Newland with Woodhouse Moor facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Newland with Woodhouse Moor |
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 Newland with Woodhouse Moor
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| Population | 0 |
| OS grid reference | SE369224 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORMANTON |
| Postcode district | WF6 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Newland with Woodhouse Moor is a small area in West Yorkshire, England. It's a type of local area called a civil parish, which is like a small community or village area. This parish is part of the City of Wakefield and is mostly open countryside. You can find it west of a town called Normanton. A famous old place called Newland Hall used to be here.
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A Glimpse into Newland's Past
The story of Newland goes back about 900 years! Records show that in 1213, King John I helped set up a special community here. This community was for the Knights Templar, who were a famous group of warrior monks.
Later, the land was taken over by another group of warrior monks called the Knights Hospitaller. They used Newland as a "preceptory." A preceptory was like a local headquarters or a small monastery for these knights. Newland was very important because it was one of only two such places in West Yorkshire for these knightly orders. It was also the only one started by the Knights Hospitaller in the area.
In the early days, a powerful person named Roger Le Peytevin, who was the lord of the nearby Altofts area, gave a lot of support to the Newland preceptory. Later, the Levett family became the main owners of the land. They also had connections to Normanton and to the Knights Hospitaller. For example, in 1447, a man named William Lyvett (Levett) became a tenant of the Knights Hospitaller at Newland. He was also a "preceptor," meaning he was in charge of their community there.
Newland Hall and Its History
A big change happened during the time of King Henry VIII. This was when many monasteries and religious places were closed down, an event known as the Dissolution of the Monasteries. King Henry VIII closed the Newland preceptory and took its land.
The land was then sold to the Bunny family. Later, the Silvester family bought the estate. In 1740, they built a grand house called Newland Hall. This hall was huge, with 54 rooms! Sadly, Newland Hall was torn down in 1917.
Even though the main hall is gone, some of the old farm buildings that belonged to Newland Hall are still standing. These buildings, along with the old stable block, are now protected as Grade II listed buildings. This means they are important historical buildings. The stable block even used to have the special cross symbol of the Knights Hospitaller on it.
Modern Day Newland
Today, Newland with Woodhouse Moor is a very quiet place. The census in 2001 recorded that the parish had a population of zero people. This means no one officially lives within the boundaries of the civil parish itself.
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Newland Hall, built around 1740, was taken down in 1917.
