008, Peacock
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