Cross Gates, Leeds
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 Station Road, Cross Gates looking towards the station, Crossgates Centre and the gas holder |
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| Cross Gates shown within West Yorkshire | |
| Population | 22,099 (Including Austhorpe. Ward of Cross Gates and Whinmoor) |
| OS grid reference | SE362345 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEEDS |
| Postcode district | LS15 |
| Dialling code | 0113 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Cross Gates (often spelled Crossgates) is a suburb in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Seacroft and Swarcliffe to the north, Whitkirk and Colton to the south, Killingbeck to the west and Austhorpe to the south east. Manston and Pendas Fields are generally regarded as part of Cross Gates. Cross Gates had a population of 7,770 in 2011. Despite being a relatively small area, it serves as an important transport hub for the nearby large housing estates of Seacroft, Whinmoor and Gipton. By a later revision of the 2011 Census the ward had been renamed Crossgates and Whinmoor. This ward had a population of 22,099.
The suburb is 4 miles (6 km) to the east of Leeds city centre and lies in the LS15 Leeds postcode area.
Cross Gates means "crossroads" from Old English cros "cross" (as in Crossens) and Old Norse gata "street, gait" (not 'gate'). The name was recorded as Crosget in 1129. Cross Gates was originally part of Austhorpe, as were Colton and Barrowby, which is indicated through various streets in Cross Gates beginning with "Austhorpe".
Until the building of the railway, Cross Gates was a quiet village. However, Leeds' industrialisation, as well as the building of the railway, developed Cross Gates into a 'commuter village'. At this time Cross Gates was 'well removed' from the city and the collieries to the west of the village, so Cross Gates began to attract Leeds' more affluent residents. Cross Gates' development however had always been attributable to its proximity to Leeds. Before 1900 there was little evidence of Cross Gates, and unlike nearby suburbs such as Halton, Seacroft and Austhorpe there is no mention of Cross Gates in the Domesday Book. The earliest housing in Cross Gates was built for the workers at Cross Gates Colliery.
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