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A history of modern Leeds (Manchester University Press, 1980). Honeyman, Katrina. Well suited: a history of the Leeds clothing industry, 1850-1990. (Oxford University Press, 2000). Kershen, Anne J. Uniting the Tailors: Trade Unionism Amongst the Tailors of London and Leeds 1870-1939 (Routledge, 2014). Woodhouse, Tom.
Leeds, [7] also known as the City of Leeds, is a metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley , Garforth , Guiseley , Horsforth , Morley , Otley , Pudsey , Rothwell , Wetherby and Yeadon . [ 8 ]
Guiseley (/ ˈ ɡ aɪ z l ɪ / GHYZE-lee) [1] is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Otley and Menston and is now a north-western suburb of Leeds.
Leeds forms the main area of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire. This district includes Leeds itself as well as surrounding towns of Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell and Wetherby, [80] Leeds is the central city of the Leeds City Region, a classification for the city region's metropolitan area.
The Thoresby Society: The Leeds Historical Society is the historical society for the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding district. It was founded in 1889 and named after the historian of Leeds, Ralph Thoresby (1658–1725).
List of people from Leeds is a list of notable people from the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. This list includes people from the historic settlement , and the wider metropolitan borough , and thus may include people from Horsforth , Morley , Pudsey , Otley and Wetherby and other areas of the city.
19th century in Leeds (3 P) S. ... Pages in category "19th century in Yorkshire" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. ... 1899 Elland by ...
The Anglo-Saxon Leeds Cross was found when the church was replaced by the current Leeds Minster, in the 19th century. By the time of the Domesday Book, Leeds also had a manor house, which lay on the street. The street became associated with cloth manufacturing, and in 1711, the First White Cloth Hall was constructed on the street.