Ledsham, West Yorkshire

Ledsham is a village and civil parish north of Castleford and east of Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough and near to the A1 Great North Road. It has a population of 162, increasing to 181 at the 2011 Census.
Etymology.
Ledsham is first mentioned in a charter of around 1030 in the form "Ledesham". Like nearby Ledston, the name seems to refer to Leeds (or the Old English precursor of this name, "Loidis", which denoted a region rather than a town); the second element is the Old English word "hām" ('homestead, farm'). The name thus meant 'the farm belonging to the region of Loidis'.
Ledsham parish once also included the township of Fairburn, whose name is likewise first attested around 1030, as "Faren-burne". This name comes from the Old English words "fearn" ('fern') and "burna" ('spring, stream'), and thus meant 'spring characterised by ferns'.
Charactistics.
There is a late seventh-century Anglo-Saxon church (the oldest church and the oldest building standing in West Yorkshire), and nearby Ledston Hall. The village school, like schools in Collingham and Thorp Arch, is named after Lady Elizabeth Hastings.
Ledsham have a cricket team, who currently play in the Wetherby League.