Aireborough - Izeria

Aireborough was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1937 to 1974. It was formed through the abolition of the urban districts of Guiseley, Yeadon and Rawdon and enlarged by the addition of parts of Otley urban district and parts of the civil parishes of Esholt, Hawksworth and Menston in the Wharfedale rural district on 1 April 1937. Aireborough Urban District was administered from Micklefield House in Rawdon, which had been acquired by Rawdon UDC in 1930. The district was abolished on 1 April 1974 when the metropolitan district of Leeds was established. Aireborough is the name of a UK census ward, which was named "the most average place in England and Wales", following studies arising from the 2001 census.

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Yeadon, West Yorkshire

Yeadon is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Most of the town is in the Otley and Yeadon ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds North West parliamentary constituency. A southern part of the town, north of Swincar Avenue on Kirk Lane and south of the A65 is in the Guiseley and Rawdon ward and the Pudsey constituency. Leeds Bradford Airport is immediately east of the town.

Yeadon Town Hall

Yeadon Town Hall is a municipal building in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, England. It is Grade II listed.

Yeadon Tarn

Yeadon Tarn is a small lake in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, England. The lake, which is fed by land drainage, covers an area of 7 hectares (17 acres), and enters the River Aire via Yeadon Beck, which drains from the tarn at is western side. The tarn attracts a wide variety of wildlife and is additionally used for recreational activities. Yeadon Tarn lies between Leeds Bradford Airport to the east, and the town of Yeadon to the west.

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Yeadon railway station (England)

Yeadon railway station was a goods only railway station in West Yorkshire that operated between 1894 and 1964. A station for Yeadon was first proposed in 1881 when the North Eastern Railway was approached to build a line between Horsforth and Guiseley via Yeadon. The North Eastern declined to be involved so the promoters of the railway sought assistance from the Midland Railway instead. With some support from the Midland Railway, a company, the Guiseley, Yeadon & Rawdon, was formed and obtained, in 1885, an act of parliament to build a branch line from Rawdon Junction to Yeadon - a distance of just over one mile (1.6 km). In 1891 the company obtained parliamentary approval for an extension of the line to Headingley. At the same time the company changed its name to the Guiseley, Yeadon & Headingley Railway Company. Despite the additional powers the company was unable to raise the necessary capital to even build the line as far as Yeadon. Instead the Midland Railway took over the powers authorised by the earlier act and built the line from Rawdon to Yeadon. Yeadon station opened to goods traffic on 26 February 1894 and despite being equipped with all the necessary facilities for passengers, the Midland Railway did not introduce a regular passenger service on the line. Post-grouping the station came under the control of the London, Midland and Scottish railway and continued the practice of no regular passenger traffic although it was used for excursion trains until the 1950s. During the Second World War there was an increase in freight traffic due to an Avro aircraft factory being established at nearby Leeds-Bradford airport but in spite of this demand the line was closed as a wartime economy measure in 1944. After the war the line reopened but the amount of traffic was never great and a decision was made to close both the station and the branch line. The last train ran on 7 August 1964.