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A58 road
The A58 is a major road in northern England that runs between Prescot, Merseyside and Wetherby, West Yorkshire.
It runs north east from Prescot on the outskirts of Liverpool via St Helens, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Hindley, Westhoughton, Bolton, Bury, Heywood, Rochdale and Littleborough then over the Pennines into West Yorkshire.
The road then goes through Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge to Halifax and onwards to Leeds via the villages of Hipperholme, Birkenshaw and Drighlington. It runs through Leeds as the A58(M) motorway (part of the Leeds Inner Ring Road), then north-east through Scarcroft, Bardsey and Collingham to its terminus at Wetherby.
The original route between Leeds and Wetherby partially bypasses its original route, diverting from Roundhay Road/ Wetherby Road, at the old Fforde Green junction in Harehills. It runs along the Easterly Road dual carriageway passing Oakwood and Gipton. The re-routed A58 meets its original route at Boggart Hill in Seacroft. The re-routed section was constructed in the 1930s and had a branch of the Leeds Tramway running along the central reservation until the 1950s. The proposed Leeds Supertram was also to run this route.
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A61 road
The A61 is a major trunk road in England. It runs from Derby to Thirsk in North Yorkshire. From Derby, it heads north via Alfreton, Clay Cross, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield, Leeds, Harrogate and Ripon. The road is closely paralleled by the M1 motorway as far as Leeds.
Heading south, the road begins as single carriageway which bypasses Ripon and onto Harrogate town centre. At Harrogate, the road divides into two major one way streets which enclose the town centre and run along The Stray, (a 200-acre (0.81 km2) stretch of grassland in Harrogate). The A61 continues through Harewood before approaching the north's metropolis, where a sudden urban fringe approaches. As the road enters Leeds, the road becomes a main dual carriageway (or Trunk Road) and artery for north Leeds. For a distance it stays the same before the arrival of the superbusway near Potternewton. Here, the A61 rises slightly, and a panoramic view of Leeds skyline is revealed. The descent into Leeds is quick and the road soon turns into a multi-lane road, as it approaches Sheepscar Interchange. Fast Flowing traffic is directed onto the A61, although some traffic is directed off the A61 to avoid Leeds City Centre as it routes around the back of Quarry House. The A61 meets it shortly after, as it shares the city centre loop for a short distance. After crossing the river, the road splits again before taking traffic out to the motorways. The road then continues out of Leeds towards Wakefield and Barnsley. South of Barnsley it crosses the M1 at Junction 36 then heads towards Sheffield. Between the M1 at Junction 36 and the Westwood roundabout intersection with the A616, the road is designated as a trunk road under the responsibility of the Highways Agency.
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A62 road
The A62 is a major road in Northern England that runs between the two major cities of Manchester and Leeds.
The road is approximately 40 miles (65 km) long. It runs north east from Manchester (beginning as Oldham Street and Oldham Road) through Failsworth and Oldham then Saddleworth before crossing the Pennines at Standedge into West Yorkshire. Continuing through Marsden, Slaithwaite, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, Liversedge, Heckmondwike and Birstall. It terminates just short of Leeds city centre at its junction with the A58 road.
It is paralleled by part of the M62 Trans-Pennine motorway. Prior to the building of the M62, the A62 was the main trans-Pennine road between Oldham and Huddersfield. The M62 is numbered after the A62 and now takes most of the long-distance traffic between Manchester and Leeds.
Coordinates: 53°37′06″N 1°53′24″W / 53.61823°N 1.89012°W / 53.61823; -1.89012
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A63 road
The A63 is a major road in Yorkshire, England between Leeds and Kingston upon Hull. A section between South Cave and Hull forms the eastward continuation of the M62 motorway and is part of the unsigned Euroroute E20.
The route from Leeds out to Selby runs roughly parallel, and (1 to 3 km) south of the route of the Leeds and Selby Railway.
The route begins just east of Leeds city centre at a junction with the A61, although, prior to its February 2009 realignment along the new East Leeds Link Road, it began at a junction with the A64 in the Halton Moor area of the city (now signed as the B6159). Heading out of Leeds the route, despite being of dual carriageway standard, is subject to a 40 mph speed limit, and incorporates peak-time HOV lanes. At the end of this dual carriageway section, the route meets the M1, and the road continues north along the motorway for one junction then resumes as the A63.
From junction 46 of the M1, the Thorpe Park roundabout, the route continues east, meeting the A642 at Garforth. There is a turning for Lidgett Lane (B6137) to the left, next to Garforth Community College, with the TOTAL Garforth West garage on the right. It crosses the Leeds Country Way (a former railway), and there is the B6137 to the right for Kippax. On the Garforth/Micklefield parish boundary is a roundabout with the A656 Roman Ridge.
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A64 road
The A64 is a major road in North and West Yorkshire, England which links Leeds, York and Scarborough. The A64 starts as the A64(M) ring road motorway in Leeds, then towards York it becomes a high quality dual carriageway for the remainder of its route, except sections of the road from Malton to Scarborough.
The road approximates a section of the old Roman road running from Chester to Bridlington, intersecting Ermine Street - the Old North Road - at York.
The road begins in Leeds as the A64(M) at Richmond Hill and the Woodpecker Junction, and close to the West Yorkshire Playhouse and the NHS's imposing Quarry House. It leads onto the York Road, passing All Saints Richmond Hill CE Primary School where there is a flyover for Lupton Avenue, and a left turn for the B6159 Harehills Lane near the Victoria Primary School. At Killingbeck, the A63 forks to the right at its western terminus. It passes Asda on the left, with the Killingbeck Retail Park, and Seacroft Hospital on the right. It meets Foundry Lane and Cross Gates Road at a roundabout next to Killingbeck police station. It meets, and overlaps with, the Leeds Outer Ring Road (A6120) at a roundabout near Swarcliffe next to St Theresa's RC Primary School, and at Seacroft there is a roundabout where the A64 leaves to the right, with the Ramada Leeds North hotel to the east.
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A643 road
The A643 is a main road in West Yorkshire, England.
It starts at the Armley Gyratory and ends at junction 23 of the M62 Motorway (Mount Roundabout, Outlane, Huddersfield) and is approximately 18 miles (29 km) long.
The road goes through Morley, Birstall, Gomersal, Cleckheaton, Brighouse, Rastrick to the north of Huddersfield (Ainley Top and Mount).
The Leeds United AFC football stadium is named after the road part of the A643 that passes it, Elland Road. This road is so called because the A643 originally ended in town of Elland near Halifax.
Coordinates: 53°43′20″N 1°43′47″W / 53.7221°N 1.7296°W / 53.7221; -1.7296 (A643 road)
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A65 road
The A65 is a major road in England. It runs north west from Leeds in Yorkshire via Kirkstall, Horsforth, Yeadon, Guiseley, Ilkley and Skipton, passes west of Settle, then continues through Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale before terminating at Kendal in Cumbria.
Listed from south to north, beginning at Leeds:
The A65 between Long Preston and the M6 J36 has a poor safety record, according to EuroRAP. This 42 km stretch of single carriageway road suffered 48 fatal or serious injury accidents between 2002 and 2004. Indeed the road features in the list highest risk roads in Britain (excluding motorcycle accidents)
Coordinates: 53°59′34″N 2°09′53″W / 53.99276°N 2.16482°W / 53.99276; -2.16482
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A660 road
The A660 is a major road in West Yorkshire, England that runs from Leeds to Burley-in-Wharfedale where it meets the A65. (The A65 also starts in Leeds and runs parallel to, and south of, the A660. It continues to Ilkley, Skipton, Settle and Kendal as a main trans-Pennine route.) The A660 is approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and crosses the watershed from Airedale to lower Wharfedale. For most of its length the road is in the metropolitan district of the City of Leeds; the last 0.4 miles (0.6 km) is in City of Bradford district.
The A660 starts in Leeds city centre, officially at the junction of Woodhouse Lane and Claypit Lane. The northbound carriageway passes Leeds Metropolitan University's "civic quarter" campus, crosses the A58(M) (Leeds Inner Ring Road), which is in a cutting, and passes the University of Leeds with its landmark tower. The southbound carriageway is separated, at one stage by several terraced streets. The carriageways combine before crossing Woodhouse Moor to Hyde Park. The road passes the buildings of Leeds Girls' High School and climbs to Headingley, passing St Michael's Church and many shops and bars including the Arndale Centre. Shortly after the church, a plaque shows the site of the original oak tree which gave its name to the wapentake of Skyrack ("Shire oak"): this is reflected in two pub names and nearby Shire Oak Road. The road continues through Far Headingley and West Park.
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Abbey House Museum
Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is housed in the gatehouse of the ruined Kirkstall Abbey, a grade II* listed building.
The ground floor of the museum is set out as an area of Victorian streets, illustrating a range of shops and services and including original shop fittings etc. Upstairs galleries feature the history of Kirkstall Abbey, Childhood, and Leeds Social History, as well as temporary exhibitions.
Coordinates: 53°49′20″N 1°36′25″W / 53.82222°N 1.60694°W / 53.82222; -1.60694
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Allerton High School
Coordinates: 53°51′01″N 1°33′06″W / 53.85035°N 1.55166°W / 53.85035; -1.55166
Allerton High School Business and Enterprise is an 11-19 comprehensive in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England specialising in Business and Enterprise.
It moved into new buildings on 1 September 2008, and there was a formal opening by Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 28 November 2008. The head teacher is Mrs Elaine Silson.
It is situated around 500 metres north of the A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road, north of the Moor Allerton shopping centre, and east of St Stephen's church.
The school was opened in 1939 as a girls' grammar school by the City of Leeds Education Committee. The school had previously been on Harrogate Road near Stainbeck Lane since 1901, and moved to Moor Allerton in 1939.
In the 1960s it had around 700 girls.
In 1972, boys were included in the student body and the school became a 13–18 comprehensive. It later became an 11–19 comprehensive, and in 1992 underwent a physical expansion.
The school has a standard uniform, comprising a dark green V-necked top printed with the school logo, a white shirt, a green and white school tie, a dark green skirt (girls only) or black trousers (either sex), and black shoes (heels to be no higher than 5 cm) with black socks. A dark green or black headscarf may be worn. The school is involved in the Excellence in Cities initiative. Its motto used to be "In Minimis Fidelis", until 2004 when it was changed to "Enabling Young People To Achieve Success". The new building provides a substantial multi-faith centre.
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Alwoodley
Coordinates: 53°51′36″N 1°31′59″W / 53.8599°N 1.5331°W / 53.8599; -1.5331
Alwoodley is a civil parish and suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) north of central Leeds. The name Alwoodley is said to be a corruption of 'Aethelwaldley', as it was originally known in the Middle Ages, meaning the woodland clearing (ley), at Aethelwald's farm. Alwoodley lies in Leeds 17 which was reported to contain the most expensive housing area in Yorkshire and the Humber by The Times.
The area comprises a large part of the postcode LS17, which contains most of North Leeds and the surrounding countryside. On either side of Alwoodley is Adel, to the west, and Shadwell, to the east. Most of the housing is between Nursery Lane and Alwoodley Lane. The area to the North is mainly countryside, including the Eccup Reservoir and two golf courses.
The civil parish boundaries are from Nursery Lane on the South, following the Meanwood Valley Trail on the West, the A61 Harrogate Road on the East. The northern boundaries are in countryside between Harewood to the Northeast and Arthington to the Northwest. Note that Alwoodley Gates is an area to the East of the A61 in the Harewood civil parish.
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Atlantic ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about 106,400,000 square kilometres (41,100,000 sq mi), it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area. The first part of its name refers to Atlas of Greek mythology, making the Atlantic the "Sea of Atlas".
The oldest known mention of "Atlantic" is in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (Hdt. 1.202.4): Atlantis thalassa (Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς θάλασσα; English: Sea of Atlas); see also: Atlas Mountains. The term Ethiopic Ocean, derived from Ethiopia, was applied to the southern Atlantic ocean as late as the mid-19th century. Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term "ocean" itself was synonymous with the waters beyond the Strait of Gibraltar that we now know as the Atlantic. The early Greeks believed this ocean to be a gigantic river encircling the world.
The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west. As one component of the interconnected global ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean (which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic), to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south. (Other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica.) The equator subdivides it into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean.
