Gipton
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Coordinates: 53°48′33″N 1°29′38″W / 53.8093°N 1.4940°W
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  Gipton shown within West Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Metropolitan borough | City of Leeds |
| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEEDS |
| Postcode district | LS9 |
| Dialling code | 0113 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Leeds North East |
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Gipton is a suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, between the A58 to the north and the A61 to the south. It is joined with Harehills (adjacent to the west) as a City Council Ward. Note that Gipton Wood is an area north of the A58 in the Roundhay Ward.
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[edit] Housing
Gipton consists of semi-detached houses, with some terraced houses and some high-rise flats: these are common around this area of Leeds, as they are in Seacroft.
[edit] History
The 1817 village was somewhat west of the location now called Gipton, featuring the Gipton Spa or bathhouse in what is now Gledhow Valley Woods.[1]
Gipton derives from Old English: the first element is a personal name: in this case, it is Gippa (same as in Ipswich, although almost certainly not the same man) and tun "village, settlement, farm" (here, it refers to a village). The town's name was recorded as Cepetun, suggesting village with a market, suggesting a trading-town, or residence of the traders, as with Market Weighton. The first element of the name in the Domesday Book record wrongly suggests Old English ceap "market, trading-place", but it was a corruption of the personal name, Gippa. However, a record from 1018 as Gipentune proves that the first element is a personal name, not a noun.
[edit] General information
In local parlance, those that live in or originate from Gipton are known as "Giptoners", or more recently, youths have adopted the term "Giptonites" [rhymes with Kryptonite].
The large Church of the Epiphany located on Beech Lane was constructed in 1936-1938 by N.F. Cachemaille-Day, and is a Grade I listed building.
St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Primary School on St Wilfrid's Circus was opened in 1975 after the old school off Harehills Road ran into a dilapidated state. The first Headteacher at the new school was Mrs. Fleming. The school was once again re-built in 1993 after a fire destroyed the whole building early one morning in 1990.
Some people call the area "Mother Shipton" (rhymes with Gipton) or "Corned Beef Island" - relating to a corned beef robbery that took place in the area during World War II. It is also home to the Harehills rugby team - playing out of the Gipton WMC.
[edit] Amenities
There are few amenities actually on the estate, many of the shops have since closed down, there is a Lidl at the lower end of Oak Tree Drive, and the Fairway public house is situated towards the upper end of Oak Tree Drive. There a several shops situated on Coldcotes Drive, while Gipton Working Men's Club is also situated here. There is a small offlicence on Foundry Avenue (once a part of what was locally known as the "eight shops") and a Happy Shopper (now closed and boarded up) on Gipton Approach. The shops on Brander Drive have all closed and are boarded up, now leaving the estate with only one Post Office. Dib Lane, situated just off the estate has many local shops which serve the northern side of the estate, whilst the southern side of the estate is also served by the amenities on York Road.
[edit] People
- Elmet (Wetherby, Garforth, Rothwell) MP, Colin Burgon is from Gipton.
- Author Jack Sheffield (born 1945, writer of humorous books such as "Teacher, Teacher") was born in Gipton.[2]
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[edit] External links
- Images of England — details from listed building database (465473) - Church of the Epiphany
- The ancient parish of Leeds: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI (Gipton was in this parish)
- Gipton Arts Centre
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