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About Headingley:

Headingley is an inner suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road. Headingley is notable for being the location of the Beckett Park campus for Leeds Metropolitan University and Headingley Stadium.

Headingley was an Anglo-Saxon settlement, first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hedingelei or Hedingeleia in 1086, but possibly dating back to the 7th century. The name probably means "clearing of Hedda's people", Hedda sometimes being identified with Saint Hædde. However, a stone coffin found near Beckett Park in 1995 suggests there may have been an earlier settlement in late Roman or post-Roman times.

In Viking times, Headingley was the centre of the wapentake of Skyrack, or "Shire Oak". The name refers to an oak tree that was used as a meeting place for settling legal disputes and raising armies. An ancient oak, said to be the Shire Oak, stood to the north of St Michael's Church until 1941, and gives its name to two pubs, The Original Oak and The Skyrack. industrial revolution and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth of the main city.

In 1840, it became the site of Leeds' Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Despite the opening of Headingley railway station, serving the gardens, in 1849, the zoo was a loss-making venture and closed in 1858. The bear pit still survives and can be seen on Cardigan Road.

To the east of the village, now suburb, is the Meanwood Beck which was a source of water for the early inhabitants of the village as well as a source of power for the Victorians of Leeds.

The area has a history of student inhabitation, with Leeds Metropolitan University having a campus at Becket Park in Headingley. Much of the housing around Kirkstall Lane is rented to students.

Throughout Headingley's modern era, the Rugby and Cricket stadiums have been significant in the fabric of the area, a major England test match or a Rugby League derby brings many spectators to the area.