Oulton, West Yorkshire

Oulton is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England, between Leeds and Wakefield. It is at the junction of the A639 and A642 roads. Though now adjoining the village of Woodlesford, it was once quite separate.

The village formed part of the Rothwell Urban District until its merger into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in 1974. Today, it sits in the Rothwell ward of Leeds City Council. It is also in the Wakefield and Rothwell parliamentary constituency.

Oulton Hall was built in 1850 and is now a hotel and conference centre.

Sport

The Oulton Raiders rugby league club was founded in 1962 as Oulton Miners Welfare. In 2018 the team reached the third round of the Challenge Cup. The women's team, the Oulton Raidettes, was established in 2012. In 2022, the Raidettes won the Grand Final in the Championship and reached the quarter-finals of the Women's Challenge Cup.

Notable and former residents

Richard Bentley theologian, critic and scholar, who became Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
The cricketer and Anglican clergyman Henry Bell was born in Oulton.
Francis Ingram was a slave trader and privateer.

File:Oulton Edrus Tailor 2016.jpg|Half-Timbered house on the Leeds Road, Oulton

File:Oulton The Three Horseshoes 2016.jpg|Three Horseshoes inn, Oulton

File:Oulton Methodist Church 2016.jpg|Oulton Methodist Church

File:St John's Church - Oulton - geograph.org.uk - 404415.jpg|St John the Evangelist's Church

File:Oulton Bentley Square Plaque 2016.jpg|Richard Bentley plaque

File:Airey houses on Wordsworth Drive, Oulton, West Yorkshire (7th October 2022) 007.jpg|Former National Coal Board Airey houses on Wordsworth Drive under threat of demolition.

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Location grid

References

External links

Area website
Big Red Curtain Performing Arts Incorporating TheatreWorks - Part-Time Performing Arts School based in Oulton
The Ancient Parish of Rothwell at GENUKI - Oulton was in this parish
The story of Woodlesford station