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Scarcroft

Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England

Summary

Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Scarcroft
pushpin_map	United Kingdom Leeds
population	1,194
population_ref	2011 census
civil_parish	Scarcroft
metropolitan_borough	City of Leeds
metropolitan_county	West Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster	Wetherby and Easingwold
post_town	LEEDS
postcode_district	LS14
postcode_area	LS
dial_code	0113
static_image_name	Bracken Fox, Scarcroft.jpg
static_image_caption	The New Inn

Scarcroft is a village and civil parish 6 mi north east of Leeds city centre in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The village lies on the main A58 road between Leeds and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,153 increasing to 1,194 at the 2011 Census.

The village of Bardsey is further 1 mi eastwards on the A58 towards Wetherby.

The name Scarcroft derives from the Old English sceardcroft meaning 'croft in a gap'.

The Scarcroft Watermill was built in 1810 to grind corn.

Toll Bar House, this was used between 1826 and 1876 when a toll system was in place between Wetherby and Leeds.

There is one pub in Scarcroft, the New Inn, established in 1852. It was at one time called The Bracken Fox but reverted to its former name in 2011. The village's shop and post office have closed. The closest local shops are in Bardsey, Shadwell and Whinmoor. The closest supermarkets are Tesco in Seacroft and Morrisons in Wetherby.

Scarcroft is also renowned for having among the most expensive streets in Leeds: Bracken Park, recently revealed as the most expensive and Ling Lane, regularly appearing in top ten lists.

References

link. (19 March 2015 . Retrieved 9 September 2009)
"Scarcroft Parish".
"Scarcroft". The Institute for Name-Studies.
(July 2017). "Scarcroft Neighbourhood Development Plan".
"The New Inn". Vintage Inns.
(31 March 2011). "Pub Review: The New Inn, Wetherby Road, Scarcroft". Yorkshire Evening Post.
(23 December 2016). "Revealed: Yorkshire's three million-pound streets and the rest of the property rich-list".
(9 October 2017). "Revealed: The 10 most expensive streets in West Yorkshire - Yorkshire Evening Post". Yorkshire Evening Post.
(27 September 2018). "These are the 10 most expensive streets in Leeds". Yorkshire Evening Post.

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