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Description: | 8th March 2009.
Image shows Cad Beeston off Temple Crescent. This is a row of nineteenth century terrace houses with remains of a much older property dating back to the medieval period. The photograph is taken from the south side of the building and shows the original timber frame structure. It is a two bay box frame with curved braces to the side walls. When the former Manor House was divided into terraced homes they were numbered from the left as 9, 8 and 7 Cad Beeston. The building is now Grade II listed and has undergone restoration. It is presently in use as offices. The origins of the name 'Cad Beeston' are unclear - AH Smith's work, 'The Place Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire' says that a possible explanation is that it derives from the wild cats that used to roam the area, and it was originally 'Cat Beeston'. He also indicates the use of an Old English personal name, Cada, as a possibility. An article in the Yorkshire Evening Post of 4th March 1984 gives yet another explanation, that Beeston was named after Adam de Beeston, an early manorial lord, and that Cad was added following a Cadastral survey, ie. a survey of land for taxation purposes. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | listed Temple Crescent Manor House Cad Beeston | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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