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Kirkstall Bridge is a Grade II listed [1] road bridge in Kirkstall, City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, leading the B6157 road across the River Aire and the railway line between Leeds and Shipley. The bridge was erected by J. A. Mackay, then City Engineer of Leeds, and opened to traffic in June 1912.
During the English Civil War, the bridge over the Aire at Kirkstall (referred to in a contemporaneous account as 'Churchstall') was blown up by Royalist troops from Leeds. After discovering this, a Parliamentary force led by Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron – from Otley – had to cross the river upstream at Apperley Bridge ...
The River Aire banks broke leaving vast areas of Kirkstall under deep water, reaching record levels according to the Environment Agency. [22] [23] During the floods which reached national news, two local men were pictured at a pub the ‘Kirkstall Bridge Inn’ in the beer garden submerged in water drinking pints, the image has since become ...
Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England. It is set in a public park on the north bank of the River Aire . It was founded c. 1152 .
Original location of the station south of Kirkstall Bridge. The station was opened by the Midland Railway in 1860 and closed in March 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts. [1] Originally located south of Kirkstall Bridge next to today's Wyther Lane, [2] it had been moved north of it by 1906. [3]
Kirkstall Forge railway station is a station serving the Kirkstall area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is on the Leeds to Bradford Line between Leeds City and Shipley and was opened on 19 June 2016, near the site of an earlier station with the same name.
The ward contains Kirkstall, Burley and Hawksworth, all suburbs of Leeds. The River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal pass through the ward, and the listed buildings associated with these are weirs, sluices, locks, and a canal bridge. The most important building is the ward is Kirkstall Abbey, which is listed, together with associated ...
Kirkstall Road Viaduct is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed structure, having been designated on 22 September 1975. [1] Grade II is the lowest of the three grades of listing, and is applied to "buildings that are nationally important and of special interest". [4]