Claim: Brown Moor is an area in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds that is named after a nearby hill; its colliery has been in disuse since the early 20th century.
Evidence: Brown Moor is an area in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, east of Austhorpe and north of Colton Common. The area is named after a nearby hill. A colliery operated here in the 19th century and was accessed by a spur off the Leeds and Selby Railway, but was already disused in the early 20th century.