Search for a place
Search for a place
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sheepscar like this:
SHEEPSCAR, a chapelry in Leeds borough, W. R. Yorkshire. The statistics are not separately returned. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patron, alternately the Bishop and the Crown. A temporary iron church was built in 1866; and a permanent stone one in 1867.
Sheepscar is now part of LEEDS District. Click here for graphs and data of how LEEDS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sheepscar itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sheepscar, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25496
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Sheepscar".
