 Leeds CBD at night. Image by Lad 2011, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Hank LeedsLeeds Leeds City in West Yorkshire, England This article is about the city. For the district, see City of Leeds. For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation). 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 Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production and trading centre (mainly with wool) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Quick facts Area,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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