Scholes is a village on the outskirts of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is part of the parish of Barwick in Elmet and Scholes. Barwick in Elmet and Scholes is a Civil parish in the City of Leeds Metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is sometimes known as Scholes-in-Elmet to distinguish it from the two Scholes in the Kirklees borough, by analogy with Barwick-in-Elmet and Sherburn-in-Elmet
Its name is a plural of Old Norse skáli = "temporary shed". Scholes is a Pennine hilltop village situated 1 mile (2 km to the southeast and above Holmfirth, 7 miles (11 km southwest of Huddersfield, in the Barwick-in-Elmet is a Village 8 km (6 miles east of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Sherburn-in-Elmet is a Village in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, situated close to Selby. Plural is a Grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the Referent in the real world Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age
Comparison
Scholes lies in the LS15 postcode area. Here is a population breakdown of the postcode area in comparison with the UK population.
| Category | LS15 | UK average |
|---|---|---|
| Population density (people / sq mi) | 43. 2 | 24. 9 |
| Gender split (females / male) | 1. 05 | 1. 05 |
| Average commute | 6. 1 miles | 8. 73 miles |
| Average age | 38 | 39 |
| Home ownership | 16% | 16. 9% |
| Student population | 2. 4% | 4. 4% |
| People in good health | 69% | 69% |
External links
- A site showing places in the UK called Scholes (Scholes-in-Elmet is at the top of the page)
- The Ancient Parish of Barwick in Elmet. GENUKI. GENUKI is a Genealogy Web portal, run as a Charitable trust. Its aim is "to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information Retrieved on 2007-10-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II - Scholes was in this parish
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