Mabgate

Mabgate is an inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and the name of one of its streets.

[1] Mabgate, the street, continues for a short distance on the south side of New York Road (A64(M)).

The area west of the Lady Beck was known as the Leylands, a mixture of slum housing and factories in the 19th and early 20th century.

[6] Maps from 1725 and 1771 show the region as open land, but by 1821 a named street (as is Skinner Lane) with buildings along much of its length had been built.

[1] The Hope Foundry produced ironwork for street furniture such as lamps, bollards, benches and mileposts, many of which are still around.

Mabgate looking west, with Mabgate Mills on the right and a 1987 mural, designed by Janet de Wagt
Street sign on the north end of the street