Meanwood Beck
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The Meanwood Beck is a stream in West Yorkshire, England, which flows southwards through Adel, Meanwood and Sheepscar into the River Aire in central Leeds. Different portions of the same watercourse have been referred to as Adel Beck, Carr Beck, Lady Beck, Mabgate Beck, Sheepscar Beck, Timble Beck or Wortley Beck.[1] The Meanwood Valley Trail footpath follows the line of the beck for much of its course.
The ultimate source of the water is
It is of historical importance because it deposited silt into the River Aire. Along with the Hol Beck[6] doing the same from the South-West nearby it led to a fording place and a small community which eventually grew into the town of Leeds.[7]
The beck was previously a source of water for the village of Headingley and two of its earliest bridges led straight to it. The beck carries a much reduced volume of water over recent years as water is collected instead into the many drains in the centre of one of Britain's largest cities.
Meanwood Beck runs through Meanwood Park and Woodhouse Ridge. It provides water and drainage for Meanwood Valley Urban Farm.
In the 16th to 18th centuries it provided power for
The Beck suffered a serious pollution incident on 29 March 1999 when an oil tank at the
References
- ^ Leeds Mercury 19 February 1866 p4 "The Leeds Improvement of Becks Bill"
- ^ Golden Acre Park - A brief History
- ^ a b Leodis Cross Stamford Street, Sheepscar Beck
- ISBN 0-319-00843-6
- ISBN 0-7509-3413-1
- ^ Leodis Hol Beck
- ISBN 1 86077 130 0
- ^ a b Meanwood Valley Urban Farm History
- ^ McDonald, Professor Adrian. "An Appraisal of the Oil Spill that occurred at Bodington Hall on 29th March 1999". University of Leeds. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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