Oulton, West Yorkshire

Village in West Yorkshire, England

Oulton /ˈuːltən/ is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England, between Leeds and Wakefield. It is at the junction of the A639 and A642 roads. Though now adjoining the village of Woodlesford, it was once quite separate.^{[citation needed]}

The village formed part of the Rothwell Urban District until its merger into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in 1974 and today sits in the Rothwell ward of Leeds City Council. It is also in the Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency.

Oulton Hall was built in 1850 and is now a hotel and conference centre.^[1]

Sport

The Oulton Raiders rugby league club was founded in 1962 as Oulton Miners Welfare. In 2018 the team reached the third round of the Challenge Cup. The women's team, the Oulton Raidettes, was established in 2012. In 2022, the Raidettes won the Grand Final in the Championship and reached the quarter-finals of the Women's Challenge Cup.^[2]^[3]

Notable and former residents

Richard Bentley theologian, critic and scholar, who became Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.^[4]
The cricketer and Anglican clergyman Henry Bell was born in Oulton.
Francis Ingram slave trader and privateer.^[5]

Half-Timbered house on the Leeds Road, Oulton
Three Horseshoes inn, Oulton
Oulton Methodist Church
St John the Evangelist's Church
Richard Bentley plaque
Former National Coal Board Airey houses on Wordsworth Drive under threat of demolition.

Location grid

References

^ "Welcome to Oulton Hall". Retrieved 6 March 2015.
^ "Oulton Raiders celebrate 60th anniversary: Club produced host of Leeds Rhinos and Super League stars". Yorkshire Evening Post. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
^ "Grand Final Success for Sheffield Eagles and Oulton Raidettes". Rugby-League.com. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bentley, Richard (scholar)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 750–753.
^ Richardson, David (2007). Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery. UK: Liverpool University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-84631-066-9.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oulton, West Yorkshire.

Area website
Big Red Curtain Performing Arts Incorporating TheatreWorks - Part-Time Performing Arts School based in Oulton
The Ancient Parish of Rothwell at GENUKI - Oulton was in this parish
The story of Woodlesford station