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| Leeds
could have looked like this over 300 million years ago |
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This
timeline will give you a rough idea of the chronology of Leeds in
ancient times. |
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Leeds'
geology formed |
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Millstone
Grit (325 - 315 million years ago)
The north of England is a huge river delta |
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Coal
Measures (315 - 290 million years ago)
Leeds would be covered by rainforest |
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Permian
Period (290 - 250 million years ago)
Rocks around Wetherby were formed in this era |
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Dinosaur
era |
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Late
Triassic (227 - 205 m years ago)
Dinosaur footprints from this era can be seen
at Leeds Museum Resource Centre |
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Jurassic
(205 - 144 m years ago)
Dinosaur
droppings from this era can be
seen at Leeds Museum Resource Centre |
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Cretaceous
(144 - 65 m years ago)
A dinosaur egg from
this era can be seen at Leeds Museum Resource Centre |
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Dinosaurs
extinct |
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Early
man
The earliest human finds in the UK date from around 500,000
years ago and were discovered in Boxgrove, Cheshire.
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Leeds
hippo
The bones of the Leeds Hippo have been dated to the last intergalacial
(130,000 - 117,000 years ago) |
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Leeds
Cross
This stone carved cross in Leeds Parish Church dates back to
925AD and is among the first evidence that Leeds had become
an important and prosperous city. |
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The
present
2000
- BBC Leeds website launched |
NB.
This timeline is not to scale
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