Editing Seacroft (section)

===Seacroft village===
[[File:Seacroft Village1.jpg|thumb|right|Areas of the original Seacroft village]]
Seacroft village is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] (1086).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE3535/seacroft/|title=Seacroft {{!}} Domesday Book|website=opendomesday.org|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>  Evidence of much earlier inhabitation was found during construction of the estate in the 1950s. A stone axe dating from the [[Neolithic]] age (3500–2100&nbsp;[[Before Christ|BC]]) was found on Kentmere Avenue.  In addition, two silver Roman coins were found on The Green in the 1850s.<ref name=Weldrake>{{cite web|last=Weldrake |first=David |url=http://www.seacrofttoday.co.uk/yourseacroft/Seacroft-History.1794815.jp |title=Seacroft History – Seacroft Today |publisher=Seacrofttoday.co.uk |access-date=28 December 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Seacroft Grange 11 Sep 2017.jpg|right|thumb|Seacroft Grange in 2017]]
Seacroft village is the original part of Seacroft, around The Green and Cricketers Arms (pictured above), and is often referred to today.  Seacroft Hall was built in the 17th century by the Shiletto family incorporating extensive landscaping and parkland. Despite being a [[listed building]], the hall was demolished in the 1950s. The original entrance lodge still stands on York Road, with Parklands School on South Parkway now occupying the location of the hall.<ref name="SCPC"/>  There is one shop in the area that was originally Seacroft Village, a small village off licence, which has been built since the building of the estate.

Seacroft Grange was built in 1627 for the Tottie family and is also known as '''Tottie Hall'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.freeuk.com/seacroft/sctop.htm|title=History of the Village: Photographs (surviving buildings)|work=Seacroft Village Preservation Society|access-date=24 September 2009}}</ref> It is a grade II listed building, along with its service buildings.<ref name=ioe>{{NHLE |num=1255897 |desc=The Grange, The Green, Leeds |access-date=24 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1255898 |desc=Coach house and service range to The Grange, The Green, Leeds |access-date=24 September 2009}}</ref> Although the English Heritage record says it was rebuilt in 1837<ref name=ioe /> other sources record the building as original, noting that in 1837 the new tenant John Wilson renamed it to Seacroft Grange and set his coat of arms over the door.<ref name=lhj>{{cite journal|title=Seacroft Grange: Built in the 17th century for the Tottie family – what does the future hold?|journal=Leeds History Journal|volume=13|issn=1740-5696|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/3349072537/sizes/o/in/set-72157605819485965/}}</ref> The building included a celebrated late 17th century staircase thought to have been brought from [[Austhorpe Hall]].<ref name=ioe /> It is now part of Seacroft Grange Care Village.<ref name=SGCV>{{cite web |url=https://seacroftgrange.com/ |title=Seacroft Grange Care Village |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=seacroftgrange.com |publisher=Care Homes Leeds |access-date=4 October 2017 }}</ref>

See also The Seacroft Village Preservation Society.<ref name=SCPC>{{cite web|url=http://home.freeuk.com/seacroft/sctop.htm |title=Seacroft Village |publisher=Home.freeuk.com |access-date=28 December 2008}}</ref>

There is an old non-operating windmill, that pre-dates the estate, which has been incorporated into a hotel (now known as the [[Britannia Hotels|Britannia Hotel]] Leeds).
[[File:SeacroftWindmill.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seacroft Windmill]]