a Walk around Far Headingley
Two hundred years ago, an area of common land north of Headingley was known as Headingley Moor, where people grazed livestock, collected wood, and where some encroachment cottages already stood. In 1829, the Headingley Moor Inclosure Act allowed for new roads across the Moor and the creation of building plots, and the development of Headingley Moor village. On completion of St Chad’s Church in 1868 and the creation of the new parish, the village became Far Headingley. A walk around Far Headingley with local historian David Hall visits some of its historical landmarks.
Photographs by kind permission of Jerry Hardman-Jones (JHJ), Helen Pickering (HP) and Leeds Library & Information Service.
Photographs are subject to copyright and should not be reproduced without the owner's permission.
For a brief general description of the area, go to Far Headingley Village. For historic photographs of the area, go to Historic Far Headingley, and for more present-day photos, go to Far Headingley.
For other walks around Headingley, go to the Walk page.
