 In 1955, "The Civil Engineer" reported that Leeds City Council paid £2,867 for "Electrical installations in 130  dwellings at the Swarcliffe (Seacroft) estate".The estate was built between the Seacroft and Manston estates, bordered by the A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road to the west, the A64 York Road to the north, and Barwick Road to the south, with Cock Beck and Scholes to the east.The adjacent Whinmoor estate was built in the 1960s, to the east and north.