Events and buildings often feature strongly in a Yorkshire area’s history.
The same is true of Seacroft situated around four miles east of Leeds city centre. It is listed in the Domesday Book and the name is of Saxon origin – sae meaning pool or lake and croft meaning enclosure or farm. Edward Baines in his West Riding Directory 1822 says: ‘in 1645 here happened an engagement between a detachment of the Parliament army, commanded by Thomas Fairfax, and a large body of the King’s horse, commanded by Lord Goring in which the latter gained a complete victory.
Steven Burt and Kevin Grady in The Illustrated History of Leeds mention that the first enlargement of Leeds occurred in 1912 with the inclusion of a number of townships, including Seacroft. This was to play a large part in the development of the area. Following the death of Darcy Bruce Wilson on January 5, 1931, his executors offered for sale, during July of the same year, the Seacroft Hall Estate.
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