Scholes-in-Elmet
Main Street, Scholes
Scholes-in-Elmet Show map of Leeds Scholes-in-Elmet Location within West Yorkshire Show map of West Yorkshire
Population	2,266
OS grid reference	SE 37766 37254
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Leeds
Postcode district	LS15
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Elmet and Rothwel
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°49′34″N 1°25′45″W / 53.826111°N 1.429167°W / 53.826111; -1.429167

Scholes-in-Elmet is a village in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Its name is a plural of Old Norse skáli meaning "temporary shed".

It is sometimes known as Scholes-in-Elmet to distinguish it from the villages of the same name in the Holme Valley and Cleckheaton, also by analogy with the neighbouring village of Barwick-in-Elmet and Sherburn in Elmet.

The village is part of the civil parish of Barwick in Elmet and Scholes, sits in the Harewood ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency. In 2011, the population of Scholes was 2,266.^[1]

History

In the 1800s, Colonel Frederick Trench-Gascoigne (of Parlington Hall, Aberford) owned and rented out a large number of houses, mines, woodlands and farming land in the areas of Scholes, Swarcliffe, Barnbow, Garforth, Barwick-in-Elmet, Cross Gates, and Whinmoor.^[2]

In the mid-1880s, a previous occupant of the Seacroft windmill, Isaac Chippindale, started the Scholes Brick and Tile Works on Wood Lane, on the border to Swarcliffe. The company's quarry produced high-quality bricks with which many houses in the surrounding area were built.^[3] Its kilns and house were demolished in the early 1980s, leaving two small fishing lakes, but is still known as "Chippy's Quarry".^[4]

Amenities

Scholes has two pubs, a dentist and doctors, a hairdressers and beauty salon, a library and two churches. The nearest commercial centres are in Seacroft, the Springs (Barnbow) and Cross Gates. The Seacroft Green shopping centre contains amongst other shops a large Tesco supermarket, while the Cross Gates Shopping Centre (formerly an Arndale Centre) contains many high street shops. Other nearby commercial centres include Garforth and Wetherby.

The Barley Corn is a historic Samuel Smiths pub on Main Street, while the former railway station on Station Road (The Buffers) has been converted into a pub and restaurant.

Transport

Scholes lies close to the Leeds Outer Ring Road, the A64 and the M1. The East Leeds Orbital Road, due for completion in late 2022, will also serve the village. Scholes Railway Station was opened in 1876, part of the Cross Gates to Wetherby line;^[5] the station and line closed in 1964.^[6] Local bus services are 64 and 11, provided by First Leeds.^[7] The nearest international airport is Leeds Bradford Airport, which is 12.4 miles (20 km).^[8]

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  Scholes Junior School
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  Scholes Methodist Church
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  Houses on Main Street
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  Barley Corn Inn
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  Leeds Road

Comparison

Scholes is in the LS15 postcode area.

Location grid

Climate

The climate in Scholes is moderate.