Arthur Ransome, author of the
Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, was born in Headingley but moved to Far Headingley as a child in 1890. His father, Cyril Ransome, was a professor at the
University of Leeds and had lived in Far Headingley before his marriage in 1882. It was at his house in Hollin Lane that the young
Prince Alemayehu of Ethiopia died in 1869.
Alan Bennett, actor, author, playwright and screenwriter, lived in Far Headingley as a child from 1946-1957, above his father's butcher's shop at 92A Otley Road. ==See also==