Until the building of the railway, Cross Gates was a quiet village.
Other shopping facilities in Cross Gates are found along Austhorpe Road.
"There was a burglary in Cross Gates the other night," Chadwick said.
The 12 miles from Cross Gates to Wetherby took four years to construct and it was opened on 1 May 1876.
Barnbow in Cross Gates was a large ammunitions factory producing ten thousand shells per week by August 1915.
Manston is a residential part of Cross Gates.
Collingham once had a railway station on the Cross Gates to Wetherby line.
It is considered part of Cross Gates, as is Manston.
Until 1963, passenger services existed between Cross Gates and Wetherby railway station.
The Cross Gates to Wetherby line would probably be very popular now.
