PUDSEY

:''For other uses, see Pudsey (disambiguation).''
'Pudsey' is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, between Bradford and Leeds. It merges with the Leeds urban area, but is still counted as a separate town by the census. Pudsey constitutes of the areas of "Fartown", "Lowtown" and "Chapletown". There are also the areas of Fulneck and Swinnow, which are seen by some as independent of Pudsey but, for the most part, retain the Pudsey postcode (LS28).
Pudsey has given its name to "Pudsey Bear", the mascot of the BBC's annual fundraising marathon ''Children in Need''. It also lends its name to the local parliamentary constituency of Pudsey of which it is a member.

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History

Public Transport

Present

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Location

History

Formerly within the wapentake of Morley and Calverley Parish, Pudsey became a Municipal borough in 1889. Despite always being joined to Leeds as an urban area, it avoided being taken into Leeds. In 1937 the Farsley and Calverley urban districts were added to Pudsey. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, it became part of the Leeds Metropolitan District.
The name Pudsey occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Podechesaie" and "Podechesai", but in the early 6th century Pudsey and the neighbourhood appear to have been the centre of the considerable Kingdom of Elmet, which retained its independence for more than 200 years after other more petty kingdoms had been subdued by the Saxons.
The town was famous in the 18th and 19th centuries for its wool manufacture, and, more recently, for cricket. Yorkshire and England cricketers Sir Len Hutton, Herbert Sutcliffe, Ray Illingworth and Matthew Hoggard all learnt to play in Pudsey

Public Transport

There is a small railway station known as New Pudsey. It is on the Caldervale Line between Leeds and Bradford Interchange and was built to replace Pudsey's two original stations - Pudsey Lowtown and Pudsey Greenside - which were both destroyed in 1964 by the Beeching Axe along with the Stanningley-Laisterdyke-Bradford GNR loop serving them. However, New Pudsey's situation over a mile away from the town centre makes it impractical for commuters.
The Leeds-Pudsey tram via Armley and Bramley was opened in the early 20th Century, it was closed in 1938 and most of the infrastructure was removed, although roadworks on the central reservation of Stanningley Road uncovered some of the tracks in October 2005

Present

There is a recreational park in Pudsey; features include Pets Corner, aquarium, bird houses, tropical greenhouse and a large play area for children.
Pudsey has also seen the introduction of a monthly farmers market with a range of stalls selling meat, fish, dairy produce, organic fruit and vegetables, delicatessen and craftware.
Pudsey town centre has many amenities and a shopping centre which includes high street stores such as Boots etc. In keeping with many affulent areas it has its fair share of banks and estate agents.
Plans for a £2million covered bus station in Pudsey, to replace the current array of individual bus stands, have been given the go ahead.[1]

External Links

★ Calverley.info Pudsey & Calverley Geneaological and Historical data

★ Pudsey.com Pudsey Online Community Website.

★ Pudsey Civic Society

★ BBC Children in Need

★ Pudsey Carnival

Location

★ Wikimapia