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There is no dependable reference to any place that might be associated with Leeds, before Bede's mention in circa 730 AD; and that was to a region rather than a village or town; thus little is known of any Roman, British or Anglo-Saxon predecessors to Leeds.
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).
Ley Lands 1726 Street Sign Lady Beck going south from Skinner Lane, with the former Leylands on the right 53°48′05.6″N 1°32′08.2″W / 53.801556°N 1.535611°W / 53.801556; -1.535611 The Leylands was an area of Leeds , north of the city centre and west of Mabgate
When Leeds became a borough, land on either side of Briggate was allocated into 30 burgage plots for tradespeople to carry out their business, setting the style and layout of the street today. A burgage plot was a strip with a length of between 10 and 18 perches and a width of 3 perches, i.e. 49 ft 6 in (15.09 m) in width running east or west ...
A map of the wards is available on the council website, [1] as is a postcode-to-ward tool. [2] Leeds is represented by eight Members of Parliament. Since boundary changes made before the 2010 general election , the constituencies are Elmet and Rothwell , Leeds Central , Leeds East , Leeds North East , Leeds North West , Leeds West , Morley and ...
The Calls is an area and street by the River Aire in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England. This district falls within the City and Hunslet ward of the City of Leeds Council. Formerly an area of industry in Leeds, it has now been regenerated with a mixture of uses: primarily offices, residential and leisure.
Richmond Hill is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The district lies a mile to the east of the city centre between York Road ( A64 road ), East End Park and Cross Green . The appropriate City of Leeds ward is Burmantofts and Richmond Hill .
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 ]