Dictionary of Meaning
<<Back
Please select a letter:
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
0-9
Click here for Shopping
Pudsey
*** Shopping-Tip: Pudsey
'''Pudsey''' is a suburb of Leeds in the
county of
West Yorkshire,
England, between
Bradford, England Bradford and
Leeds, although geographically and officially part of
Leeds despite originally being separated.
Formerly within the
wapentake of
Morley, West Yorkshire Morley and
Calverley Parish, Pudsey became a
Municipal borough in
1889. Despite always being joined to
Leeds as an urban area, it merged with
Farsley and
Calverley in
1937, and in
1974 became part of the
Leeds Metropolitan District. There is a rail station in Farsley known as
New Pudsey railway station New Pudsey. It is on the
Caldervale Line between Leeds and
Bradford Interchange.
The town was famous in the 18th and 19th centuries for its
wool manufacture, and, more recently, for
cricket. Yorkshire and England cricketers
Len Hutton Sir Len Hutton,
Herbert Sutcliffe,
Ray Illingworth and
Matthew Hoggard all learnt to play in Pudsey.
The town has given its name to "Pudsey Bear", the mascot of the
BBC's annual fundraising marathon ''
Children in Need''.
External links
-
Pudsey Online Pudsey Online Community Website.
Category:Leeds environs
Category:Towns in West Yorkshire
no:Pudsey
sv:Pudsey
