Aireborough was an urban district

Urban district

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 in the West Riding of Yorkshire

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 from 1937 to 1974, to the north of Leeds

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, England

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. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10180107 It covered Guiseley

Guiseley

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, Yeadon

Yeadon, West Yorkshire

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 and Rawdon, and was created as a merger of those three urban districts along with part of Wharfedale Rural District

Wharfedale Rural District

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. The district was named after the River Aire

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. The district now forms part of the City of Leeds

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 metropolitan borough

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The name of Aireborough remains in use in many local organisations such as the Aireborough Civic Society as well as being a Delivery Office of the Royal Mail

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. It is also a Census ward and was notable for being named 'the most average place in England and Wales'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3163773.stm in the studies arising from the 2001 Census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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Yeadon and Guiseley Secondary School was renamed as Aireborough Grammar School

Aireborough Grammar School

Aireborough Grammar School was an English state Grammar school situated on the Yeadon / Guiseley border in Aireborough, West Yorkshire. The school was founded in 1910 and closed in 1991.-History:...

in 1937, when the Aireborough Urban District was formed.