Pudsey
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 48 ′ N , 1 ° 39 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 32,391 (as of: 2001) | ||
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| Post town | PUDSEY | ||
| ZIP code section | LS28 | ||
| prefix | 0113 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Shire county | West Yorkshire | ||
| District | City of Leeds | ||
| British Parliament | Pudsey | ||
Pudsey is a middle town in the Metropolitan Borough City of Leeds in the English county of West Yorkshire . According to the 2001 census, it had a total of 32,391 inhabitants.
geography
Pudsey is located on the A-road A647, halfway between the two cities Leeds and Bradford in a slight dip. In large parts, Leeds today represents a unified urban area with Pudsey.
history
In the early 6th century a. Z. the area around Pudsey belonged to the Kingdom of Elmet , which, in contrast to its neighbors, who had adopted the culture of the Angling , had long retained Celtic peculiarities.
Pudsey was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Podechesai (e) . The origin of the name is unclear and is mostly traced back to an assumed personal name Pudoc and the word ēg ("island"), which is supposed to refer metaphorically to an arable place in the heathland.
In 1744 members of the Moravian Brethren who had emigrated from Bohemia settled near Pudsey; their settlement was named Fulneck after the town of Fulnek in northern Moravia .
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the city was known for processing wool . Industrialization using steam power with coal-firing resulted in Pudsey temporarily by one of the most due to its location in the valley, and the resulting temperature inversions smog was polluted places in the UK.
Pudsey Park was opened in 1889.
In 1902 a tram line between Leeds and Pudsey was extended via Armley and Bramley to Pudsey, but was closed again in 1938.
Before Pudsey became a municipal borough in 1889 , it was part of the wapentake of Morley and Calverley . In 1937 Farsley and Calverley were incorporated. It was not until the Local Government Act 1972 that Pudsey became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds in 1974 , but is still a separate post town today .
Pudsey forms a parliamentary constituency with Farsley, Calverley, Horsforth and Guiseley .
Culture
There are three secondary schools in Pudsey: Crawshaw, Pudsey Grangefield and Priesthorpe. The independent Fulneck School is located in the Moravian Settlement and teaches students between the ages of 3 and 18.
In addition to the established Christian churches, there are also communities of Sikhs , Hindus and Muslims in Pudsey .
Several associations work to increase the attractiveness of the place, including the Pudsey in Bloom initiative launched in 2002 .
Pudsey is the namesake for Pudsey Bear , the mascot of the BBC's Children in Need charity .
traffic
The railway line from Stanningley, later Bramley, via Pudsey to Laisterdyke with stations in Pudsey Lowtown and Pudsey Greenside , known as the Pudsey Loop , was closed in 1964 . The nearest train station today is New Pudsey Station on the Calder Valley Line , approximately 1 mile from the city center.
In the public transport Pudsey is connected by bus routes with Leeds, Bradford, Halifax and other places in the area. A new covered bus station opened in 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban areas in England and Wales KS01 Usual resident population , accessed July 23, 2015.
- ^ PR Garside (ed.): Leeds City Tramways 1871-1959 ( en ). West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, Nov. 19, 1981, p. 14.
- ↑ BBC - Children in Need , accessed July 22, 2015.
- ^ Pudsey Loop . Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
- ↑ Leeds nostalgia: Pudsey, treacle mines, crows flying backwards . In: Yorkshire Evening Post , November 15, 2015.
