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Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is governed by a metropolitan borough named after the city, 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 centre, including of carbonated water where it was invented in the 1760s, and trading centre (mainly with wool) for the 17th and 18th centuries. Leeds developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution alongside other surrounding villages and towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, and a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook the population of nearby York. Leeds has multiple motorway links such as the M1, M62 and A1(M). The is, alongside Manchester Piccadilly, the busiest of its kind in Northern England. It is the county's largest settlement with a population of 536,280, while the larger City of Leeds district has a population of 812,000 (2021 census). The city is part of the fourth-largest built-up area by population in the United Kingdom, West Yorkshire Built-up Area, with a 2011 census population of 1.7 million. History

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“Being from Yorkshire is as much a state of mind as a geographical fact.”
— Liam Allen, "What's so special about Yorkshire?", BBC News (24 October 2007)
“We just thought people in Yorkshire hated everyone else, we didn’t realise they hated each other so much.”
— David Cameron, unguarded comment in Leeds while discussing rival devolution bids — "Cameron caught on camera making 'people in Yorkshire hate each other' jibe", Press Association, The Guardian (11 September 2015)
“I am Batley and Spen born and bred, and I could not be prouder of that. I am proud that I was made in Yorkshire and I am proud of the things we make in Yorkshire. Britain should be proud of that, too.”
— Jo Cox, maiden speech in the House of Commons — "Devolution and Growth Across Britain" (19 June 2015)
“Once bitten twice shy, and several times bitten, then you make a rule about it. People from Yorkshire, we have found, are dour and nurse a grudge. One thing you can't put up with on expeditions are people who search for trouble, then nurse it when they have found it.”
— Sir Ranulph Fiennes, quoted by Bernard Ingham — "Essence of Yorkshire", Telegraph & Argus (25 October 1999)
“The rogues and vagabonds who sought refuge in the moorland that later inspired the Brontë sisters to their several masterpieces.”
— Ted Hughes, quoted by Bernard Ingham — "Essence of Yorkshire", Telegraph and Argus (25 October 1999)
“People from Yorkshire are very proud of their underachievement. You see these old fellas in the pub going: 'I've had a great life, me. Gone nowhere. Done fuck all. Aye.”
— Paul Tonkinson, quoted in Sophie Heawood, "I’ve lived half my life in London, but I’ll always be a Yorkshire lass at heart", The Guardian (1 August 2015)

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Leeds is a city 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. Leeds expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries by becoming a major production and trading centre. It was awarded a city charter in 1893 by Queen Victoria.

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Website: https://www.leeds.gov.uk/

Notable quotes

“Being from Yorkshire is as much a state of mind as a geographical fact.”
— Liam Allen, "What's so special about Yorkshire?", BBC News (24 October 2007)
“We just thought people in Yorkshire hated everyone else, we didn’t realise they hated each other so much.”
— David Cameron, unguarded comment in Leeds while discussing rival devolution bids — "Cameron caught on camera making 'people in Yorkshire hate each other' jibe", Press Association, The Guardian (11 September 2015)
“I am Batley and Spen born and bred, and I could not be prouder of that. I am proud that I was made in Yorkshire and I am proud of the things we make in Yorkshire. Britain should be proud of that, too.”
— Jo Cox, maiden speech in the House of Commons — "Devolution and Growth Across Britain" (19 June 2015)
“Once bitten twice shy, and several times bitten, then you make a rule about it. People from Yorkshire, we have found, are dour and nurse a grudge. One thing you can't put up with on expeditions are people who search for trouble, then nurse it when they have found it.”
— Sir Ranulph Fiennes, quoted by Bernard Ingham — "Essence of Yorkshire", Telegraph & Argus (25 October 1999)
“The rogues and vagabonds who sought refuge in the moorland that later inspired the Brontë sisters to their several masterpieces.”
— Ted Hughes, quoted by Bernard Ingham — "Essence of Yorkshire", Telegraph and Argus (25 October 1999)
“People from Yorkshire are very proud of their underachievement. You see these old fellas in the pub going: 'I've had a great life, me. Gone nowhere. Done fuck all. Aye.”
— Paul Tonkinson, quoted in Sophie Heawood, "I’ve lived half my life in London, but I’ll always be a Yorkshire lass at heart", The Guardian (1 August 2015)

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