Edited sentence: All that remains now of the old village is one of the two local pubs, The Queens.It must have been of benefit to someone, it certainly wasn't to the people of Stourton.It was not just another suburb of Leeds, but a village in it's own right with a church, chapels, working mens clubs, pubs, shops, a library, and a primary and junior school.The fields which stretched from the village down to the Aire and Calder canal are now covered by trading estates and container storage parks.The haste with which Leeds City Council brought all this about was staggering.Where houses once stood are now factory carparks and light industrial units.Within 10 years of Leeds gaining posession it had been virtually wiped off the map, the houses demolished and the population scattered