Editing Ledston (section)

==Ledston Hall==
[[File:Ledston Hall, Ledston.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|left|Ledston Hall]]
'''Ledston''' or '''Ledstone Hall'''<ref>[https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/hastings-lady-elizabeth-1682-1739 orthwick Catalogue record] as an example showing use of older spelling.</ref> was the home of [[Lady Elizabeth Hastings]], daughter of the 7th [[Earl of Huntingdon]], known as "Lady Betty". The hall was originally a [[Monastic grange|grange]] and [[chapel]] built by the monks of [[Pontefract Priory]].  It is a grade I [[listed building]], and several associated buildings and garden features are also listed.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1237569|desc=Ledston Hall|grade=I|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref>

Ledston Hall featured in the television show ''Most Haunted:Live'' on 27 October 2007, but was called "Wheler Priory" for security reasons at the time (Wheler being the surname of the last family owning the hall).<ref>{{cite web|title=Watch Most Haunted Live Season 6 Full Episodes|url=https://www.ovguide.com/tv_season/most-haunted-live-season-6-251104|website=OVGuide|accessdate=7 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Ledston is also home to the Ledston Equine Centre located in the stables of Ledston Hall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ledstone Equine Centre|url=http://ledstonequinecentre.co.uk/|website=ledstonequinecentre.co.uk|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref>

Ledston lies to the east of the [[A656 road]],<ref name=":OS:" /> and there was a railway station named after the village on the [[Castleford–Garforth line|Castleford to Garforth line]], though this station was actually adjacent to [[Allerton Bywater|Allerton Bywater Colliery]]. The village also had a colliery named after it, Ledston Luck, which was connected to the railway via a narrow gauge railway line up to Peckfield Colliery in [[Micklefield]].<ref>{{cite map|map =SE43 (includes Leeds|date =1954|url =http://maps.nls.uk/view/91788895|title=SE43 |scale =1:25,000|publisher =Ordnance Survey}}</ref> The colliery, like the railway station, was some distance away from the village from which it took its name, being actually only {{convert|1|km|mi|1|order=flip}} east of [[Kippax, West Yorkshire|Kippax]].<ref name=":OS:" /> Ledston Luck Colliery closed in 1986<ref>{{cite news|title=Pit closures, year by year|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3500979.stm|accessdate=7 May 2017|work=BBC News|date=5 March 2004}}</ref> and the site is now a local nature reserve.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ledston Luck Yorkshire Wildlife Trust {{!}} Love Yorkshire, Love Wildlife|url=http://www.ywt.org.uk/reserves/ledston-luck|website=www.ywt.org.uk|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref>