Editing Pudsey

{{Short description|Town in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{about|the town near Leeds}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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| country                  = England
| official_name            = Pudsey
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| pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Leeds
| population               = 25,393
| population_ref           = ([[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 census]])<ref name="2021 census"/>
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Leeds]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [[Leeds West and Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds West and Pudsey]]
| post_town                = PUDSEY
| postcode_area            = LS
| postcode_district        = LS28
| dial_code                = 0113
| os_grid_reference        = SE 223 334
| static_image_name        = Pudsey Parish Church 04 2 September 2017.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Pudsey Parish Church
| london_distance_mi       = 170<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->
| london_direction         = SE
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'''Pudsey''' is a [[market town]] in the [[City of Leeds]] borough in [[West Yorkshire]], England. It is located midway between [[Bradford]] city centre and [[Leeds city centre]]. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], it has a population of 25,393.<ref name="2021 census">{{NOMIS2021|id=1237321094|title=Pudsey Ward (as of 2022)|access-date=12 November 2024}}</ref>

==History==

The place-name ''Pudsey'' is first recorded in 1086 in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Podechesai(e)''.<ref>{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE2133 |name=Pudsey |display=Pudsey |access-date= 21 October 2017}}</ref> Its etymology is rather uncertain: it seems most likely to derive from a putative personal name *''Pudoc'' and the word ''ēg'' meaning 'island' but here presumably referring metaphorically to an 'island' of good ground in moorland. Thus the name would mean 'Pudoc's island'. Other possibilities have been suggested, however.<ref>Victor Watts (ed.), ''The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. ''PUDSEY''.</ref> In the early sixth century the district was in the Kingdom of [[Elmet]], which seems to have retained its Celtic character for perhaps as many as two centuries after other neighbouring kingdoms had adopted the cultural identity of the [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]].

Around 1775, a cache of a 100 silver [[Roman coin]]s, many predating the time of [[Julius Caesar]], was found by Benjamin Scholfield of Pudsey on Pudsey Common, to the north of the town, at a place traditionally known as "King Alfred's Camp".<ref>Leeds City Council (2009), [https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/pudsey%20conservation%20area%20appraisal%20and%20management%20plan%20final%20version.pdf Pudsey: Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan], page 5, accessed 10 August 2020</ref><!--Source dates find to 19th century-->

The town was famous in the 18th and 19th centuries for [[wool]] manufacture, and, from the 19th century, for [[cricket]]. Yorkshire and England cricketers [[Len Hutton|Sir Len Hutton]], [[Herbert Sutcliffe]], [[Ray Illingworth]] and [[Matthew Hoggard]] all learned to play in Pudsey. A 19th century Yorkshire cricketer, [[John Tunnicliffe]], was born in Lowtown.

During the [[Industrial Revolution]], Pudsey was one of the most polluted areas of the UK due to its position in a slight valley between the two industrial cities of [[Leeds]] and [[Bradford]]. As a result, whichever way the wind blew Pudsey became covered in thick soot. The [[temperature inversion]] created by the valley led to the soot becoming trapped leading to dense smogs. This is believed to have led to jokes that pigeons in [[Pudsey Park]] flew backwards in order to keep the soot out of their eyes.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

==Governance==
Formerly within the [[wapentake]] of [[Morley, West Yorkshire|Morley]] and [[Calverley]] Parish, [[Pudsey Urban District]] was formed in 1894; it gained [[municipal borough]] status {{circa|1901}}.<ref>Pudsey was the last borough to receive its royal charter by [[Queen Victoria]] {{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10002357#tab02|title=Pudsey MB/UD|access-date=19 January 2019}}</ref> For many years, despite being joined to the Leeds conurbation, it avoided being made part of the [[County Borough of Leeds]]. In 1937 the [[Farsley Urban District|Farsley]] and [[Calverley Urban District|Calverley]] [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban districts]] were added to Pudsey. In 1974, under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], it became part of the [[metropolitan borough]] of the [[City of Leeds]]. It sits in the [[Leeds City Council]] [[electoral ward|ward]] of [[Pudsey (ward)|Pudsey]].

Pudsey was part of the old [[Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Pudsey parliamentary constituency]], along with [[Farsley]], [[Calverley]], [[Horsforth]] and [[Guiseley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/pudsey|title=UKPollingReport Election Guide 2010 » Pudsey|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>  The last [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the constituency [[Stuart Andrew]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d60.stm | work=BBC News | title=Election 2010 – Pudsey}}</ref>

Pudsey’s current constituency (as of 2024) is now [[Leeds West and Pudsey]] and the MP is [[Rachel Reeves]].

==Present==
[[File:The World's End, Pudsey.jpg|thumb|left|The World's End public house]]
There are recreational parks in Pudsey, the largest of which is [[Pudsey Park]]. Queens Park is where the Pudsey carnival is held once a year.

Pudsey's market operates on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday<ref>[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/page.aspx?pageidentifier=b9cae0f1-515b-43c7-bfaf-11abc6e5f5ee Pudsey Market] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707093928/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/page.aspx?pageidentifier=b9cae0f1-515b-43c7-bfaf-11abc6e5f5ee |date=7 July 2009 }}</ref> and has recently been refurbished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Market-reopens-after-260000-refit.3433596.jp|title=Market reopens after £260,000 refit|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref> Pudsey has a monthly [[farmers' market]] with stalls selling meat, fish, dairy produce, organic fruit and vegetables, delicatessen and craft-ware.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2005/06/30/living_pudsey_farmers_market_200506_feature.shtml|title=BBC – Leeds – Features – Pudsey's local stock market|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Church Lane, Pudsey - geograph.org.uk - 3725827.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Pudsey town centre]]
Pudsey town centre has amenities including high street chain stores and independent retailers, Pudsey had three main banks, Barclays, NatWest and HSBC (Formally Midland bank). They only two remaining banks Santander, and Virgin Money, (Formally [[Yorkshire Bank]]). The town also has a number of estate agents. Following the closure of [[Kwik Save]] [[supermarkets]] across the country, Pudsey's store was bought by [[Sainsbury's]]. This building was a former cinema until closure in 1960.The final film being screened was Doctor in love.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Sainsbury39s-at-Kwik-Save-site.3251235.jp |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |title=Sainsbury's at Kwik Save site | date=3 October 2007}}</ref>  Until the administration of the group, Pudsey had a [[Woolworths (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] on Church Lane. It is now a [[B & M|B&M Home Bargains]] store.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-07 |title=New retail life rises from the ashes of ill-fated Woolworths |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8777402.new-retail-life-rises-from-the-ashes-of-ill-fated-woolworths/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |language=en}}</ref>

There are three secondary schools situated within Pudsey: [[Crawshaw Academy]], [[Co-op Academy Priesthorpe]] and [[Pudsey Grammar School]]. The latter has been rebuilt under an extensive redevelopment programme adjacent to the current site. The old grammar school building facing Richardshaw Lane, which opened in 1911<ref>[http://www.pudseygrangefield.leeds.sch.uk/history/ PGS History by Les Barnes] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070620200504/http://www.pudseygrangefield.leeds.sch.uk/history/ |date=20 June 2007 }}</ref> and is a prominent Pudsey landmark, will (unlike the rest of the old school buildings) not be demolished due to its [[listed building]] status, but has since been converted into flats. A new Pudsey Sixth Form College is to open in September 2025.<ref>Luminate Education Group, [https://careers.luminate.ac.uk/jobs/job/Deputy-Head-of-Sixth-Form/1748 Deputy Head of Sixth Form], accessed on 16 February 2025</ref>

[[Pudsey Town Hall]] benefits from a new, energy-efficient lighting project to highlight its most interesting features. The multi-coloured lights can be changed to offer 255 different scenes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Hall-trips-the-light-fantastic.3502390.jp|title=Hall trips the light fantastic|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>

During the Easter weekend 2009, the Pudsey Business Forum launched the Pudsey Shop Local campaign. The campaign is to encourage local residents to shop more in Pudsey Town Centre. As part of this campaign they have launched a directory of all local shops.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shopinpudsey.co.uk|title=Shop in Pudsey – 5th May, 2011|first=Craig|last=Wilkinson|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>
''Pudsey in Bloom'' was established in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomingpudsey.blogspot.com|title=Pudsey In Bloom|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Pudsey Park 02 2 September 2017.jpg|thumb|left|Pudsey Park – opened in October 1889]]

Pudsey's business community introduced a Lottery Scheme, aimed at local shoppers.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://westleedsdispatch.com/pudsey-pound-offers-timely-boost-to-town-trade-after-lockdown/|title=Pudsey Pound Offers Timely Boost To Town Trade After Lockdown|website=West Leeds Dispatch|date=17 June 2020 |access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref> The lottery scheme, encourages shoppers to purchase tickets from local shops within the scheme. At the end of each month a draw takes place and prizes are paid out in Pudsey Pounds that can be spent in participating shops.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pudseylottery.co.uk|title=Pudsey Lottery|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>

Pudsey has a Masonic community, there are Lodges which meet at Pudsey Masonic Hall on Church Lane. Locally these lodges support activities within the local community.

Next to the Masonic Hall on Church Lane is the former [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] Church, now a private residence known as Churchfield House.<ref>{{cite news |title=Homes for sale in former churches |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2018/dec/14/homes-for-sale-in-former-churches-in-pictures |newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 December 2018 |access-date=5 January 2019|last1=Papworth |first1=Jill }}</ref>

==Public transport==
[[File:New Pudsey Stn 2.jpg|thumb|right|New Pudsey railway station]]
[[New Pudsey railway station]] is on the [[Caldervale Line]] between Leeds and [[Bradford Interchange]]. It was built as a "parkway" station, and is situated over a mile away from the town centre. The frequent no. 16 bus service between Pudsey and Farsley (continuing to Leeds) passes close to the station.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wymetro.com/BusTravel/bustimetables/ | title = Bus timetables | publisher = Metro. Transport for West Yorkshire | year = 2016 | access-date = 8 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170628044059/http://www.wymetro.com/BusTravel/bustimetables/ | archive-date = 28 June 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The location of the station near to the junction of the main Leeds to Bradford road with the ring road provides easy access for those travelling to the station by car. There is a large car park adjacent to the station.

[[File:Pudsey's New Bus Station - looking towards Church Lane - geograph.org.uk - 2253723.jpg|thumb|right|alt=An open-air bus station with a canopy, in front of stone buildings|Pudsey bus station]]
'''Pudsey bus station''' serves the town. The bus station is managed and operated by [[West Yorkshire Metro]]. It is situated at Market Place and consists of six stands in total. Services are operated by [[SquarePeg]]. [[TLC Travel]], [[First Leeds]] and [[Yorkshire Buses]].<ref name=WYM>[https://www.wymetro.com/buses/bus-stations/pudsey-bus-station/ Pudsey Bus Station] [[West Yorkshire Metro]]</ref> The original bus station was replaced by a new structure that opened on 14 November 2010.<ref>[http://www.wymetro.com/news/releases/091020Pudsey.htm New Pudsey bus station work begins – Metro (WYPTE)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20091107035654/http://www.wymetro.com/news/releases/091020Pudsey.htm |date=7 November 2009 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-11752743 Bus passengers get new £2.5m station at Pudsey] ''[[BBC News]]'' 14 November 2010</ref>  Metro and [[Leeds City Council]] re-built it in the style of similar bus stations in West Yorkshire.<ref>[http://www.wymetro.com/WYMetro/Core/TemplateHandler.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2Fnews%2Fprojects%2FSchemesUnderDevelopment%2FPudseyBusStation.htm&NRNODEGUID=%7B53FC484F-E76E-4526-8491-C70F11395AAB%7D&NRCACHEHINT=Guest Proposed £ 3 million bus station for Pudsey town centre] West Yorkshire Metro</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://consult.leeds.gov.uk/leeds/UploadedFiles/web-AMENDED.pdf |title= Pudsey Bus Station "Draft" Traffic Regulation Orders Consultation|accessdate=10 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008105023/https://consult.leeds.gov.uk/leeds/UploadedFiles/web-AMENDED.pdf |archivedate=8 October 2011 |publisher= Leeds City Council}}</ref>  Buses go from Pudsey to various parts of neighbouring [[Leeds]], such as [[Armley]], [[Bramley, West Yorkshire|Bramley]], [[Chapel Allerton]], [[Cross Gates]], [[Farsley]], [[Horsforth]], [[Headingley]], [[Seacroft]] (a number of services run from the here to [[Seacroft bus station]]) and [[White Rose Centre]], and as far afield as [[Dewsbury bus station|Dewsbury]] and [[Bradford Interchange|Bradford]].<ref name=WYM/>

==Sport==
The [[English national cricket team|England]] cricket captain Sir [[Len Hutton]] was born in nearby [[Fulneck Moravian Settlement|Fulneck]] and was called "the man from Pudsey".<ref>[[John Kay (cricket journalist)|John Kay]], ''Ashes to Hassett'', Sidgewick & Sons, 1951, p. 158</ref> [[Raymond Illingworth]], another former England cricket captain, was born in Pudsey as was the England fast bowler [[Matthew Hoggard]] and the snooker player [[Danny Fowler]]. For over a hundred years the Yorkshire County Cricket Club had at least one player who came from the old Borough of Pudsey. The England opening batsman [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] attended Pudsey School and learnt his cricket with the [[Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club|Pudsey St Lawrence]] and Pudsey Britannia cricket clubs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blue plaque commemorates careers of two of cricket's greatest ever players |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/blue-plaque-commemorates-careers-two-crickets-greatest-ever-players-613433 |access-date=4 May 2020 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=30 October 2016}}</ref>

===Cricket clubs===
Pudsey Congs Cricket Club is an English amateur [[cricket]] club with a history of cricket in the village dating back to the 1892.<ref name="Pudsey Congs CC History">{{cite web|url=https://www.pudseycongscricket.com/about |title=Where it all began... |website=pudseycongscricket.com |accessdate=28 January 2024 |publisher=Pudsey Congs CC}}</ref> The club has been based on the former Pudsey Britannia Cricket Club ground since they purchased it in 1977.<ref name="Pudsey Congs play-cricket">{{cite web|url=https://pudseycongs.play-cricket.com/Aboutus |title=About Us |website=pudseycongs.play-cricket.com |accessdate=28 January 2024 |publisher=Pudsey Congs CC}}</ref> Pudsey Congs field three senior teams. Their 1st and 2nd teams are in the [[Bradford Premier League]]<ref name="Bradford Premier League">{{cite web|url=https://bradfordcl.play-cricket.com/home |title=Bradford Premier League |website=bradfordcl.play-cricket.com |publisher=BPL |accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref> and their 3rd team in the Dales Council Cricket League.<ref name="Dales Council Cricket League">{{cite web|url=https://dccl.play-cricket.com/home |title=Dales Council Cricket League |website=dccl.play-cricket.com |publisher=DCCL |accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref> Their junior training section play competitive cricket in the Bradford Junior Cricket League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bjcl.play-cricket.com/home |website=bjcl.play-cricket.com |title=Bradford Junior Cricket League |publisher=BJCL |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref>

