- Whinmoor
Whinmoor is residential area of
Leeds ,West Yorkshire ,England . The area is 5mile s (8km ) to the north east of the city centre, adjacent toSwarcliffe andSeacroft in the LS14 Leeds postcode area.History
In November 655 AD the
Battle of the Winwaed took place around the Whinmoor area with Oswiu of Bernicia's army defeating the army ofKing Penda of Mercia .In addition, during the
First English Civil War , theBattle of Seacroft Moor , 30th March 1643, was fought over the two moors Of Winn Moor and Bramham Moor, nearLeeds . There is no exact records of Army positions, due to the amount of movement during the battle. AsSir Thomas Fairfax was instructed to capture Tadcaster, the Royalist Northern Association general, SirWilliam Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne planned to intercept the smaller oppositionary force. He sent his Lieutenant-General, LordGeorge Goring to do so; leading a large force of Horse. Fairfax had a problem, due to having a force made up of mainly clubmen (Locally recruited soldiers) and only three troops of Cavalry; this was going to be a 'wake-up-call' for the Parliamentary forces in the North. He was literally 'thrashed' by Goring, beaten back over the moor, with many casualties. A witness, Cavendish's wife, the Duchess Of Newcastle, reported over 800 prisoners were captured by the Royalists.Fairfax escaped with just some of his surviving Horse to Leeds, mainly because of bad communication in the ranks. Fairfax quoted that "the Greatest loss we ever received".Leeds City Council purchased Whinmoor from the
Tadcaster Rural District Council to build homes as an extension of the Seacroft housing development. In the early 1960's the council had planned to build 5,000 dwellings, a small shopping centre and other amenities with a pedestrian link to Seacroft.Other Information
Whinmoor is often unfairly lumped with
Seacroft , which is used as a catch-all term for extensivecouncil estate s of eastern Leeds (also includingSwarcliffe ). It is a community-driven area, although due to its nature as a Leeds suburb it has inevitably lost some personality.Whinmoor is also the eastern terminus for
First Leeds "Overground" bus services 4 (ftr route) and 56.References
* Housing in Seacroft - (Leeds) City Housing Department 1961
External links
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Barwickinelmet/index.html The Ancient Parish of Barwick in Elmet] at
GENUKI : Whinmoor was in this parish
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-1pqS_LSA Demolition of Flat Whinmoor, East Leeds 2001 video - You Tube]
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