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Batley
Coordinates: 53°42′58″N 1°37′37″W / 53.716°N 1.627°W / 53.716; -1.627
Batley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Bradford, 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Leeds and 1 mile (2 km) north of Dewsbury, near the M62 motorway. It has a population of 49,448 (including Birstall). Other nearby towns include: Morley to the northeast, Ossett to the southeast and Brighouse westsouthwest. After undergoing a period of major growth in the 19th century through the success of the shoddy (recycled wool) trade, Batley has more recently undergone a period of decline. Batley is part of a special EU transformation zone.
The name Batley is derived from Danish, meaning either valley or homestead of bats, or more likely, homestead of the locally prominent Batte family. It is recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Bateleia'. After the Norman Conquest, the manor was granted to Ilbert de Lacy. It subsequently passed into the ownership of the de Batleys, and by the 12th century had passed by marriage to the Copley family. Their residence at Batley Hall was held directly from the Crown; at this time the district fell within the Duchy of Lancaster. The population at this time was 30 to 40 people. By the late 14th century, the population has increased to around 100.
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Belfast
Coordinates: 54°35′49″N 5°55′48″W / 54.597°N 5.930°W / 54.597; -5.930
Belfast (from Irish: Béal Feirste, meaning "mouth of the shoal") is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the fourteenth largest city in the United Kingdom and second largest on the island of Ireland. It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. The city of Belfast has a population of 267,500 and lies at the heart of the Belfast urban area, which has a population of 579,276. The Larger Urban Zone, as defined by the European Union, has a total population 641,638. Belfast was granted city status in 1888.
Historically, Belfast has been a centre for the Irish linen industry (earning the nickname "Linenopolis"), tobacco production, rope-making and shipbuilding: the city's main shipbuilders, Harland and Wolff, which built the well-known RMS Titanic, propelled Belfast on to the global stage in the early 20th century as the biggest and most productive shipyard in the world. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, establishing its place as a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast, if briefly, the biggest city in Ireland at the turn of the 20th century and the city's industrial and economic success was cited by Ulster unionist opponents of Home Rule as a reason why Ireland should shun devolution and later why Ulster in particular would fight to resist it.
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Bingley
Coordinates: 53°50′46″N 1°50′10″W / 53.846°N 1.836°W / 53.846; -1.836
Bingley is a market town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The town has a population of 19,884 according to the 2001 Census.
Local travel links include Bingley railway station in the town centre and Leeds Bradford International Airport, which is located 7 miles (11 km) from the city centre. The B6265 (Main Street), connecting Bingley to Keighley, runs through the town centre.
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Bingley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Bingheleia".
Bingley was probably founded about the time of the Saxons; certainly its name is Saxon in origin. Bingley was founded by a ford on the River Aire. This crossing gave access to Harden, Cullingworth and Wilsden on the south side of the river.
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Bingley is listed as "Bingheleia", with the following entry:
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Birmingham
Birmingham (
i/ˈbɜrmɪŋəm/ BUR-ming-əm, locally /ˈbɜrmɪŋɡəm/ BUR-ming-gəm) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 (2010 estimate), and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census). Birmingham's metropolitan area is also the United Kingdom's second most populous with a population of 3,683,000.
A medium-sized market town during the medieval period, Birmingham grew to international prominence in the 18th century at the heart of the Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw the town at the forefront of worldwide developments in science, technology and economic organisation, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as "the first manufacturing town in the world". Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly-skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided a diverse and resilient economic base for industrial prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. Its resulting high level of social mobility also fostered a culture of broad-based political radicalism, that under leaders from Thomas Attwood to Joseph Chamberlain was to give it a political influence unparalleled in Britain outside London and a pivotal role in the development of British democracy.
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Bradford
Coordinates: 53°48′00″N 1°45′07″W / 53.8000°N 1.75206°W / 53.8000; -1.75206
Bradford (i/ˈbrædfəd/) lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, 8.6 miles (13.8 km) west of Leeds, and 16 miles (25.7 km) northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897. Following local government reform in 1974, city status was bestowed upon the wider metropolitan borough.
Bradford has a population of 293,717, making it the fourteenth-most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. Bradford forms part of the West Yorkshire Urban Area conurbation which in 2001 had a population of 1.5 million and is part of the Leeds-Bradford Larger Urban Zone (LUZ), the third largest in the UK after London and Manchester, with an estimated population in the 2004 Urban Audit of 2.4 million.
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Bradford rose to prominence during the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture, particularly wool. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and amongst the earliest industrialised settlements, rapidly becoming the "wool capital of the world". The area's access to a supply of coal, iron ore and soft water facilitated the growth of Bradford's manufacturing base, which, as textile manufacture grew, led to an explosion in population and was a stimulus to civic investment; Bradford has fine Victorian architecture including the grand Italianate City Hall.
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Bramham Park
Coordinates: 53°52′13″N 1°22′49″W / 53.87028°N 1.38028°W / 53.87028; -1.38028
Bramham Park is a country house between Leeds and Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. The Baroque mansion was built in 1698 by Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley. It has remained in the ownership of Benson's descendents since its completion in 1710. The house is surrounded by a landscaped park ornamented by a series of follies and avenues laid out in the 18th century landscape tradition. Following a fire in 1828 the house was derelict for 80 years until restored under the supervision of the architect Detmar Blow circa 1908. The house is named after the nearby village of Bramham.
Today it remains a private residence, while the park is the setting for the annual Bramham Horse Trials and Leeds Festival.
Bramham is a product of a grand tour; its creator Robert Benson, later Lord Bingley, completed his formal education with a grand tour in 1697, and whilst in Italy he began to envisage his new mansion in the Palladian manner complemented in a landscaped park, in the fashion made popular by Le Nôtre in France in the late 17th century.
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Bridgewater Place
Bridgewater Place, nicknamed The Dalek, is an office and residential skyscraper development in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the tallest building in Yorkshire, and has held this record since being topped out in September 2005. It is visible at up to 25 miles (40 km) from certain areas.
The development has been designed by Aedas Architects with the developer being Landmark Development Projects and St James Securities with Bovis Lend Lease being the contractor. The developer of the residential element of Bridgewater Place is KW Linfoot.
It was first announced in 2000 and, following several redesigns and delays with the construction process, construction of the building began in 2004 and was completed in 2007. It became the tallest building in Leeds, by a significant margin, and Yorkshire (although this does not take into account structures such as Emley Moor). Bridgewater Place has a height of 112 metres (367 ft) to roof level. Originally the tower was to have a spire which would have extended the height of the building to 137 metres (449 ft), however this was never built.
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Bridlington
Coordinates: 54°05′17″N 0°12′01″W / 54.088°N 0.2004°W / 54.088; -0.2004
Bridlington is a seaside resort, minor sea fishing port and civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It has a static population of over 33,000, which rises considerably during the tourist season. The town is twinned with Millau in France and Bad Salzuflen in Germany. One of the UK's coastal weather stations is located at Bridlington.
Bridlington is a seaside resort and minor fishing port on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea. It is an area which is said to have the highest coastal erosion rate in Europe.
Southward the coast becomes low, but northward it is steep and very fine, where the great spur of Flamborough Head projects eastward. The sea front is protected by a sea wall and a wide beach encouraged by wooden groynes which trap the sand. The beaches are part of a large deposit of smithic sand which stretches out into the bay in sand banks which are an important habitat for many marine species.
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Brighouse
Coordinates: 53°42′25″N 1°47′38″W / 53.707°N 1.794°W / 53.707; -1.794
Brighouse (pronounced Brig-ouse, the h being silent) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Halifax in the Pennines. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the town centre is a mooring basin on the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The United Kingdom Census 2001 gave the Brighouse / Rastrick subdivison of the West Yorkshire Urban Area a population of 32,360.
The name Brighouse (or "Bridge House") originates from a building on (or close to) the bridge over the River Calder. In its early history, it was a hamlet of the nearby village of Rastrick.
Brighouse is twinned with Lüdenscheid in Germany, the link beginning with an exchange by Brighouse Children's Theatre in 1950 followed by a civic twinning charter in 1960.
There was a river crossing called Snake Hill Ford across the Calder – believed to have formed part of the Roman route between Wakefield and Manchester. A wooden structure called Rastrick Bridge was recorded in 1275. The bridge was replaced by another built with timber donated by John Hanson in 1514. Hanson's son funded a stone replacement for this bridge in 1558. The river provided power for the flour milling industry and the textile mills. Brighouse's industry received a boost through the construction of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, started in 1757 by the engineer John Smeaton.
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Bristol
Bristoli/ˈbrɪstəl/ is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007. It is England's sixth and the United Kingdom's eighth most populous city, one of the group of English Core Cities and the most populous city in South West England.
Historically within Gloucestershire, the city received a Royal Charter in 1155 and was granted County status in 1373. From the 13th century, for half a millennium, it ranked amongst the top three English cities after London, alongside York and Norwich, on the basis of tax receipts, until the rapid rise of Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester during the Industrial Revolution in the latter part of the 18th century. It borders the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire, and is also located near the historic cities of Bath to the south east and Gloucester to the north. The city is built around the River Avon, and it also has a short coastline on the Severn Estuary, which flows into the Bristol Channel.
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Brno
Brno (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbr̩no] (
listen); German: Brünn; Latin: Bruna; Yiddish: ברין Brin) by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District. The city lies at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers and has about 400,000 residents, its greater metropolitan area is regularly home to more than 800,000 people while its larger urban zone had population about 730,000 in 2004.
Brno is the capital of judicial authority of the Czech republic because it is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Prosecutor's Office. Beside that, the city is a significant administrative centre. It is the seat of a number of state authorities like Ombudsman, Office for the Protection of Competition and the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority. Brno is also an important centre of higher education, with 33 faculties of 13 institutes of higher learning and about 89,000 students. There is also a studio of Czech Television and the Czech Radio, in both cases by law. The city is also home to Brno Television, a small local television station.
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Calderdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name. There are also some small river valleys that contain tributaries of the River Calder.
Calderdale is made up of the amalgamation of six former local government districts, spanning (from east to west), the towns of Brighouse, Elland, Halifax, Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden.
Halifax acts as the borough's main commercial, cultural and administrative centre, with numerous high street chain stores, markets, central library, borough council offices, public transport hub, central police station and the further and higher education college, as well as other major local organisations.
The borough covers part of the South Pennines and is the southern-most of the Yorkshire Dales. However, not being part of the Yorkshire Dales national park, Calderdale is generally less well known than its neighbours to the north.
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Capital Yorkshire
Capital Yorkshire is an Independent Local Radio station owned by Global Radio as part of the nine-station Capital radio network which specialises in mainstream music. It is based at Josephs Well near Park Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
The licence held makes Capital Yorkshire the largest regional British radio station outside of London.
There are two advertising sub-regions, known as for East Yorkshire and South & West Yorkshire, which air localised commercials.
Capital Yorkshire broadcasts on 105.8 MHz FM at a power of 9.6 kW from High Hunsley, which covers East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and on 105.1 MHz FM at a power of 2.4 kW from Emley Moor, which covers West Yorkshire. It also has two filler transmitters, both on 105.6 MHz FM, one from Idle at 0.5 kW which covers Bradford and the other from Tapton Hill at 0.24 kW covering Sheffield.
Although only supposed to cover Yorkshire, Capital FM Yorkshire covers a much larger area and can be heard as far as Derbyshire, South Lincolnshire and even Manchester.
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Cardiff
Cardiff (i/ˈkɑrdɪf/; Welsh: Caerdydd (info) Welsh pronunciation: [kairˈdiːð, kaˑɨrˈdɨːð]) is the capital and largest city in Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. The unitary authority area's mid 2010 population was estimated to be 341,054, while the population of the Larger Urban Zone was estimated at 861,400 in 2009. Cardiff is a significant tourism centre and the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 18.3 million visitors in 2010. In 2011, Cardiff was ranked 6th in the world in National Geographic's alternative tourist destinations.
The city of Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan (and later South Glamorgan). Cardiff is part of the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. The Cardiff Urban Area covers a slightly larger area outside of the county boundary, and includes the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a major port for the transport of coal following the arrival of industry in the region contributed to its rise as a major city.
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Castleford
Coordinates: 53°42′58″N 1°21′22″W / 53.716°N 1.356°W / 53.716; -1.356
Castleford is the largest of the "five towns" district in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near Pontefract, and has a population of 37,525 according to the 2001 Census, but has seen a rise in recent years and is now around 45,000-50,000. To the north the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation canal. To the west and south is the M62 motorway. The town is home to the rugby league Super League team Castleford Tigers.
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Castleford and its surroundings have provided archaeological evidence of Roman activity.
Castleford is built on the site of a Roman army settlement that was named Lagentium or Legioleum. Funeral urns dating from the time of the Romans have been found there. The town's modern name is derived from the fort, Castle (referring to the fort) and Ford (a low crossing point through a river).
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Chapel Allerton
Coordinates: 53°50′09″N 1°32′24″W / 53.835888°N 1.540071°W / 53.835888; -1.540071
Chapel Allerton is an inner suburb of north-east Leeds, 2 miles (3.2 km) from the city centre, West Yorkshire, England. The Chapel Allerton electoral ward includes areas otherwise referred to as Chapeltown and Potternewton - the suburb is generally considered to be only the northern part of this. The ward population was estimated at 18,206 in the 2001 census.
The region within the ward generally considered to be Chapel Allerton is bounded by Potternewton Lane to the south, Scott Hall Road to the west, and Gledhow Valley Road to the north-west.
Surrounding districts include Moortown, Meanwood, Roundhay, Gledhow and Chapeltown. Chapel Allerton is situated on Harrogate Road, which prior to the building of the A61 Scott Hall Road, was the main road from Leeds to Harrogate. The centre in terms of activity is Stainbeck Corner, at the junction of Stainbeck Lane, Harrogate Road and Town Street.
There was a village referred to as Alreton (meaning Alder farm) in the Domesday Book, then in 1240 a charter referred to land "which lies between the road which goes to the Chapel of Allerton and the bounds of Stainbeck". The chapel was associated with Kirkstall Abbey and was demolished in the 18th century: however the site remains between Harrogate Road and Church Street. From this time the terms "Chapel Allerton" and "Chapeltown" became essentially interchangeable.Ralph Thoresby, writing in 1715, records Chapel-Town as a common name for the township of Chapel Allerton, describing it as "well situated in pure Air, upon a pleasant Ascent, which affords a Prospect of the Country ten or twelve miles". The open space to its east and north of Potter-Newton was "a delicate Green commonly call'd Chapel-Town Moor"."
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China
China (i/ˈtʃaɪnə/; Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; see also Names of China), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the world's most-populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.
The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan—which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity—as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War. The PRC government denies the legitimacy of the ROC.
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City of Bradford
The City of Bradfordi/ˈbrædfəd/ is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden and Denholme. Bradford has a population of 501,700, making it the fourth-most populous metropolitan district and the sixth-most populous local authority district in England. It forms part of the West Yorkshire Urban Area conurbation which in 2001 had a population of 1.5 million and the city is part of the Leeds-Bradford Larger Urban Zone (LUZ), which, with a population of 2,393,300, is the third largest in the United Kingdom after London and Manchester.
The city is situated on the edge of the Pennines, and is bounded to the east by the City of Leeds, the south east by the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees and the south west by the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale. The Pendle borough of Lancashire lies to the west, whilst the Craven and Harrogate boroughs of North Yorkshire lie to the north west and north east of the city. Bradford, the urban core, is the 11th largest settlement in England, and the contiguous urban area to the north which includes the towns of Shipley and Bingley is heavily populated. The spa town of Ilkley lies further north, whilst the town of Keighley lies to the west. Roughly two thirds of the district is rural, with an environment varying from moorlands in the north and west, to valleys and floodplains formed by the river systems that flow throughout the district. More than half of Bradford’s land is green open space, stretching over part of the Airedale and Wharfedale Valleys, across the hills and the Pennine moorland between. The Yorkshire Dales and the Peak District are both in close proximity.
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City of Leeds
Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 1°32′57″W / 53.79972°N 1.54917°W / 53.79972; -1.54917 The City of Leeds is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Leeds City Council, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. The metropolitan district includes Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell, Wetherby and Yeadon. It has a population of 798,800 (2010 est.) and is the second largest local government district in England by population; and the second largest metropolitan district by area.
The current city boundaries were set on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, as part a reform of local government in England. The city is a merger of eleven former local government districts; the unitary City and County Borough of Leeds combined with the municipal boroughs of Morley and Pudsey, the urban districts of Aireborough, Garforth, Horsforth, Otley and Rothwell, and parts of the rural districts of Tadcaster, Wharfedale and Wetherby from the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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City of Wakefield
Coordinates: 53°40′59″N 1°29′56″W / 53.683°N 1.499°W / 53.683; -1.499
The City of Wakefield (
/ˈweɪkfiːld/) is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. Wakefield is the district's administrative centre. The district includes the "Five Towns" of Normanton, Pontefract, Featherstone, Castleford and Knottingley. Other towns include Ossett, Hemsworth, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe and South Elmsall. Wakefield lies between Leeds and Sheffield and is ranked as the 89th largest city in the European Union. In 2010, Wakefield was named as the UK's third 'most musical' City by PRS for Music.
In recent years, the economic and physical condition of several of the former mining towns and villages in Wakefield District have started to improve due to the booming economy of Leeds - and an increase in numbers of commuters to the city from the sub-region - and a recognition of undeveloped assets. For instance Castleford, to the North East of Wakefield is seeing extensive development and investment because of the natural asset of its outlook on to the River Aire, its easy access to the national motorway network and the availability of former mining land for house-building. In Ossett, house prices have risen from an average of £50,000 in 1998 to £130,000 in 2003.
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Cleckheaton
Coordinates: 53°43′30″N 1°43′08″W / 53.725°N 1.719°W / 53.725; -1.719
Cleckheaton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of Batley and south-west of Leeds. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the former borough of Spenborough.
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Cleckheaton has a history as a mill town, like much of West Yorkshire, although this industry has now all but vanished.
Like much of England, the Spen Valley was once heavily wooded. Human habitation began thousands of years ago and Mesolithic and Neolithic remains have been found in various places. Roman remains have been found in the valley and it is thought that the roads from York to Chester, and from settlements in Halifax and Wakefield, ran through Cleckheaton and the junction gave rise to a staging post.
Cleckheaton was included in the ancient parish of Birstall. A chapel-of-ease, known as the White Chapel (later Whitechapel) was established in the area.
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Colombo
Colombo (Sinhala: කොළඹ, pronounced [ˈkoləmbə]; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins and a population of 647,100. The Colombo Metropolitan Region, defined by the districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara, has an estimated population of 5,648,000, and covers an area of 3,694.20 km². As per the Provincial Gross Domestic Product-2010, The Western Province, which includes the cities of Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara recorded GDP per capita of USD 3,808, the highest recorded GDP per capita for any region in South Asia. It was formerly the political capital of Sri Lanka, before Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.
Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along the East-West sea trade routes, Colombo was known to ancient traders 2,000 years ago. It was made the capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815, and its status as capital was retained when the nation became independent in 1948. In 1978, when administrative functions were moved to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo was designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.
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Cookridge
Cookridge is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a mixture of suburban, twentieth-century private housing and a very small amount of council housing bordering Tinshill. It is in the Adel and Wharfedale ward of City of Leeds metropolitan district, and the Leeds North West parliamentary constituency. Before 2004 there was a Cookridge ward; it was proposed that the present ward be called Cookridge and Wharfedale, but this was rejected and parts of the Cookridge ward were moved to other wards. The southern part of the former Cookridge ward is Tinshill, and there is some crossover with names of institutions.
Nearby places include Adel, Holt Park, Tinshill, Horsforth, Bramhope, Moor Grange and Ireland Wood.
In 1715 Ralph Thoresby described it as a village four miles from Leeds and three from Otley, dating from 1540 and once part of the possessions of Kirkstall Abbey. Thoresby noted traces of a Roman road and the interesting paths which had been created in the adjacent Moseley Wood.
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Coventry
Coventry (i/ˈkɒvəntri/) is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester and Nottingham have larger urban areas. The population of Coventry had risen to 315,800 as of 2010, according to the Office of National Statistics.
Historically within Warwickshire, Coventry is situated 95 miles (153 km) northwest of central London and 19 miles (31 km) east-southeast of Birmingham, and is further from the coast than any other city in Britain. Although harbouring a population of almost a third of a million inhabitants, Coventry is not amongst the English Core Cities Group due to its proximity to Birmingham.
Coventry was the world's first twin city when it formed a twinning relationship with the Russian city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) during World War II. The relationship developed through ordinary people in Coventry who wanted to show their support for the Soviet Red Army during the Battle of Stalingrad. The city is now also twinned with Dresden, Lidice and 23 other cities around the world.
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Cross Gates
Coordinates: 53°48′23″N 1°27′02″W / 53.806346°N 1.450575°W / 53.806346; -1.450575
Cross Gates (also spelt as Crossgates) is a large suburb in east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Seacroft and Swarcliffe to the north, Whitkirk and Colton to the south, Killingbeck to the west and Austhorpe to the south east. Manston and Pendas Fields are generally regarded as part of Cross Gates.
The suburb is 4 mi (6 km) to the east of Leeds city centre and lies in the LS15 Leeds postcode area. Cross Gates is popular with local shoppers as an alternative to Leeds city centre as it contains its own shopping centre - the Cross Gates Arndale Centre now known as the Crossgates Shopping Centre - complete with branches of some major High Street traders, in addition to many more independent shops and local library services.
Cross Gates means "crossroads" from Old English cros "cross" (as in Crossens) and Old Norse gata "street, gait" (not 'gate'). The name was recorded as Crosget in 1129. Cross Gates was originally part of Austhorpe, as were Colton and Barrowby, which is indicated through various streets in Cross Gates beginning with "Austhorpe".
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (i/ˈtʃɛk/ CHEK;Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] (
listen), short form Česko Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskɔ]) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the north, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. Its capital and largest city, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is Prague.
It is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group.
The Czech state, formerly known as Bohemia, was formed in the late 9th century as a small duchy around Prague, at that time under dominance of the powerful Great Moravian Empire (which reached its greatest territorial extent during the reign of Svatopluk I from the House of Mojmír). After the fall of the Empire in 907, the centre of power was transferred from Moravia to Bohemia, under the Přemyslids. During the rule of Přemyslid dukes/kings and their successors, the Luxembourgs, the country reached its greatest territorial extent (13th–14th century). Life in the country was significantly affected by the Hussite wars, during which it faced economic embargo and crusades from all over Europe. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy as one of its three principal parts alongside the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Bohemian Revolt (1618–20) led to the further centralization of the monarchy including forced recatholization and Germanization. During radical reforms in the 18th century the Bohemian Crown was even de facto abolished (1749). In the 19th century the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia which was formed in 1918, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire after World War I.
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Denholme
Coordinates: 53°48′07″N 1°53′38″W / 53.802°N 1.894°W / 53.802; -1.894
Denholme is a small town and civil parish in the Bradford Metropolitan Borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) west of Bradford, 7 miles (11 km) from Keighley and roughly the same distance from Halifax. Administratively, it is part of the Bingley Rural ward of the City of Bradford. Denholme has a population of 2,976.
The name Denholme is probably of Viking origin, translating to "A flat amongst the hillside". This is a good description of the village's geographical setting, since it is located in a broad side valley extending southwards from that of the River Aire - the Aire Valley or Airedale. Denholme is also on the eastern flank of the Pennines, commonly known as the "backbone of England", about midway along their length.
The village sits astride the old Roman Road from Manchester (Mamucium) to Ilkley (Olicana) though there is no evidence of any settlement then. The line of the road is visible on the ground to the south of the village, not far from St Paul's church.
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Derby
Derby (i/ˈdɑːbi/ DAR-bi), is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407. According to the 2001 census, Derby was at that time the 18th largest settlement in England, measured by urban area.
The city has Roman, Saxon and Viking origins.
The Roman camp of 'Derventio' was probably at Little Chester/Chester Green (grid reference SK353375); The site of the old Roman fort is at Chester Green. Later the town was one of the 'Five Boroughs' (fortified towns) of the Danelaw.
Djúra-bý, recorded in Anglo-Saxon as Deoraby "Village of the Deer". This popular belief is asserted by Tim Lambert who states, "The name Derby is derived from the Danish words deor by meaning deer settlement" without reference or proof. However some[who?] assert that it is a corruption of the original Roman name 'Derventio'. The proven origin of the name "Derby" would seem to be elusive.
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Dewsbury
Coordinates: 53°41′28″N 1°37′59″W / 53.691°N 1.633°W / 53.691; -1.633
Dewsbury (/ˈdjuːzbəri/) is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield and south of Leeds. It lies by the River Calder and an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation.
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, after undergoing a period of major growth in the 19th century as a mill town, Dewsbury went through a period of decline. More recently there has been redevelopment of derelict mills into flats, and regenerating of run-down areas.
According to the 2001 census the Dewsbury urban sub-area had a population of 54,341. Dewsbury is the largest town in the Heavy Woollen District, a conurbation of small mill towns.
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the name as Deusberia and Deusberie. It is believed to mean "fortified place by a stream", from Old English deaw "dew" (stream) and burg "fort". Other suggestions include the Burg of David, from the old pre-Norman-Conquest British Gaelic for David, being Deu, similar to the Welsh form, Dai. There are other theories on the name's origins such as a Mercian name, after the founder of a fortified settlement, named Dui, Dew or Deus--"beria" meaning fort or stronghold. # "God's Hill", from the old British word "Duw", meaning God (cf Latin "Deus"), and "burg", meaning a hill [1] [2] or "Tiu's Hill", derived from the Germanic god Tiu from the same Indo-European origin.
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Dudley
Coordinates: 52°30′43″N 2°05′45″W / 52.5119°N 2.0957°W / 52.5119; -2.0957
Dudley (i/ˈdʌdli/ DUD-lee) is a large town in the West Midlands county of England, and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. At the 2001 census (according to the Office of National Statistics), the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the one of the largest settlements in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without its own university.
Dudley is part of the West Midlands conurbation, and is located south of the city of Wolverhampton. It is the largest town in the Black Country region of England, and for many years the town (but not the castle, which was classed as part of Staffordshire) formed part of an exclave of the county of Worcestershire. Despite the more recent changes in county borders, the town still remains part of the Anglican Diocese of Worcester.
Dudley unsuccessfully bid to receive city status in 2012, losing out to Chelmsford, Perth and St. Asaph.
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Durban
Durban (Zulu: eThekwini, from itheku meaning 'bay / lagoon') is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches. The municipality, which includes neighbouring towns, has a population of almost 3.5 million, making the combined municipality the biggest city on the east coast of the African continent. The metropolitan land area of 2,292 square kilometres (885 sq mi) is comparatively larger than other South African cities, resulting in a somewhat lower population density of 1,513 /km2 (3,920 /sq mi).
Archaeological evidence from the Drakensberg mountains suggests that the Durban area has been inhabited by communities of hunter-gatherers since 100,000 BC. These people lived throughout the area of present day KwaZulu-Natal until the expansion of Bantu farmers and pastoralists from the north saw their gradual displacement,incorporation or extermination.
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East Leeds FM
East Leeds FM (ELFM) is a community radio station based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The station started in 2003 when Heads Together, a Huddersfield based community arts organisation, joined forces with local ease Leeds high school John Smeaton. The two organisations had worked together previously on a number of projects. When the idea of a radio station was tabled, pupils, teachers and Heads Together staff agreed to create one.
Very quickly it was extended to young people from primary and high schools all round East Leeds, and interested adults; it is listened to by people of all ages. The station covers the broadcasting of Garforth Arts Festival.
Coordinates: 53°49′38″N 1°28′8″W / 53.82722°N 1.46889°W / 53.82722; -1.46889
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (i/ˈɛdɪnbʌrə/ ED-in-burr-ə; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and the seat of the Scottish Parliament. It is the second largest city in Scotland and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a 30 square miles (78 km2) rural area. Located in the south-east of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast of the Central Belt, along the Firth of Forth, near the North Sea.
The city was one of the historical major centres of the Enlightenment, led by the University of Edinburgh, helping to earn it the nickname Athens of the North. The Old Town and New Town districts of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 in recognition of the unique character of the Medieval Old Town and the planned Georgian New Town. It covers both the Old and New Towns together with the Dean Village and the Calton Hill areas. There are over 4,500 listed buildings within the city. In May 2010, it had a total of 40 conservation areas covering 23% of the building stock and 23% of the population, the highest such ratios of any major city in the UK. In the 2011 mid-year population estimates, Edinburgh had a total resident population of 495,360.
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Elland
Coordinates: 53°40′59″N 1°50′24″W / 53.683°N 1.840°W / 53.683; -1.840
Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The area of Elland was called Elant in the Domesday Book. The town's name is derived from Old English meaning 'land by the water, river or land partly or wholly surrounded by water'. It had a population in United Kingdom Census 2001 of 14,554.
Mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as Elant, Elland was a centre of wool production. The decline of the woollen industry had a significant effect on the town, with many of the mills having been demolished or converted to residence.
Elland is one of the relatively few cases retaining continuity of tenure from before the Norman Conquest into the Middle Ages, as the Elland family were, in origin, Anglo-Saxon thegns. The Manor of Elland, with Greetland and Southowram, forms an island of the Honour of Pontefract in the surrounding Manor of Wakefield. In 1350 Sir John de Eland was murdered, as was his son in the following year, which extinguished the family in the male line and the Manor of Elland passed into the hands of the Savile family. From this period, the manor house ceased to be the principal dwelling of a gentry family, as the Saviles had their seat at the moated manor of Thornhill. Elland manor house was therefore never completely reconstructed and, when it was dismantled and excavated in 1975 by the West Yorkshire Archaeology Unit, it was found to incorporate a 13th century solar wing – one of the earliest secular buildings in the county. The manor house stood on a knoll aligned with the bridge over the River Calder and was destroyed during the construction of Calderdale Way bypass. The farm buildings, however, survive.
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Elmet
Elmet was an independent Brythonic kingdom covering a broad area of what later became the West Riding of Yorkshire during the Early Middle Ages, between approximately the 5th century and early 7th century. Although its precise boundaries are unclear, it appears to have been bordered by the River Sheaf in the south and the River Wharfe in the east. It adjoined Deira to the north and Mercia to the south, and its western boundary appears to have been near Craven, which was possibly a minor British kingdom. As such it was well to the east of other territories of the Britons in Wales and the West Country (i.e. Cornwall and Dumnonia), and to the south of those in the Hen Ogledd or Old North. As one of the southeasternmost Brythonic regions for which there is reasonably substantial evidence, it is notable for having survived relatively late in the period of Anglo-Saxon conquest.
Elmet was invaded and conquered by Northumbria in the autumn of 616 or 626. The kingdom is chiefly attested in topographical and archaeological evidence, references in early Welsh poetry, and historical sources such as the Historia Brittonum and Bede. The name survives throughout the area in place names such as Barwick-in-Elmet and Sherburn-in-Elmet. A local parliamentary constituency is also called Elmet.
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England
Englandi/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.
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European Parliament
The European Parliament (abbreviated as Europarl or the EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council) and the European Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world. The Parliament is currently composed of 754 Members of the European Parliament, who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world (375 million eligible voters in 2009).
It has been directly elected every five years by universal suffrage since 1979. However, turnout at European Parliament elections has fallen consecutively at each election since that date, and has been under 50% since 1999. Turnout in 2009 stood at 43% of all European voters, ranging from 90% in Luxembourg and Belgium (where compulsory voting is used) to 20% in Slovakia. Turnout was under 50% in 18 out of 27 member states.
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Farsley
Coordinates: 53°48′42″N 1°40′18″W / 53.8116°N 1.6718°W / 53.8116; -1.6718
Farsley is an area in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England 6 miles (9 km) to the west of Leeds city centre, and 4 miles (6 km) east of Bradford. Farsley could be considered a commuter town as it is situated between the two cities. It was formerly in the municipal borough of nearby Pudsey.
It is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as Fersellei also as Ferselleia. During the industrial revolution Farsley was a centre for wool processing as there were a number of mills in the area.
Farsley is just off the main road between Leeds and Bradford and just off the A6110 Leeds outer ring road. New Pudsey railway station is between Farsley and Pudsey providing train services towards Leeds, Bradford, Manchester Victoria and Blackpool. This station was the subject of a Monty Python sketch about a Pink Blancmange.
Most of Farsley's amenities are situated on or around Town Street. There is a Co-operative Group convenience store, a post office, bookmakers, several independent retailers as well as four pubs and a wine bar. Throstle Nest football ground also has facilities open to the general public. The only form of public transport in Farsley is bus, bus services are available to Leeds city centre, Pudsey, Horsforth and Bradford. There are also several junior schools in Farsley, as well as further schools in neighbouring Pudsey. Nearby Pudsey offers a wider range of amenities, which many Farsley residents take advantage of. The nearest large supermarket is Asda at the Owlcotes Centre in Stanningley, there is also a Marks and Spencers. There are now only 4 of the previous 11 pubs left in the town. 'The Fleece' at the bottom of Town Street was the second pub purchased by Joshua Tetley's & Son the Leeds Brewer, and the first outside of the brewer's grounds.
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Featherstone
Coordinates: 53°42′N 1°22′W / 53.70°N 1.37°W / 53.70; -1.37
Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It lies less than two miles south-west of Pontefract and in 2001 had a population of 14,175, although after recent housing development the population is thought to be closer to 20-25,000.
Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.
In 1848, the opening of the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole railway line through Featherstone, provided the basis for large scale coal mining in Featherstone, by opening up new markets in the South of England and Europe. Coal had been mined at Featherstone since the 13th century and remains of bell pits can still be seen to the north of Park Lane at North Featherstone.
Like many surrounding areas, Featherstone grew around coal mining, and was the site of a miners' strike in 1893. During the strike the town came to national attention when soldiers fired on striking miners, killing two. A distinctive sculpture marking the centenary of the Featherstone Massacre stands in the shopping precinct and a large mural depicting the town's heritage can be seen at the town's main crossroads. Ackton Hall Colliery was the first pit to close following the end of the miners' strike and this could not be contested as geological difficulties had made it impossible for the pit to continue production.
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Filey
Coordinates: 54°12′36″N 0°17′21″W / 54.2101°N 0.2893°W / 54.2101; -0.2893
Filey is a small town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the borough of Scarborough and is located between Scarborough and Bridlington on the North Sea coast. Although it started out as a fishing village, it has a large beach and is a popular tourist resort. Until 1974 it was an urban district in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
According to the 2001 UK census, Filey parish had a population of 6,819.
Filey is at the eastern end of the Cleveland Way a long-distance footpath; this starts at Helmsley and skirts the North York Moors. It was the second National Trail to be opened (1969). It is also the northern end of the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail which starts at Hessle and crosses the Yorkshire Wolds. Filey is the finishing point for Great Yorkshire Bike Ride. The 70-mile (110 km) ride begins at Wetherby Racecourse.
Filey has a railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line. Previously Filey also had a second station Filey Holiday Camp railway station to the south of the town serving the former Butlins holiday camp. This camp has now been re-developed into a 600-home holiday housing development, The Bay Filey. It is one of the largest coastal developments of this kind in the UK and the first homes began to be handed over to buyers in 2007.
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France
France (Englishi/ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is the largest western European country and it possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 11,035,000 km2 (4,260,000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11,351,000 km2 / 4,383,000 sq mi).
Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
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Garforth
Coordinates: 53°47′31″N 1°23′17″W / 53.792°N 1.388°W / 53.792; -1.388
See also People named Garforth.
Garforth is a town within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. The 2001 Census lists 23,892 residents in the Garforth and Swillington ward: 80.57% of whom are homeowners, 20% more than the average for Leeds. Garforth itself has 15,394 of those people. Garforth was in the parliamentary constituency of Elmet until the 2010 general election, when it was incorporated into the new constituency of Elmet and Rothwell.
It owes its size to expansion in the 17th and 18th centuries during which the local land-owning Gascoigne family ran several coalmines in the area. The surrounding settlements of Micklefield, Kippax, Swillington, Methley and Allerton Bywater are all villages that prospered and grew as a result of the coal industry. Nowadays manufacturing and motor-vehicle repair account for more than a third of the workforce in the area[citation needed]
More recent expansion can also be traced to a combination of overall economic success in Leeds, and the fact that Garforth is well served by transport links. The A1 and M1 are minutes away, and both have recently been linked by an extension of the M1 which passes to the West and North of the town, with two nearby access points at Junctions 46 and 47. The M1 extension has led to rapid development of commercial, light industrial and residential sites clustered around Junctions 46 and 47. There are two railway stations, Garforth and East Garforth, both on the mainline route between Leeds, York, and North Eastern England to Scotland, and between Leeds, Selby and Hull and the Yorkshire coastal resorts. Effectively, people can commute to or visit a wide variety of destinations quite easily and still live in a self-contained township surrounded by open countryside, woodlands and rural villages.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Gipton
Coordinates: 53°48′33″N 1°29′38″W / 53.8093°N 1.4940°W / 53.8093; -1.4940
Gipton is a suburb of East Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, between the A58 to the north and the A64 to the south. It is joined with Harehills (adjacent to the west) as a City Council Ward. Note that Gipton Wood is an area north of the A58 in the Roundhay Ward.
The 1817 village was somewhat west of the location now called Gipton, featuring the Gipton Spa or bathhouse in what is now Gledhow Valley Woods.
Gipton derives from Old English: the first element is a personal name: in this case, it is Gippa (same as in Ipswich, although almost certainly not the same man) and tun "village, settlement, farm" (here, it refers to a village). The town's name was recorded as Cepetun, suggesting village with a market, suggesting a trading-town, or residence of the traders, as with Market Weighton. The first element of the name in the Domesday Book record wrongly suggests Old English ceap "market, trading-place", but it was a corruption of the personal name, Gippa. However, a record from 1018 as Gipentune[citation needed] proves that the first element is a personal name. The name Coldcotes which prefixes many of the areas street names comes from 'cold cottages'.
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Glasgow
Coordinates: 55°51′29″N 4°15′32″W / 55.858°N 4.259°W / 55.858; -4.259
Glasgow (i/ˈɡlɑːzɡəʊ/, locally /ˈɡlazɡo/, GLAZ-goh; Scots: Glesga listen (help·info); Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu ([ˈkɫ̪as̪əxu] listen (help·info))) is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands.
Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become one of the largest seaports in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric of Glasgow and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the 15th century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century. From the 18th century the city also grew as one of Britain's main hubs of transatlantic trade with British North America and the British West Indies. With the Industrial Revolution, the city and surrounding region shifted to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of heavy engineering, most notably in shipbuilding and marine engineering industry, which produced many innovative and famous vessels. Glasgow was known as the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period. Today it is one of Europe's top ten financial centres and is home to many of Scotland's leading businesses. Glasgow is also ranked as the 57th most liveable city in the world.
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Goole
Coordinates: 53°41′57″N 0°52′09″W / 53.699217°N 0.869171°W / 53.699217; -0.869171
Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately 45 miles (72 km) inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The port is "highly versatile", and is capable of handling nearly 3 million tonnes of cargo per annum, making it one of the most important ports on the east coast of England.
Goole is twinned with Złotów, Poland, (and was twinned with Rostock, East Germany in 1969 although this seems to have lapsed). Goole was informally twinned with Gibraltar in the 1960s; at that time, Gibraltar Court was named in Goole and Goole Court was named in Gibraltar.
The Dutch civil engineer Cornelius Vermuyden diverted the River Don northwards to the River Ouse in 1626-1629 to drain the marshland of Hatfield Chase at the behest of King Charles I. This also made the lower Don navigable for small barges so that coal from the South Yorkshire Coalfields could be transported to "Goole" at the new mouth of the Don (or "Dutch River") for transfer to seagoing vessels.
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Grand Theatre Leeds
The Grand Theatre (also known as Leeds Grand Theatre and Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House) is a theatre and Opera house in the centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was designed by James Robinson Watson, chief assistant in the office of Leeds-based architect George Corson, and opened on 18 November 1878. The exterior is in a mixture of Romanesque and Scottish baronial styles, while the interior has such Gothic motifs as fan-vaulting and clustered columns. The theatre is a Grade II* listed building. It seats approximately 1,500 people.
The theatre is home to Opera North and is regularly visited by Northern Ballet Theatre. It has hosted many touring productions, musical artists and comedians.
The theatre closed at the end of May 2005 for a major refurbishment, entitled transformation, and re-opened on 7 October 2006 with a production of Verdi's Rigoletto. The Stalls area was completely re-seated and re-raked, the orchestra-pit enlarged, air-conditioning installed, backstage technical facilities dramatically improved, and Opera North now has an Opera Centre to the south of the theatre, accessible via a bridge and at street-level. The Centre includes two new stage-sized rehearsal spaces and increased office space. The cost of the refurbishment has been estimated at £31.5m.
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Guiseley
Coordinates: 53°52′30″N 1°42′22″W / 53.875°N 1.706°W / 53.875; -1.706
Guiseley is a small town in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Situated south of Otley and Menston, it is a suburb of north west Leeds. At the 2001 census, Guiseley together with Rawdon had a population of over 21,000. The A65, which passes through the town, is the main shopping street. Guiseley railway station has regular train service into Leeds and Ilkley.
The settlement predates the Domesday Book. Its name is of Saxon origin. It was named "Gisele" in the Domesday Book, much of the Aire valley was once wooded and "ley" means a clearing in the woodland. Guiseley's church dedicated to St Oswald was the centre of a large parish that included many surrounding villages. It used by generations of the Longfellow family. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's grandfather left here for the New World in the 18th century. The rector of St Oswald's for several decades was Rev. Robert More, who died in 1642. He was the father-in-law of the English explorer, Captain Christopher Levett. Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell were married at St Oswald's and became the parents of six children, including Anne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë.
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Hangzhou
Hangzhou (Chinese: 杭州; Hangzhou dialect: ɦaŋ tsei; Mandarin pinyin: Hángzhōu Mandarin pronunciation: [xɑ̌ŋtʂóʊ] ( listen)), formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. It is governed as a sub-provincial city. As of 2010, the entire administrative division ("shì", 杭州市) or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people. The built up area of the Hangzhou municipality had a resident population of 6.242 million in 2010 (urban and suburban districts), of which 3.56 million lived in the six urban core districts.
A core city of the Yangtze River Delta, Hangzhou has a position on the Hangzhou Bay 180 kilometres (110 mi) southwest of Shanghai that gives it economic power. It has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities of China for much of the last 1,000 years, due in part to its beautiful natural scenery. The city's West Lake is its best-known attraction.
The celebrated Neolithic culture of Hemudu inhabited Yuyao, an area (now a city) 100 kilometers south-east of Hangzhou, as far back as seven thousand years ago when rice was first cultivated in southeastern China. The area immediately surrounding the modern city of Hangzhou was inhabited five thousand years ago by the Liangzhu culture, so named for the small town of Liangzhu not far to the northwest of Hangzhou where the ancient jade carving civilization was first discovered.
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Harehills
Coordinates: 53°48′24″N 1°30′19″W / 53.8066°N 1.5053°W / 53.8066; -1.5053
Harehills is an inner-city area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of Leeds city centre. Harehills is situated between the A58 (towards Wetherby) and the A64 (towards York).
It is situated between Burmantofts and Gipton, and adjacent to Chapeltown. As the name suggests it is a hill area, basically a south-facing slope, with many streets of terraced houses on hills. In the middle is Banstead Park, a grassy slope with trees and play areas, giving a view over the city of Leeds. Banstead Park was home to rioting in 2001. Along with neighbouring Chapeltown, Harehills has suffered from rioting and sporadic unrest. However, there have been no notable incidents of unrest in Harehills since 2001.
The cheaper housing has made it attractive to immigrants, with the result that it has a considerable cultural and ethnic mixture. There are two main shopping streets, Harehills Lane and Harehills Road which join at the junction of Roundhay Road (A58 road) leading to Oakwood. Also, heading 0.6 miles (1 km) up Harehills Lane towards the A64 York Road at the junction with Compton Road, is Harehills's other main shopping area.
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Harrogate
Coordinates: 53°59′28″N 1°32′20″W / 53.991°N 1.539°W / 53.991; -1.539
Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters, RHS Harlow Carr gardens, and Bettys Tea Rooms. From the town one can explore the nearby Yorkshire Dales national park. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Harrogate grew out of two existing smaller settlements, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate, in the 17th century.
Harrogate spa water contains iron, sulphur and common salt. The town became known as 'The English Spa' in the Georgian Era, after its waters were first discovered in the 16th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries especially, these 'chalybeate' waters (i.e. containing iron) were a popular health treatment, and the influx of wealthy but sickly visitors contributed significantly to the wealth of the town.
Harrogate railway station and Harrogate bus station in the town centre provide transport connections. Leeds Bradford International Airport is 10 miles (16 km) south west of Harrogate. The main road through the town is the A61, connecting Harrogate to Leeds and Ripon. Harrogate is also connected to Wetherby and the A1, by the A661. The town of Harrogate on its own had a population of 71,594 at the 2001 UK census; the urban area comprising Harrogate and nearby Knaresborough had a population of 85,128, while the figure for the much wider Borough of Harrogate, comprising Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon and a large rural area, was 151,339.
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Headingley Stadium
Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie (formerly known as Leeds Tykes).
There are two separate grounds, with a two-sided stand housing common facilities. Initially, the whole complex was owned by the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company, which is the parent company of both rugby clubs. Yorkshire County Cricket Club purchased the cricket ground on 31 December 2005 and, as announced on 11 October 2006, the whole ground is managed as one jointly between Yorkshire C.C.C. and Leeds Rugby. This type of joint cricket and football/rugby stadia were typical in 19th century England, and is how Bramall Lane and Park Avenue originally were.
Since 11 January 2006, the stadium has officially been known as the Headingley Carnegie Stadium as a result of sponsorship from Leeds Metropolitan University, whose sports faculty is known as the Carnegie School of Sport Exercise and Physical Education.
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Hebden Bridge
Coordinates: 53°44′31″N 2°00′32″W / 53.742°N 2.009°W / 53.742; -2.009
Hebden Bridge is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and lies 8 miles (13 km) west of Halifax and 14 miles (21 km) north east of Rochdale, at the confluence of the River Calder and the River Hebden (Hebden Water).
A 2004 profile of the Calder Valley ward, covering Hebden Bridge, Old Town, and part of Todmorden, estimated the population at 11,549. The population of the town itself is approximately 4,500.
The original settlement was the hilltop village of Heptonstall. Hebden Bridge (originally Heptenbryge) started as a settlement where the Halifax to Burnley hilltop packhorse route dropped down into the valley. The route crossed the River Hebden at the spot where the old bridge (from where Hebden Bridge gets its name) stands. The word Hebden comes from the Anglo-Saxon Heopa Denu, 'Bramble(or possibly Wild Rose) Valley'
The steep wet hills and access to major wool markets meant that Hebden Bridge was ideal for water powered weaving mills and the town developed during the 19th and 20th centuries; at one time Hebden was so well known for its clothing manufacture that it was known as "Trouser Town". Drainage of the marshland which covered much of the Upper Calder Valley prior to the Industrial Revolution enabled construction of the road which runs through the valley. Prior to this, travel was only possible via the ancient packhorse route which ran along the hilltop, dropping into the valleys wherever necessary, as was the case with Hebden Bridge. The wool trade also brought the Rochdale Canal (running from Sowerby Bridge to Manchester) and the Manchester and Leeds Railway (later the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) (running from Leeds to Manchester and Burnley).
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Heckmondwike
Coordinates: 53°42′29″N 1°40′12″W / 53.708°N 1.670°W / 53.708; -1.670
Heckmondwike is a small town and electoral ward in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) south west of Leeds. Close to Cleckheaton and Liversedge, it is part of Cleckheckmondsedge, a name invented by J.B. Priestley to represent a West Riding mill town.[citation needed] It is in the Batley and Spen parliamentary constituency, and has a population of March 2001 had an estimated population of 17,066.
Located at the edge of the Pennine hills, the land rises both to the north, east and south of the town centre.
Heckmondwike has its own telephone exchange, north of the High Street and is part of the Wakefield 01924 dialling area, with numbers beginning 40, 41 and 235. This exchange also covers neighbouring Liversedge, and small areas of Dewsbury and Batley namely parts of Dewsbury Moor and Staincliffe. Other telephone numbers in the area are from the cable supplier, where the number allocations 50, 51 and 52 are also used in neighbouring towns.
