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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.
Leeds is known for its culture in the fields of art, architecture, music, sport, film and television. As the largest city in Yorkshire, Leeds is a centre of Yorkshire's contemporary culture and is the base for Yorkshire's television (BBC, ITV, and Channel 4) [1] and regional newspapers.
This museum also shows the first known moving pictures in the world which were taken in the city, by Louis Le Prince, of a Roundhay Garden Scene and of Leeds Bridge in 1888. Thackray Museum of Medicine is a museum of the history of medicine, featuring topics such as Victorian public health, pre-anaesthesia surgery, and safety in childbirth.
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 ]
Leeds has perhaps the most surviving examples of back-to-back terrace housing in the UK, particularly in Holbeck and Harehills. [27] Headingley Castle, also known for a good deal of the 19th century as The Elms, was designed in about 1841 on land that had been owned by Barbara Marshall. It was built between 1843 and 1846 by the local architect ...
More images: Leeds Patronising the Arts and Encouraging the Sciences: Leeds Town Hall: 1858: John Thomas: Sculpture relief: Stone: Grade I [1] [7] More images: Lions Leeds Town Hall: 1867: William Day Keyworth, Jnr. 4 statues: Portland stone: Grade I [8] [9] More images: Leeds Rifles War Memorial: Outside Leeds Minster, Kirkgate: 1921: Edwin ...
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Thwaite Mills. Thwaite Mills or Thwaite Watermill is an industrial heritage site in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation.It is a fully restored working water-powered mill built in 1823–25, harnessing the power of the river, and has been called "one of the best last remaining examples of a water-powered mill in Britain". [1]