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'''Leeds''' is the largest settlement in [[Yorkshire]]. Known as the "[[London]] of the North" due to a flourishing financial and business sector and the large number of prestigious shops and hotels that have appeared in the 21st century. A partnership with municipal Bradford, UK led to the Leeds Bradford International Airport.

'''Leeds''' is the largest settlement in [[Yorkshire]]. Known as the "[[London]] of the North" due to a flourishing financial and business sector and the large number of prestigious shops and hotels that have appeared in the 21st century. A partnership with municipal Bradford, UK led to the Leeds Bradford International Airport.

Recorded as ''Loidis'' by the [[Venerable Bede]] in the 8th century AD as the house of the kings of the Brittonic kingdom [[Elmet]], Leeds was a manorial borough in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] by the 13th century and a market town by the 15th century. It saw significant expansion with the wool industry in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially with the advent of the [[Industrial Revolution]] and opening of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. [[Coal]], which may have been extracted in the area as early as the Roman period, was also a big industry locally until the 20th century.  

Recorded as ''Loidis'' by the [[Venerable Bede]] in the 8th century AD as the house of the kings of the Brittonic kingdom [[Elmet]], Leeds was a manorial borough in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] by the 13th century and a market town by the 15th century. It saw significant expansion with the wool industry in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially with the advent of the [[Industrial Revolution]] and opening of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. [[Coal]], which may have been extracted in the area as early as the Roman period, was also a big industry in the south-east of Leeds until 20th century.  

==Geography==

==Geography==

Leeds is mostly split between the [[Skyrack]] and [[Agbrigg and Morley]] wapentakes of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].

Leeds is mostly split between the [[Skyrack]] and [[Agbrigg and Morley]] wapentakes of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].

Following the end of Anglo-Saxon England after the Norman conquest of 1066, Leeds was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] (1086) (as ''Ledes'') as having a population of 27 villagers, 4 freemen, 4 smallholders and 1 priest in 36 households.<ref>[https://opendomesday.org/place/SE3033/leeds/ Leeds Domesday Book]</ref> Its recorded tenant-in-chief was Ilbert of Lacy (1045-1093), who had received Leeds as part of a large fief of lands mainly in Yorkshire but also in [[Lincolnshire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]]. The De Lacy family (who took their name from Lassy in [[Normandy]]) would play a significant role in the politics of Norman-era Northern and Midland England.

Following the end of Anglo-Saxon England after the Norman conquest of 1066, Leeds was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] (1086) (as ''Ledes'') as having a population of 27 villagers, 4 freemen, 4 smallholders and 1 priest in 36 households.<ref>[https://opendomesday.org/place/SE3033/leeds/ Leeds Domesday Book]</ref> Its recorded tenant-in-chief was Ilbert of Lacy (1045-1093), who had received Leeds as part of a large fief of lands mainly in Yorkshire but also in [[Lincolnshire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]]. The De Lacy family (who took their name from Lassy in [[Normandy]]) would play a significant role in the politics of Norman-era Northern and Midland England.

Leeds is one of a string of classic 'foothill towns' on the eastern fringe of the [[Pennines]], established at significant river crossings at the interface between upland and lowland agricultural and economic systems. Founded as a medieval new town, Leeds during the 17th century was predominantly a merchant town, manufacturing [[textile]]s which were exported by means of the Humber estuary. As trading increased throughout the 17th and 18th century, nearly half of England's exports passed through Leeds. The Leeds Corn Exchange, an important meeting place for tradesmen survives to this day and is a historic local landmark despite now being a shopping center.

Leeds is one of a string of classic 'foothill towns' on the eastern fringe of the [[Pennines]], established at significant river crossings at the interface between upland and lowland agricultural and economic systems. Founded as a medieval new town, Leeds during the 17th century was predominantly a merchant town, manufacturing [[textile]]s which were exported by means of the Humber estuary. As trading increased throughout the 17th and 18th century, nearly half of England's exports passed through Leeds. The Leeds Corn Exchange, an important meeting place for tradesmen survives to this day and is a historic local landmark despite now being a shopping center.

==The Industrial Revolution==

==The Industrial Revolution==