Collingham, West Yorkshire
Coordinates: 53°54′15″N 1°24′50″W / 53.904029°N 1.413945°W
Collingham is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) south east of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 2,991.[1] The clergyman, the Reverend William Mompesson was born there in 1639.[2]
The River Wharfe runs through the village towards Wetherby, as does the main A58 trans-Pennine road. The A659 passes through the village. The River Wharfe is dangerous at Collingham due to undercurrents, which are prevalent around Linton Bridge and the former viaduct. Collingham Beck burst its banks in 2007, causing extensive flooding.
The village has a Public house the Half Moon Inn , where Oliver Cromwell is said to have spent the night after the Battle of Marston Moor.[3] There is a Post Office, shops and service businesses, a sports centre and a primary school. The village church is St Oswald.[4]
Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Primary School,[5] is located off the Harewood Road opposite the cricket pitch. In 2013 it was the top state primary school in West Yorkshire.
Wetherby golf course extends all the way to the river at Collingham.
Geography
The village is at the junction of the A58 and A659 roads. It is separated from Linton to the north by the River Wharfe and linked to it via Linton Bridge. Wetherby to the north east is accessed via Linton or the A58 road from Leeds. The A659 road to Harewood crosses the Collingham Beck, a tributary of the Wharfe, over the listed Collingham Bridge. To the east is access to the A1(M) motorway and Boston Spa.
Collingham has had problems with flooding and was affected by the 2007 UK Floods. Collingham Beck has a tendency to swell very quickly. During the 2007 UK Floods it flooded Millbeck Green and the A58 Leeds Road reaching the boundaries of the Half Moon and Old Star public houses.
Shortly after 1800h (BST) 26 December, the monitoring station at Collingham for the River Wharfe reached a record high of 5.25m above ordnance datum (previous high level was 4.7mAOD). Linton Bridge was damaged in the flood cracks appeared in the deck and its parapets sagged. The bridge closed to all traffic until repairs are carried out.
Transport
Collingham Bridge railway station was on the Cross Gates to Wetherby line. It was named after the bridge over the nearby beck to avoid confusion with Collingham railway station in Nottinghamshire and was the station before Wetherby railway station. The railway bridge over the River Wharfe, which was adjacent to Linton Bridge was demolished in 1965 when the railway was dismantled. Collingham is served by the X98 and X99 bus services operated by First West Yorkshire between Leeds City Square and Wetherby Deighton Bar.
Amenities
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The village has a public house, The Half Moon on Harewood Road, and an Italian restaurant, Picolino on High Street. The Old Star pub and restaurant, is now a Tesco Express.
Elizabeth Court, a small modern shopping precinct, houses most of the village shops, an off licence, fish and chip shop, travel agency, pharmacy, delicatessen, clothes shop, a bathroom shop, a dentist and a dry cleaner. Adjacent is a small parade of shops containing a convenience store and a newsagent and the post office. The GP's surgery provides NHS services.
Religion
St Oswald's Church is the Anglican parish church and there is a Methodist chapel. There are Catholic services in Bardsey and Wetherby.
Housing and buildings
Much of the centre of Collingham was demolished in the 1960s and 1970s and replaced with modern facilities. However the Elizabeth Court Shopping Precinct in Collingham is stone-built and sympathetically styled. As part of this, many small shops and cottages were demolished, changing the character of the village. Some small cottages were purchased by the Half Moon public house, demolished and are now a large car park. The village has two churches. A large, stone Anglican church and a small, red brick Methodist chapel. There is a 1960s-built primary school, a 1970s-built indoor squash courts.
There is an eclectic mix of Georgian, Victorian and 20th century housing. Housing around Harewood Road is generally late 20th century housing with some large detached houses. Housing around Leeds Road is a mix of individually built properties and housing developments, while housing on Wetherby Road is generally the oldest in Collingham. There has been no housing development on a notable scale in Collingham, since Bryant Homes built housing along Linton Road.
Sport
Collingham is home to Collingham and Linton Cricket Club which plays in the Airedale-Wharfedale Senior Cricket League.[6] This is located at the Collingham and Linton Sports Association (CALSA), which boasts three indoor squash courts, a football pitch and a cricket pitch. CALSA also has affiliated tennis and hockey sections.
Governance
Collingham falls into the Elmet and Rothwell constituency, which is currently held by Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative). Collingham falls under the 'Parish Council of Collingham and Linton', which is under the governance of Leeds City Council. The nearest council offices are in Wetherby. Collingham was until 1974 in the Wetherby Rural District, it is now in the Harewood Ward of the City of Leeds.
Discussion over boundary changes are currently taking place (start of 2012) with Boston Spa Parish Council (to align with the new A1) and East Keswick Parish Council.
Collingham with Linton Parish Council are creating two Neighbourhood Plans - one for Collingham and one for nearby Linton.
People
Collingham was also home to Percy Shaw, a professional boxer between 1932 and 1935. He had 11 professional contests during this time [7][8] and had a son called Philip Shaw.
Nearby settlements
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References
- ↑ "Civil parish population 2016". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ↑ Genealogical web site
- ↑ Marston Moor
- ↑ Village Church
- ↑ Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings CE Primary School, Wetherby ::
- ↑ Cricket Club
- ↑ http://www.boxinghistory.org.uk/slist.html
- ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/YORKSGEN/2005-11/1131799333
External links
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- "The Ancient Parish of Collingham". GENUKI. Retrieved 2007-10-29.