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Barnbow in Cross Gates was a large ammunitions factory producing ten thousand shells per week by August 1915. The worst tragedy ever to happen within Leeds (in terms of fatalities) happened at the Barnbow tragedy of 5 December 1916.
At this time Cross Gates was 'well removed' from the Leeds city centre and the factories and so Cross Gates began to attract Leeds' more affluent residents who could use the railway to quickly access the city. In the twentieth century Cross Gates effectively became a suburb of Leeds, with the open fields in between being developed into housing.
On Cross Gates Road, by the roundabout at the Ring Road are 3 small stones with a simple inscription. Around them on the ground are metal tiles, each bearing the name of one of the women. In February 2025, a blue plaque was unveiled in Pontefract commemorating Barnbow munitions worker Mary Lucy Turner who died of TNT poisoning.
Cross Gates and Whinmoor is a ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It contains nine listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
It is 5 miles (8 km) to the north-east of the city centre and adjacent to Swarcliffe and Seacroft in the LS14 Leeds postcode area. Historically, the area was within the Tadcaster Rural District until 1974. It is today situated in the Leeds City Council ward of Cross Gates and Whinmoor and Leeds East parliamentary constituency.
Crossgates may refer to: . Cross Gates, Leeds, an area in the east of the city; Crossgates, Cumbria, England; Crossgates, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England ...
Pendas Fields, or Penda's Fields [1] is a private, suburban housing estate in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is considered part of Cross Gates, as is Manston. Swarcliffe is close, and Cock Beck runs nearby. The area falls within the Cross Gates and Whinmoor wards of the Leeds Metropolitan Council.
The 48-year-old royal hairdresser was found shot dead in his car on 9 November 1970. A motive is not known, but a private detective who spoke to him over the telephone three days earlier said Mizelas told him he wanted him to keep tabs on two men whose names he would disclose at a meeting scheduled for 10 November. [13] December 1970: Margaret ...