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In 1715 the first history of Leeds was written by Ralph Thoresby, entitled Ducatus Leodiensis; or the Topography of the antient and populous Town and Parish of Leedes. Leeds was mainly a merchant town, manufacturing woollen cloths and trading with Europe via the Humber estuary and the population grew from 10,000 at the end of the seventeenth ...
Leeds is a city [a] in West Yorkshire, England.It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom.
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 ]
The history of the community is closely linked with Hull, which was connected by railway to Leeds from 1840. [17] Most of those who settled in Leeds immigrated via the Humber ports of Hull, [18] and Grimsby, [6] and many lived in Hull, or stayed temporarily, [19] part of a migrant population mainly bound via Liverpool for America.
The Lord Mayor of Leeds (until 1897 known as the Mayor of Leeds) is a ceremonial post held by a member of Leeds City Council, elected annually by the council.. By charter from King Charles I in 1626, the leader of the governing body of the borough of Leeds was an alderman, the first holder being Sir John Savile. [1]
The County Borough of Leeds, and its predecessor, the Municipal Borough of Leeds, was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1835 to 1974. [2] Its origin was the ancient borough of Leeds , which was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 .
History of Leeds; 0–9. 1923 Leeds Central by-election; 1975 Chapeltown riot; 1981 Chapeltown riots; 1987 Chapeltown riot; A. Abbey Light Railway; Aberford Dykes;
Hornby Castle today Hornby Castle before partial demolition Portrait of the Duke of Leeds by Thomas Lawrence, 1796. Hornby Castle is a grade I listed fortified manor house on the edge of Wensleydale between Bedale and Leyburn, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Originally 14th century, it has been remodelled in the 15th, 18th and 20th ...