 The map shows that surveyor Henry Teal had divided the land remaining in the earl's possession into lots for sale.In 1870, the Potternewton township, covering 1,667 acres about two miles north of Leeds, comprised the villages of New Leeds and part of Buslingthorpe, and the hamlets of Gipton, Harehills, and Squire-Pastures.Part of its name is from supposedly Roman, "very ancient pottery", found in the vicinity.