Meanwood Beck

The ultimate source of the water is Otley Chevin and the Marsh Beck feeds into what is now the Wildfowl Lake (formerly the Black Hill Dam)[2] in Golden Acre Park.[4] John Cossins' 1775 plan of Leeds shows Sheepscar Beck as essentially the East limits of the town at the time, Adel being some distance away and Meanwood still a wood.Along with the Hol Beck[6] doing the same from the South-West nearby it led to a fording place and a small community which eventually grew into the town of Leeds.[8] In the 19th century it supplied water for a chemical works and tanneries,[8] one of which, Sugarwell Court, is now a university hall of residence.As well as the crayfish there are also bull head fish present which can be found easily with a net and a pair of waders; they generally are located on the stream bed in the mud and silt.

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