Burmantofts
Sign in to saveBurmantofts is an area of 1960s high-rise housing blocks in inner-city east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England adjacent to the city centre and St. James's Hospital. It is a racially diverse area, but suffers the social problems typical of similar areas across the country.
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- Part of
- Leeds
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Leeds
- Population
- 24863
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- Dialing code
- 0113
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- postal code
- LS9
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- Burmantofts
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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- St Agnes' parish church
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Burmantofts is an area of 1960s high-rise housing blocks in inner-city east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England adjacent to the city centre and St. James's Hospital. It is a racially diverse area, but suffers the social problems typical of similar areas across the country.
From 1859 to 1957 Burmantofts was the home of Burmantofts Pottery, a manufacturer of ceramic pipes and construction materials.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burmantofts” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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