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2 unusual facts about Gipton


Gipton

The town's name was recorded as Cepetun, suggesting village with a market, suggesting a trading-town, or residence of the traders, as with Market Weighton.

Penny Woolcock

Her breakthrough film was Tina Goes Shopping, which was a collaborative piece with the real residents of the Gipton estates in Leeds, which was part of what is now known as the Tina Trilogy.


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David Bieber

On December 26, 2003, on the border between the Gipton and Oakwood areas of Leeds, traffic policemen Ian Broadhurst and Neil Roper saw Bieber's stolen BMW car parked at the junction of Grange Park Avenue and Dib Lane, where Bieber had just been into the adjacent post office.

Oakwood, Leeds

Because the LS8 postcode boundary includes Fearnville, Lady wood, Gipton Wood and Hollin Wood, these are sometimes considered part of Oakwood.


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