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Hemsworth
Coordinates: 53°36′36″N 1°21′00″W / 53.610°N 1.350°W / 53.610; -1.350
Hemsworth is a small town and civil parish on the edge of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the City of Wakefield, and has a population of 13,311.
It was a one-industry town, where coal mining employed the vast majority of residents, and the closure of the pits during the 1980s led to huge levels of unemployment and deprivation in the area. Hemsworth, along with nearby villages such as Ackworth, Fitzwilliam, Havercroft, Ryhill, South Elmsall and South Kirkby was made into a special regeneration area, and fortunes have improved as a result.
The Hemsworth constituency is famous for being the place where Labour votes were said to be "weighed rather than counted" during the 1960s and 1970s, but the town is not even so heavily Labour-voting as it once was. The town's Member of Parliament is Jon Trickett, a former leader of Leeds council.
In May, 2005, the Office for National Statistics estimated that unemployment in Hemsworth was just 2.8%. This marks progress from periods in the previous two decades when it could reach as high as 50%.
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Holbeck
Coordinates: 53°47′20″N 1°33′18″W / 53.789°N 1.555°W / 53.789; -1.555
Holbeck (grid reference SE311314) is a district in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
The district begins on the southern edge of the Leeds city centre and mainly lies in the LS11 Leeds postcode area. The M1 and M621 motorways used to end/begin in Holbeck. Now the M621 is the only motorway that passes through the area since the end of the M1 moved to Hook Moor near Aberford. Since large parts of Holbeck have been vacated in preparation for the regeneration of the area, the district has in large parts suffered from a population exodus.
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal also runs through Holbeck.
The place-name Holbeck is first attested in the 12th century in forms such as Holebec and Holesbec, from hol 'a hollow' and beck 'a stream' (an Old Norse loanword, from bekkr, reflecting Scandinavian influence in Yorkshire during the Viking age), thus 'stream in the hollow'. The old manor belonged to the priory of the Holy Trinity at York and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries passed to the Darcy and Ingram families. In the 18th century Holbeck was known for its spa water, which resembled that of Harrogate, and was carried into Leeds for sale. The supply diminished when numerous wells were sunk to supply the mills and works in the area and the water, which previously rose to the surface, could only be obtained by pumping from a considerable depth.
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Holmfirth
Coordinates: 53°34′12″N 1°47′13″W / 53.570°N 1.787°W / 53.570; -1.787
Holmfirth is a small town located on the A6024 Woodhead Road in the Holme Valley, within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Centred upon the confluence of the Holme and Ribble rivers, Holmfirth is 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Huddersfield and 13 miles (21 km) from Glossop. It mostly consists of stone-built cottages nestled in the Pennine hills. The Peak District National Park around Holme Moss is 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of the town.
Holmfirth was once a centre for pioneering film-making by the Bamforth & Co Ltd, which later switched to the production of saucy seaside postcards. More recently Holmfirth has become well known as the location of the situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine.
The town originally grew up around a corn mill and bridge in the 13th century. Three hundred years later Holmfirth expanded rapidly as the growing cloth trade grew and the production of stone and slates from the surrounding quarries increased.
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Home Office
The Home Office is a Ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for immigration, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service (MI5). It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs, counter-terrorism, and ID cards. It was formerly responsible for the Prison Service and Probation Service, but these are now under a newly created Ministry of Justice.
It continues to be known, especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament, by the title, as the Home Department.
The Home Office is headed by the Home Secretary, a Cabinet minister, who is supported by the senior civil servant, the Permanent Secretary.
As of April 2012, the Home Office comprised the following agencies, inspectorates, and public bodies:
The Home Office Ministers are as follows:
Theresa May is also Minister for Women and Equalities and Lynne Featherstone Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Government Equalities Office. Nick Herbert works between the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice.
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Horsforth
Coordinates: 53°50′03″N 1°38′34″W / 53.83413°N 1.64288°W / 53.83413; -1.64288
Horsforth is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, lying to the north west of Leeds. It has a population of 18,928. Horsforth was considered to have the largest population of any village in the United Kingdom during the latter part of the nineteenth century. It became part of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in 1974, and became a civil parish with town council in 1999.
Horsforth was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Horseford, Horseforde, Hoseforde and its name derives from horse and ford. This refers to a river crossing on the River Aire, probably used for the transportation of woollen goods to and from Pudsey, Shipley and Bradford. The original ford was situated off Calverley Lane (near the Calverley Bridge Zero Waste Sort Site), but was replaced by a stone footbridge at the turn of the 19th century.
The three unnamed Saxon thegns that held the land at the conquest gave way to the king and then lesser Norman nobles,[citation needed] but it was not long after this that most of the village came under the control of Kirkstall Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1152 on the bank of the River Aire downstream of Horsforth.
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Huddersfield
Coordinates: 53°38′42″N 1°46′47″W / 53.6450°N 1.7798°W / 53.6450; -1.7798
Huddersfield (i/ˈhʌdərzˌfiːld/) is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies 190 miles (310 km) north of London, and 10.3 miles (16.6 km) south of Bradford, the nearest city.
Huddersfield is near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. Located within the historic county boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, according to the 2001 Census it was the 10th largest town in the UK and with a total resident population of 146,234. It is the largest urban area in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees and the administrative centre of the borough. The town is well known for its important role in the Industrial Revolution, for being the birthplace of rugby league and for being the birthplace of the late British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Huddersfield today is a town of higher education, the media and sports, being home to the rugby league team, Huddersfield Giants, founded in 1895, who currently play in the European Super League and Football League One football team Huddersfield Town F.C., founded in 1908. The town is home to the University of Huddersfield and the sixth form colleges Greenhead College, Kirklees College and Huddersfield New College
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Hunslet
Coordinates: 53°46′40″N 1°31′50″W / 53.7779°N 1.5305°W / 53.7779; -1.5305
Hunslet is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) south east of the city centre and has an industrial past.
Hunslet had many engineering companies based in the district, such as John Fowler & Co. manufacturers of traction engines & steam rollers, the Hunslet Engine Company builders of locomotives (including for the Channel Tunnel), as well as engineering firms Kitson & Co., Manning Wardle and Hudswell Clarke. Many railway locomotives were built in the Jack Lane area of Hunslet.
Thee area has a mixture of modern and 19th century industrial buildings, terraced housing and 20th century housing. It is an area that has grown up significantly around the River Aire in the early years of the 21st century, especially with the construction of modern riverside flats. It was at one point the main production site for Leeds Creamware, a type of pottery (still produced) so called because of its cream glazing. Hunslet is now prospering as it follows the trend of Leeds generally and the expansion of office and industrial sites south of Leeds city centre.
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Ilkley
Coordinates: 53°55′30″N 1°49′19″W / 53.925°N 1.822°W / 53.925; -1.822
Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the north of England. Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within the metropolitan borough of Bradford. Approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of Bradford, the town lies mainly on the south bank of the River Wharfe in Wharfedale, one of the Yorkshire Dales. The parish has a population of 13,828 (census 2001).
Ilkley's spa town heritage and surrounding countryside make tourism an important local industry. The town centre is characterised by Victorian architecture, wide streets and floral displays. Ilkley Moor, to the south of the town, is the subject of a folk song, often described as the unofficial anthem of Yorkshire, "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at". The song's words are written in Yorkshire dialect, its title translated as "On Ilkley Moor without a hat."
The earliest evidence of habitation in the Ilkley area is flint arrowheads or microliths, dating to the Mesolithic period, from about 11,000 BC onwards. The area around Ilkley has been continuously settled since at least the early Bronze Age, around 1800 BC; more than 250 cup and ring marks, and swastika carvings dating to the period have been found on rock outcrops, and archaeological remains of dwellings are found on Ilkley Moor. A druidical stone circle, the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle, was constructed 2,000 years ago.
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Ilkley Moor
Ilkley Moor is part of Rombalds Moor, the moorland between Ilkley and Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. The moor, which rises to 402 m (1,319 ft) above sea level is famous as the inspiration for the Yorkshire "county anthem" On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at.
During the Carboniferous period (325 million years ago), Ilkley Moor was part of a sea level swampy area fed by meandering river channels coming from the north. The layers in the eroded bank faces of stream gullies in the area represent sea levels with various tides depositing different sorts of sediment. Over a long period of time the sediments were cemented and compacted into hard rock layers. Geological forces lifted and tilted the strata a little towards the south-east, producing many small fractures, or faults. Since the end of the Carboniferous time there has been erosion and more than a thousand metres of the coal-bearing rocks have been completely removed from the area. During the last million years, Ice Age glaciers modified the shape of the Wharfe valley, deepening it, smoothing it and leaving behind glacial debris. The millstone grit not only gives character to the town of Ilkley but gives the area its acid soils, heather moors, soft water and rocky scars.
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Jamaica
Coordinates: 18°10′57″N 77°19′18″W / 18.1823878°N 77.3217773°W / 18.1823878; -77.3217773
Jamaica (
i/dʒəˈmeɪkə/), officially the Commonwealth of Jamaica, is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (145 mi) in length, up to 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width, and 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno name for the island was Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water" or the "Land of Springs".
Once a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it became an English colony in 1655 under the name "Jamaica". It achieved full independence from Britain on August 6, 1962. With 2.8 million people, it is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada. It remains a Commonwealth realm in concert with the Monarchy of Jamaica holding ultimate executive power, where Queen Elizabeth II is the current head of state and Queen of Jamaica.Kingston is the country's largest city and the capital.
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Keighley
Coordinates: 53°52′01″N 1°54′40″W / 53.867°N 1.911°W / 53.867; -1.911
Keighley (i/ˈkiːθli/ KEETH-lee) is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 11 miles (17.7 km) northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the rivers Aire and the Worth. The town area, which is part of the Brontë Country, has a population of 51,429 (2001 Census), making it the third largest civil parish in England.
Keighley lies in a fold between the countryside of Airedale and Keighley Moors. The town is the terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, a heritage steam branch line which has been restored and runs through the Worth Valley to Oxenhope via Oakworth and Haworth.
The name Keighley, which has gone through many changes of spelling throughout its history, is accepted to mean "Cyhha's farm or clearing" and was mentioned in the Domesday Book, "In Cichhelai (Keighley), Ulchel, and Thole, and Ravensuar, and William had six carucates to be taxed."
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Killingbeck
Killingbeck is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England that is situated between Seacroft to the north, Cross Gates and Whitkirk to the east, Gipton to the west, Halton Moor to the south, Halton to the south east and Osmondthorpe to the south west. It is contiguous with Cross Gates and Seacroft, at the junction of the A63 (Selby) Road and A64 (York) roads. Killingbeck was formerly home to Killingbeck Colliery. The area is small and its borders difficult to define but runs along York Road, taking in the retail park, the former Killingbeck Hospital, the cemetery, the police station and Halfords.
Killingbeck is home to a police station in Leeds, the 'Killingbeck Police Station', which deals with all calls in east Leeds.
Killingbeck Hospital, famous for its heart surgery, was located in the area until 1998, when services were transferred to the Jubilee Wing at Leeds General Infirmary. Currently, Killingbeck is most notable for its Asda superstore and B&Q warehouse.
Jimmy Savile's mother ("the duchess") is buried in Killingbeck Cemetery.{link}
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Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull (i/ˌkɪŋstən əpɒn ˈhʌl/ KING-stən ə-pon HUL), usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of 263,900 (2010 est.). The Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) population stands at 573,300.
Renamed Kings town upon Hull by King Edward I in 1299, the town and city of Hull has served as market town, military supply port, a trading hub, fishing and whaling centre, and industrial metropolis.
Hull was an early theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, played a key role in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain.
The city is unique in the UK in having had a municipally-owned telephone system from 1902, sporting cream, not red, telephone boxes.
After suffering heavy damage during the Second World War, Hull weathered a period of post-industrial decline, during which the city gained unfavourable results on measures of social deprivation, education and policing. In recent years the city has embarked on an extensive programme of economic regeneration, reconstruction and urban renewal. The economic crisis since 2008 has caused some setbacks to these developments.
