Editing Kirkstall (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:milepost kirkstall.jpg|thumb|right|Equidistant from London and Edinburg (sic)]]
[[File:kirk fount.jpg|thumb|left|'Drink and be Grateful' fountain]]
[[File:Monuments in Kirkstall churchyard.jpg|thumb|left|St Stephen's churchyard monuments]]
Kirkstall is rich in historic sites and monuments. St Stephen's churchyard has fine 19th century grave markers. Other landmarks include an elegant early 19th century stone monument on the [[A65 road]] near the Kirkstall Forge site. A plaque on the monument indicates that Kirkstall is 200 miles from London and 200 miles from [[Edinburgh]].

The re-located 19th century [[drinking fountain]] near the demolished police station at the junction of Abbey Road and Bradford Road proclaims 'Drink and be Grateful'. The fountain's little garden had been neglected for many a year until local community gardening group Kirkstall-in-Bloom made it their initial project in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kirkstallinbloom.wordpress.com/|title=Kirkstall In Bloom|website=Kirkstall In Bloom|access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref>

Hollybush Conservation Centre (part of [[The Conservation Volunteers]]) is located on the site of a former farm. The building dates back to at least 1700. A trade directory of the 1870s lists 'Joseph Whitwell Gentleman Rhubarb farmer of Hollybush House'.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Eight Ages of Hollybush |url=https://friendsofhollybush.org.uk/history/ |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=Friends of Hollybush }}</ref> Hollybush Farm, under Whitwell, poineered [[Rhubarb forcer|forced rhubarb]], he was known as the largest commercial grower in the area.<ref>{{cite web |last=westleedslife |date=30 May 2024 |title=Blue plaque celebrates rhubarb pioneer at Hollybush Farm |url=https://westleedsdispatch.com/blue-plaque-celebrates-rhubarb-pioneer-at-hollybush-farm/ |access-date=20 November 2024 |website=West Leeds Dispatch }}</ref> This led to the creation of the [[Rhubarb Triangle|rhubarb triangle]].