[[Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club]] was founded in 1845<ref name="Pudsey St Lawrence CC History">{{cite web|url=https://pudseystlawrencecc.co.uk/landmark-history-moments |title=Landmark History Moments |website=pudseystlawrencecc.co.uk |publisher=Pudsey St Lawrence CC |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref> and is based on Tofts Road.<ref name="Pudsey St Lawrence play-cricket">{{cite web|url=https://pstl.play-cricket.com/Aboutus |title=About Us |website=pstl.play-cricket.com |accessdate=28 January 2024 |publisher=Pudsey St Lawrence CC}}</ref> The club has a significant success record, with 10 [[Bradford Premier League]] championship titles to their name.<ref name="Bradford Premier League" /> Pudsey St Lawrence field two senior teams in the [[Bradford Premier League]]<ref name="Bradford Premier League" /> and a 3rd team in the Dales Council Cricket League.<ref name="Dales Council Cricket League" /> Their junior training section play competitive cricket in the Airedale & Wharfedale Junior Cricket League,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awjcl.play-cricket.com/home |website=awjcl.play-cricket.com/home |title=Airedale & Wharfedale Junior Cricket League |publisher=A&WJCL |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref> a junior girls league with the West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wywgcl.play-cricket.com/home |website=wywgcl.play-cricket.com |title=West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League |publisher=WYW&GL |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref> and a late summer junior league in the Leeds Cricket League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leedscricketleague.play-cricket.com/home |website=leedscricketleague.play-cricket.com |title=Leeds Cricket League |publisher=LCL |accessdate=28 January 2024 }}</ref>

==Cultural references==
[[File:Pudsey Bear (10948703436).jpg|thumb|Pudsey Bear]]
In ''[[The Meaning of Liff]]'' a Pudsey is defined as "The curious-shaped flat wads of dough left on a kitchen table after someone has been cutting scones out of it."<ref>''The Meaning of Liff'', by Douglas Adams & John Lloyd, Pan Books Ltd, 1983, {{ISBN|0-330-28121-6}}.</ref>
Toward the beginning of the Monty Python episode "[[You're No Fun Anymore]]", the two characters, Mr and Mrs Samuel Brainsample can be seen walking along the platform of [[New Pudsey railway station#New Pudsey Station on television|New Pudsey railway station]]. Pudsey is also mentioned frequently in the [[Michael Palin]] TV series Ripping Yarns.

Pudsey has given its name to "[[Children in Need#Pudsey Bear|Pudsey Bear]]", the mascot of the [[BBC]]'s annual fundraising marathon ''[[Children in Need]]'', as this was where Pudsey logo designer Joanna Lane's grandfather was mayor.<ref name="Potts BBC News 14 November 2014">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-30024318|title=Children in Need: Pudsey Bear's path from mascot to national treasure |last=Potts|first=Lauren |date=14 November 2014 |website=BBC News | access-date=14 November 2014 }}</ref>

In [[Change ringing|bellringing]] Pudsey is one of the "Standard Eight" Surprise Major [[Method ringing|methods]], the most commonly rung complex pieces of ringing for eight bells.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Learning Curve: More or Less? |url=https://cccbr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/200711.pdf |access-date=6 June 2020 |work=The Ringing World |date=2 November 2007}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Pudsey]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Pudsey}}
*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Pudsey |volume=22 |short=x}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120920120716/http://www.thisispudsey.co.uk/ This is Pudsey – Community website with local news, sport, events and local information]
* [http://www.pudseytoday.co.uk YEP Pudsey Today Community Website]
*[http://www.calverley.info Calverley.info] Pudsey & Calverley genealogical and historical data
*[http://www.pudsey.com Pudsey.com] Pudsey Online Community Website.
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey BBC ''Children in Need'']
*[http://www.pudseycarnival.org.uk/ Pudsey Carnival]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Calverley/index.html The Ancient Parish of Calverley] at [[GENUKI]]: Pudsey was in this parish

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