Beeston, West Riding

Description
Beeston, a village and a township in Leeds parish, W. R. Yorkshire, on the G.N.R., within the borough of Leeds, 2 1/2 miles SSW of the town of Leeds, with a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Leeds. Acreage, 1568; population, 2962. There are extensive iron and coal mines here which have been worked from the time of Charles II., and also woollen and iron manufactures. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon ; value, £290 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. The church has been lately rebuilt on the ancient site, and there are two Methodist chapels a large temperance hall, and several charities.