Oulton, West Yorkshire

For other places with the same name, see Oulton (disambiguation).

Oulton
Village
Oulton boundary stone by the A639
Oulton Show map of Leeds Oulton Location within West Yorkshire Show map of West Yorkshire
• London	160 mi (260 km) SSE
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LEEDS
Postcode district	LS26
Dialling code	0113
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Wakefield and Rothwell

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. Today, it sits in the Rothwell ward of Leeds City Council. It is also in the Wakefield 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 was a slave trader and privateer.[5]

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

Location grid

See also

• Oulton Academy
• Listed buildings in Rothwell, West Yorkshire

References

1. "Welcome to Oulton Hall". Retrieved 6 March 2015.
2. "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.
3. "Grand Final Success for Sheffield Eagles and Oulton Raidettes". Rugby-League.com. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
4.  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.
5. Richardson, David (2007). Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery. UK: Liverpool University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-84631-066-9.

External links

• 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

Further reading

• Leeds City Council 2010 Oulton Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan