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Leeds (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 14 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.2333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 37 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.6167 decimal degrees |
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Note: The village is first mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086 where it is called Esledes. Leeds village stands on the slope above the valley of the river Len, adjacent to Leeds Castle. It is noted for the church here, which has a massive 11th-century tower. |
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| Leeds (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Leeds Village (C,V,English,U,N)
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| לידס (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Esledes (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in 1086, name is from an old English word derived from "hlio" meaning slope or hillside |
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Kent (county) (P) |
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Leeds (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| village (C) |
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| parish (political) (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Leeds Castle .......... (castle) |
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(World, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Kent) [7027370] |
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