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Leeds
is the second largest metropolitan district in the UK; extending
15 miles from east to west, and 13 miles from north to south. This
wide boundary contains some 562 square kilometres - of which two
thirds is Green Belt - affording some of the most beautiful scenery
in Yorkshire.
See
the Leeds
City Council website for more introduction to Leeds.
The
population of the United Kingdom on Census Day 2001 was 58,789,194
it has been revealed by the Registrars General for England and Wales,
for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
According
to the data, the population of Leeds is 715,404 - malking it the
third biggest city in the UK after London and Birmingham.
There
are more females (369,570) than males (345,834) living in Leeds.
See
the National satistics website for details on our area: Population
data for Leeds
in
731 AD Bede’s “History of English Church and People” mentions Leeds
Parish Church. Leeds was then called Loidis.
The
foundations of Kirkstall Abbey were built in 1152.
Leeds
became a city by Royal Charter in 1893.
See
more about the history of Leeds on the Leeds
City Council website.
Also
of interest is the Leodis database
- a digitisation project delivered by Leeds Library and Information
Service with thousands of pictures of Leeds through the ages.
Natives
of Leeds are known as Loiners.
Kirkgate
Market in Leeds is where Michael Marks first opened his Penny Bazaar
(1884) which was to lead, ultimately, to the foundation of Marks
& Spencer, in 1890.
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