A Historic Overview
![Lawnswood High School (Girls) and Leeds Modern School (Boys) [demolished], 1938 © Historic England](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58c140216b8f5b630c91e446/1648825189957-X0YBM3US7UOZ4WPDATMR/Lawnswood+High+School+%28Girls%29+and+Leeds+Modern+School+%28Boys%29%2C+Weetwood%2C+1938+Screenshot+2022-03-26+at+10-28-45+EPW057195+-+Aerial+Photo+Historic+England.png)
The gallery comprises aerial views taken in and around Headingley in the early part of the last century.
For recent aerial photos, go to An Overview of Headingley.
The photographs are copyright Historic England. For more aerial photos, go to Historic England.
For more photos of Headingley, go to the Galleries.
The original village stood on a cross-roads, and was named ‘Headda’s people’s place’ by the Anglo-Saxons, or Head-ing-ley. It developed as a suburb as the village was drawn into the orbit of Leeds. In the first half of Victoria’s reign, alongside the villas and mansions of the wealthy, stone terraces were built for working people. In the latter nineteenth century, more large villas were built, now accompanied by row upon row of brick terraces. At the turn of the century, Headingley Stadium was built, eventually bringing international renown. In the years between the wars, the remaining spaces were in-filled by estates of classic semi-detached houses. For more, read the Headline History of Headingley.
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