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Leeds (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.8000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 35 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Yorkshire's second largest city. It lies along the River Aire about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Manchester. Leeds originated as an Anglo-Saxon township on the north bank of the Aire. It developed a thriving cloth-finishing and weaving industry, its noteworthy wool trade having begun with monks of Kirkstall abbey. It was consolidated during reign of Edward III. It grew as a local market center and was incorporated in 1626. Expanded with coalfields, railways, and textile machinery during the Industrial Revolution; modern industries include electronics, paper, engineering, and chemicals. A Victorian church here contains a Saxon cross fragment. |
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| Leeds (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Leeds (British English-P,U,N)
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| Leddes (H,V)
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| Ledes (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Leedes (H,V)
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| Liedes (H,V)
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| Loidis (H,V)
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............ | used in the 8th century, originally referred to district on the river Aire, then applied to main town in the district |
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Leeds (unitary authority) (P) |
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Leeds (inhabited place) (P) |
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was an important early center |
| city (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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