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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kirkgate Market (pronounced / ˈkɜːrɡət /) is a market complex on Vicar Lane in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest covered market in Europe [2] [3] and a Grade I listed building. [1] There are currently 800 stalls which attract over 100,000 visitors a week.
Leeds Bradford Airport ( IATA: LBA, ICAO: EGNM) is located in Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Leeds city centre, and about 9 miles (14 km) northeast from Bradford city centre. [1] It serves Leeds and Bradford and the wider Yorkshire region including York ...
Headingley. / 53.82139°N 1.57778°W / 53.82139; -1.57778. Headingley is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road. Headingley is the location of the Beckett Park campus of Leeds Beckett University and Headingley Stadium .
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