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Kirklees
Coordinates: 53°35′35″N 1°48′04″W / 53.593°N 1.801°W / 53.593; -1.801
The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 401,000 and includes the settlements of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. Huddersfield is the largest settlement of the district, and its centre of administration.
The borough was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the county boroughs of Dewsbury and Huddersfield along with the municipal boroughs of Batley and Spenborough and the urban districts of Colne Valley, Denby Dale, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Meltham and Mirfield.
The name "Kirklees" was chosen by the merging councils from more than fifty suggestions, including "Upper Agbrigg", "Brigantia" and "Wooldale". It was named after Kirklees Priory, legendary burial place of Robin Hood. The site of the priory is now Kirklees Park Estate, situated mid way between Huddersfield and Dewsbury and the location of Kirklees Hall.
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Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire. It is set in a public park on the north bank of the River Aire. It was founded c.1152. It was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the auspices of Henry VIII.
The picturesque ruins have been drawn and painted by artists such as J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Girtin and John Sell Cotman.
Kirkstall Abbey was acquired by Leeds Corporation as a gift from Colonel North and opened to the public in the late 19th century. The gatehouse became a museum.
Henry de Lacy (1070, Halton, – 1123), Lord of the manor of Pontefract, 2nd Lord of Bowland, promised to dedicate an abbey to the Virgin Mary should he survive a serious illness. He recovered and agreed to give the Abbot of Fountains Abbey land at Barnoldswick in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now in Lancashire) on which to found a daughter abbey. Abbot Alexander with twelve Cistercian monks from Fountains went to Barnoldswick and after demolishing the existing church attempted to build the abbey on Henry de Lacy's land. They stayed for six years but found the place inhospitable. Abbot Alexander set about finding a more suitable place for the abbey and came across a site in the heavily wooded Aire Valley occupied by hermits.
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Knottingley
Coordinates: 53°42′18″N 1°14′56″W / 53.705°N 1.249°W / 53.705; -1.249
Knottingley is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the A1 road. It has a population of 13,503.
Until 1699, it was an important inland river port but, in that year, the Aire was made navigable as far as Leeds, which soon surpassed it. Knottingley continued as a centre for boat building into the twentieth century. After 1870, the town also became known for glass manufacturing.
The town is served by Knottingley railway station.
Knottingley is famous as a glass manufacturing town. In 1887 Bagley's Glassworks purchased the rights to the first bottle-making machine, invented by a Ferrybridge postmaster.
Close to Knottingley is the Ferrybridge Power Station, which has the largest cooling towers of their kind in Europe. Three of these towers collapsed in high winds in 1965. These towers can be seen for miles around. One of the oldest purpose-built cinemas in England, located in Aire Street, has been converted into flats.
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Leeds
Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 1°32′57″W / 53.79972°N 1.54917°W / 53.79972; -1.54917 Leeds (i/ˈliːdz/) is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 (2011 est.), making it the 24th-most populous city in the European Union
Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area, which at the 2001 census had a population of 1.5 million, and the Leeds-Bradford Metropolitan Area, of which Leeds is the integral part, had a population of around 2.3 million, making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. In addition, the Leeds city region, an economic area with Leeds at its core, had a population of 2.9 million. Leeds is the UK's largest centre for business, legal, and financial services outside London, and its office market is the best in Europe for value. Leeds is considered a Gamma World City, alongside cities such as Phoenix, St. Petersburg and Valencia.
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Leeds Art Gallery
Leeds Art Gallery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is a museum whose collection of 20th century British Art is recognised by the British government as a collection "of national importance". Its collection also includes 19th century and earlier art works. The gallery opened on 3 October 1888 as Leeds City Art Gallery and was paid for by public subscription. In 1912, the Leeds Art Collections Fund was formed to support the gallery’s acquisitions, which it continues to do today. The gallery is owned and administered by Leeds City Council.
The gallery was built between 1886-1888 by W. H. Thorp, as an extension to the Municipal Buildings to the west (built 1878-1884 by George Corson, now housing Leeds Central Library). It is grade II listed. A major renovation was completed in June 2007, including opening up the magnificent Victorian tiled hall (used as a café and bookshop) which links the gallery and the library. At first floor level there is direct access from the gallery to the Art Library. The gallery includes a ground floor lecture theatre which is used for a variety of events.
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Leeds Cathedral
Leeds Cathedral, formally The Cathedral Church of St Anne, commonly known as Saint Anne's Cathedral, is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Diocese of Leeds, and is the seat of the Bishop of Leeds. It is in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. (The city of Leeds does not have a Church of England cathedral, because it is in the Anglican Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, although Leeds Parish Church is large and architecturally significant.)
The original cathedral was located in St. Anne's Church in 1878, but that building was demolished around 1900. The current cathedral building on Cookridge Street was completed in 1904, and was restored in 2006. The reredos of the old cathedral's high altar was designed by Pugin in 1842 and moved to the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral. The cathedral is a Grade II* listed building.
The earlier St Anne’s Roman Catholic church, built in 1838 on the corner of the Headrow and Cookridge Street was granted Cathedral status in 1878 upon the creation of the Diocese of Leeds. The Cathedral's life was short-lived as in 1899, Leeds Corporation pushed ahead with plans to widen The Headrow and develop it into a Boulevard style street. This meant that the Cathedral was acquired by the enactment of a compulsory purchase order. Demolition started shortly after and the Leeds Permanent Building Society purchased the plot to build its head-office, the site is now The Light entertainment complex. Church officials considered several sites on which to build the second cathedral but after exhausting other options, the Church accepted land offered to it by the Corporation, directly adjacent to the previous church. Some architectural features of the original building were salvaged and reused in the new building and some can now be seen at the Castle-by-the-Sea Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, the former residence of the artist Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Leeds city centre
Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 1°32′54″W / 53.7998°N 1.5482°W / 53.7998; -1.5482
Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, England. It is within the Leeds Central parliamentary constituency, represented by Hilary Benn as MP since a by-election in 1999. The term central Leeds is often used to describe Leeds city centre, although it refers to a wider area usually defined by the area within the Inner Ring Road, covering areas such as Holbeck and Hunslet.[citation needed] While the city centre has no formal definition, it may be taken as roughly bounded by the Leeds Inner Ring Road on the north. Many people in the city say it stretches from Woodhouse Lane, to the north, to Holbeck in the south and from the casinos on Kirkstall Road in the West to Lincoln Green to the east.[citation needed] Leeds city centre can arguably be separated roughly into five areas or quarters.
The Civic Quarter is the area at the north of the city centre, roughly north of the Headrow. It is home to the Leeds Magistrates and Crown Courts. Leeds Town Hall is a prominent landmark which was completed in 1858 and opened by Queen Victoria. The City Library and City Gallery are next door. Queen Square is also found here. The city's largest hospital, the Leeds General Infirmary, is also located here and was first opened in 1869.
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Leeds City College
Coordinates: 53°48′04″N 1°33′29″W / 53.801°N 1.558°W / 53.801; -1.558
Leeds City College is the largest Further education establishment in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with around 57,000 students, 2,300 staff and an annual turnover of £78 million. It officially opened on 1 April 2009.[dead link][dead link] The College was granted official status in January 2009 and was formed from three large colleges, Park Lane College, Leeds Thomas Danby College and Leeds College of Technology. The college is a member of the 157 Group of 28 high performing state sixth form colleges and colleges of further education.
On 1 August 2011 the college expanded further with the merger of the three sites of Joseph Priestley College in Rothwell, Beeston and Morley. On the same day it also became the owner of a newly re-constituted Leeds College of Music which will maintain a level of independence as a wholly owned company of the City College.
The existing five sites of the former three colleges will continue in use, and they have been named as follows:
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Leeds City Museum
Coordinates: 53°48′06″N 1°32′50″W / 53.801617°N 1.547323°W / 53.801617; -1.547323
Leeds City Museum, originally established in 1819, re-opened on 13 September 2008 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is housed in the former Mechanics' Institute built by Cuthbert Brodrick, in Millennium Square, which has been redeveloped to a design by Austin-Smith:Lord architects and Buro Happold engineers. Gallery and exhibit design is provided by Redman Design.
Admission to the museum is free of charge. Special exhibitions are hosted alongside a collection of displays from the Leeds Archive.
In 1819 a museum was established on Park Row by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, and in 1821 it opened to the public. In 1921, control of the museum was handed to the Corporation of Leeds which later became Leeds City Council. In 1941 the museum building and artifacts were badly damaged by bombing. In 1965 the museum was closed, and a few exhibits removed to a couple of rooms in the city library in 1966. The oversized Leeds Tiger, the giant moose skeleton and the carved wooden cart took up much of the space. In 1999 the museum went into storage, though researchers and the public could view items by appointment. In 2000 the resource centre at Yeadon opened, under the same appointment-to-view arrangement. In 2001 Leeds City Council bid for National Lottery cash, and in 2004 it was awarded £19.5 million, so in 2005 the Leeds Mechanics' Institute building began to be re-designed as Leeds City Museum, finally to re-open in 2008.
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Leeds City Region
The Leeds City Region is the area whose economic development is supported by the Leeds City Region Partnership, a sub-regional economic development partnership. This sub-region (defined by local labour markets and journey-to-work areas) covers the whole of West Yorkshire and parts of neighbouring North and South Yorkshire; that is, the ten local authority districts of Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Craven, Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds, Selby, Wakefield, and York. With close to 3 million people, a resident workforce of 1.4 million, over 100,000 businesses and an economy worth £52 billion per year, the economy is larger than some European countries economies, which makes the Leeds City Region a major economy.The region is diverse and has many centres, both geographically and culturally. It is one of eight city regions defined in the 2004 document Moving Forward: The Northern Way, a collaboration between the three northern Regional Development Agencies which is a part of the 20 year government strategy to grow the economy of Northern England. As a partnership, the Leeds City Region is firmly established and has in operation an accountable decision making structure, which involves the Leaders of all eleven partner authorities. It has made several successful bids for government funded economic development projects.
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Leeds city region
The Leeds City Region is the area whose economic development is supported by the Leeds City Region Partnership, a sub-regional economic development partnership. This sub-region (defined by local labour markets and journey-to-work areas) covers the whole of West Yorkshire and parts of neighbouring North and South Yorkshire; that is, the ten local authority districts of Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Craven, Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds, Selby, Wakefield, and York. With close to 3 million people, a resident workforce of 1.4 million, over 100,000 businesses and an economy worth £52 billion per year, the economy is larger than some European countries economies, which makes the Leeds City Region a major economy.The region is diverse and has many centres, both geographically and culturally. It is one of eight city regions defined in the 2004 document Moving Forward: The Northern Way, a collaboration between the three northern Regional Development Agencies which is a part of the 20 year government strategy to grow the economy of Northern England. As a partnership, the Leeds City Region is firmly established and has in operation an accountable decision making structure, which involves the Leaders of all eleven partner authorities. It has made several successful bids for government funded economic development projects.
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Leeds City Square
City Square is a paved open area in Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England.
In 1897, the Leeds city council of the time wanted to improve the open space near to the (Old) Post Office and in 1899 work was completed. The city square was enhanced with the erection of statues, the grandest being the Black Prince on horseback in bronze by Thomas Brock. There are other statues of other worthy local people (Joseph Priestley, John Harrison, James Watt and Dr Walter Hook) and statues of eight nymphs, light standards by sculptor Alfred Drury.
The White Rose Way walking trail starts at the foot of the Black Prince Statue.
To the south are the railway station, the Queens Hotel and the streets of Bishopgate Street and New Station Street. To the west are the former Majestyks and Jumpin Jacks nightclubs which are due to be converted into a casino, the Old Post Office (which closed in 2004 and has been converted into restaurants and serviced apartments that opened in 2006) and the streets of Aire Street, Wellington Street, Quebec Street and Infirmary Street (a bus terminal).
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Leeds City Varieties
Coordinates: 53°47′56″N 1°32′34″W / 53.79889°N 1.54278°W / 53.79889; -1.54278
The Leeds City Varieties is a Grade II* listed music hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
It was built in 1865 as an adjunct to the White Swan Inn in Swan Street and the original interior is largely unaltered. Along with Hoxton Hall and Wilton's Music Hall (both in London), it is a rare surviving example of the Victorian era music halls of the 1850s/1860s. The interior is a long rectangle, with boxes separated by cast-iron columns along the sides at circle level.
