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History of Leeds. J. M. W. Turner 's 1816 painting of Leeds, from Beeston Hill. At the left-hand edge is Marshall's Mill, in the centre is Trinity Church, and further to the right, through the smoke, is the tower of Leeds Parish Church, now Leeds Minster. Loidis, from which Leeds, Yorkshire derives its name, was anciently a forested area of the ...
53°47′51″N 01°32′37″W. / 53.79750°N 1.54361°W / 53.79750; -1.54361. 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. It is built around the River ...
City of Leeds. Latin: Pro Rege et Lege, lit. 'For King and the Law'. / 53.8007; -1.5502. 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 ...
Yorkshire. 53°47′59″N 1°32′54″W / . 53.7998°N 1.5482°W. / 53.7998; -1.5482. Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is roughly bounded by the Inner Ring Road to the north and the River Aire to the south and can be divided into several quarters.
The city's first hospital was established in a house on the street in 1767. In 1790, the Ancient Order of Foresters was founded at the Crown Inn on the street, although the building was demolished in 1935. [5] In the 19th century, the Kirkgate Market was constructed at the city centre end of the street, while a railway line was built, spanning ...
Part of the river below Leeds is canalised, and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation. The Handbook for Leeds and Airedale (1890) notes that the distance from Malham to Howden is 58 miles (93 km) direct, but the river's meanderings extend that to 90 miles (140 km). [2] Between Malham Tarn and Airmyn, the river drops 1,300 feet (400 m). [3]
Leeds Castle. / 51.24889°N 0.63000°E / 51.24889; 0.63000. Leeds Castle is a castle in Kent, England, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east of the village of Leeds. It is a historic Grade I listed estate .
Leeds City Museum. Leeds City Museum, originally established in 1819, reopened in 2008 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is housed in the former Mechanics' Institute built by Cuthbert Brodrick, in Cookridge Street (now Millennium Square ). It is one of nine sites in the Leeds Museums & Galleries group. Admission to the museum is free of charge.