The theatre was founded by local pub landlord and benefactor Charles Thornton and was originally called 'Thornton's New Music Hall and Fashionable Lounge'. The name subsequently changed to the White Swan Varieties and then Stansfield's Varieties before becoming the City Palace of Varieties. Charlie Chaplin, Marie Lloyd and Houdini are among the artists who performed there.
Between 1953 and 1983, the theatre achieved national fame as the venue for the BBC television programme The Good Old Days, a recreation of old-time music hall featuring Leonard Sachs as the alliterative Chairman and many well-known and less-well-known performers. The venue still presents live "Good Old Days" music hall events over runs of 3 weekends in the spring and 4 in the autumn, as well as pantomime and a regular programme of stand-up comedy and music concerts.
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Leeds Civic Hall
Leeds Civic Hall is a civic building housing Leeds City Council, located in Millennium Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The design was the result of a competition held in 1926, which was won by Vincent Harris. Work began in 1931 and the hall was opened by King George V on 23 August 1933.
Costing £360,000 to construct, it is notable that due to the Great Depression, most people employed in its construction would otherwise have been unemployed, therefore the building's construction was used as job creation, an example of Keynesian economics. The building houses Leeds City Council and includes offices such as the Lord Mayor's room, council chambers and a banqueting hall.
Leeds Civic Hall is a Grade II* listed building.
In addition to the Civic Hall, Leeds Town Hall is still used for concerts and other functions, as well as housing some council offices.
One of a pair of golden owl sculptures (John Thorp, 2000). Each owl is 9 foot high. There is an older pair on the roof
Rear of Leeds Civic Hall
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Leeds Corn Exchange
The Leeds Corn Exchange is a Victorian building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which was designed by Cuthbert Brodrick and completed in 1864. It currently houses a restaurant, a clothing boutique and a jewellery shop.
Designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, a young Hull architect best known for Leeds Town Hall, this Grade I listed structure was completed in 1862 and opened on 28 July 1863. Leeds Corn Exchange is now just one of three Corn Exchanges in the country which still operates in its traditional capacity as a centre for trade, albeit no longer for trading in corn.[citation needed]
After the closure of the Corn Exchange, its condition deteriorated to such a degree that the building itself and the surrounding land became one of Leeds' most run down areas.[citation needed] Early proposals for the regeneration for this site had included turning the Corn Exchange into a concert hall similar to the Royal Albert Hall.[citation needed]
In 1985, Speciality Shops plc won the contract to re-develop the building as a shopping centre. The refurbishment process designed by Alsop & Lyall was completely restored to its current state, with new staircases to allow shoppers access to the balcony and basement levels. It opened for trade in 1990. Many other old buildings have been restored in this area, now known as The Exchange Quarter.
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Leeds Country Way
The Leeds Country Way is a circular long-distance footpath of 62 miles (99 km) around Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is never more than 7 miles (11 km) from Leeds City Square, but is mainly rural with extensive views in the outlying areas of the Leeds metropolitan district. It follows public Rights of Way including footpaths, bridleways and minor lanes, with a few short sections along roads.
A route was first devised by Fred Andrews of the Ramblers Association, and then developed by West Yorkshire County Council in the early 1980s. This council was abolished in 1986, and the path is now under the care of the Countryside section of Leeds City Council. The Leeds Country Way was realigned in 2006, using a route devised by Bob Brewster, to bring it entirely within the boundary of the Leeds metropolitan district (previously it crossed the boundary into Wakefield), and the path was officially relaunched on 26 September 2006 with a revised set of map leaflets (see external links) and improved waymarking.
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Leeds Grammar School
Coordinates: 53°51′54″N 1°31′07″W / 53.86503°N 1.51851°W / 53.86503; -1.51851
Leeds Grammar School was an independent school in Leeds established in 1552. In August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds. The two schools physically united in September 2008.
The school was founded in 1552 by William Sheafield to provide free, subsidised or fee-paying education to the children of the City of Leeds. Despite 1552 being the traditional date for the foundation of the school, there is some evidence to suggest that the school existed as early as 1341. In 1805, the school was the subject of a ruling by Lord Eldon that set a precedent affecting grammar schools throughout England.
Leeds Grammar School was founded in 1552, following the death of the Reverend William Sheafield in July of that year. Sheafield left £14 13s. 4d. in his will to maintain a schoolmaster "to teach and instruct freely for ever all such Younge Schollars Youthes and Children as shall come and resort to him from time to time to be taught instructed and informed", provided that a school house was built by the town of Leeds. The date for the foundation of the school still remains in doubt to this day, with records indicating that there was a Grammar School in Leeds as early as 1341. The school's first site is thought to have been in The Calls, by the River Aire, near the centre of the city. However, by about 1579 the school was in the New Chapel building at the head of Headingley Lane, where it remained until 1624.
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Leeds Grand Mosque
Leeds Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in Leeds with a Friday congregation of 500–600. It is located at 9 Woodsley Road, Hyde Park, Leeds, LS6 1SN West Yorkshire, England.
It was converted from a church in 1994, with funding from Saif Bin Muhammad Al-Nehayyan of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its main hall provides a large open space which has been used for experiments in human echo-location.
It is the home of the first Muslim Scout Group in Leeds. 15 Scouts were invested at the launch in 2006.
The mosque's imam is Muhammad Tahir. It is unusual in providing a translation of the sermon into English.
Coordinates: 53°48′24″N 1°34′05″W / 53.80653°N 1.56801°W / 53.80653; -1.56801
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Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Town Hall was built between 1853 and 1858 on Park Lane (now The Headrow), Leeds, West Yorkshire, England to a design by architect Cuthbert Brodrick.
Until the early 1813, the Moot Hall, situated at the top of Briggate, served as the county seat for Leeds Corporation and was also used for judicial purposes. This was replaced by a new court house on Park Row, Leeds.
Leeds went through a period of rapid growth in the first half of the 19th century and by the mid-19th century it became apparent that the court house was no longer large enough for the functions it performed. In July 1850, Leeds Borough Council decided to build a new town hall and established a committee to assess the opinions of Leeds' inhabitants as to the building of a new municipal hall.
In order to finance the new town hall, the council proposed to sell shares in the building to the value of £10, this method quickly failed. The council then proposed to introduce a specific rate to be levied to fund the building of a town hall. The tax was not introduced until after the November 1850 local election, although most of the inhabitants of the city who would have paid the tax at the time lacked voting rights. The town hall was approved in January 1851, when Alderman Hepper put the motion to the council and it was carried by 24 votes to 12.
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Leicester
Coordinates: 52°38′03″N 1°08′19″W / 52.63422°N 1.13852°W / 52.63422; -1.13852
Leicester (/lɛstər/ LESS-tər pronunciation (help·info)) is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest. In 2010, the population of the Leicester unitary authority was estimated at 306,600, the second highest in the region, whilst 441,213 people lived in the wider Leicester Urban Area in 2006, making Leicester the tenth most populous settlement in the United Kingdom and the UK's fourteenth largest urban area. It is the largest city in the East Midlands yet has the second largest urban area in the region behind Nottingham Urban Area. Eurostat's Larger Urban Zone listed the population of the area at 772,400 people as of 2004.
Ancient Roman pavements and baths remain in Leicester from its early settlement as Ratae Corieltauvorum, a Roman military outpost in a region inhabited by the Celtic Corieltauvi tribe. Following the demise of Roman society the early medieval Ratae Corieltauvorum is shrouded in obscurity, but when the settlement was captured by the Danes it became one of five fortified towns important to the Danelaw. The name "Leicester" is thought to derive from the words castra of the "Ligore", meaning camp of the dwellers on the (river) Legro. Leicester appears in the Domesday Book as "Ledecestre". Leicester continued to grow throughout the Early Modern period as a market town, although it was the Industrial Revolution that facilitated a process of rapid unplanned urbanisation in the area.
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Lille
Coordinates: 50°38′14″N 3°03′48″E / 50.6372°N 3.0633°E / 50.6372; 3.0633
Lille (French pronunciation: [lil] ( listen); Dutch: Rijsel) is a city in northern France (French Flanders). It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium. It is the capital of the Nord-Pas de Calais region and the prefecture of the Nord department.
The city of Lille, which annexed Lomme on 27 February 2000, had a population of 226,014 at the 2006 census. Meanwhile, the Lille Métropole, which also includes Roubaix, Tourcoing and numerous suburban communities, had a population of 1,091,438. The eurodistrict of Lille-Kortrijk, which also includes the areas of the Belgian cities of Kortrijk, Tournai, Mouscron and Ypres, had 1,905,000 residents.[citation needed]
The legend of "Lydéric and Phinaert" puts the foundation of the city of "L'Isle" at 640. Although the first mention of the town appears in archives from the year 1066, some archeological digs seem to show the area as inhabited by as early as 2000 BC[citation needed], most notably in the modern-day quartiers of Fives, Wazemmes, and Old Lille.
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Liverpool
Liverpool ( /ˈlɪvəpuːl/) is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Liverpool was 445,200 and was part of a larger urban area of 816,216.
Historically a part of Lancashire, the urbanisation and expansion of Liverpool were both largely brought about by the city's status as a major port. By the 18th century, trade from the West Indies, Ireland and mainland Europe coupled with close links with the Atlantic Slave Trade furthered the economic expansion of Liverpool. By the early 19th century, 40% of the world's trade passed through Liverpool's docks, contributing to Liverpool's rise as a major city.
Inhabitants of Liverpool are referred to as Liverpudlians but are also colloquially known as "Scousers", in reference to the local dish known as "scouse", a form of stew. The word "Scouse" has also become synonymous with the Liverpool accent and dialect. Liverpool's status as a port city has contributed to its diverse population, which, historically, were drawn from a wide range of peoples, cultures, and religions, particularly those from Ireland. The city is also home to the oldest Black African community in the country and the oldest Chinese community in Europe.
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London
Londoni/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
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M1 motorway
The M1 is a north–south motorway in England connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom; the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Preston Bypass, which later became part of the M6.
The motorway is 193 miles (311 km) long and was constructed in four phases. Most of the motorway was opened between 1959 and 1968 but the southern end was extended in 1977 and the northern end was extended in 1999. It forms part of the unsigned European route E13.
The first motorways (autostrades) were built in Italy on the order of Benito Mussolini in the 1920s, with other countries subsequently following, notably Germany with the first 'autobahn' in 1931 and then developed by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler. There had been plans since before the Second World War for a motorway network in the United Kingdom. Lord Montagu formed a company to build a 'motorway like road' from London to Birmingham in 1923, however it was a further 26 years before the Special Roads Act 1949 was passed which allowed for the construction of roads limited to a limited vehicle classifications and the 1950s when the country's first motorways were given the government go-ahead. The first section of motorway was the Preston Bypass in Lancashire, which opened in 1958 (now part of the M6 motorway). The M1 was Britain's first full-length motorway and opened in 1959.
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M62 motorway
The M62 motorway is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road also forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 (Shannon to Saint Petersburg) and E22 (Holyhead to Ishim). The road is 107 miles (172 km) long; for 7 miles (11 km), it shares its route with the M60 motorway around Manchester. The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and originally conceived as two separate routes, was built in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and finishing in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway also absorbed the northern end of the Stretford-Eccles bypass, which was built between 1957 and 1960. Adjusted for inflation to 2007, the motorway cost approximately £765 million to build. The motorway is relatively busy, with an average daily traffic flow of 100,000 cars in Yorkshire, and has several areas prone to gridlock, in particular, between Leeds and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.
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M621 motorway
The M621 motorway is a short loop of motorway in England that takes traffic into central Leeds between the M1 and M62 motorways.
The first section of the M621 to open, known at the time as the 'South West Urban Motorway', extends from the M62 to Junction 3 in central Leeds where it used to terminate at a roundabout which was also the terminus of the M1 motorway. This section opened in stages, from the M62 to Junction 1 in 1971, and from Junction 1 to Junction 3 in 1973.
When the M1 was diverted away from Leeds when the 'M1 - A1 Lofthouse to Bramham' extension opened in 1999 adjustments were made to Junction 3 and the Leeds section of the M1 was re-designated as M621 (Junctions 3-7).
Coordinates: 53°46′42″N 1°34′36″W / 53.7783°N 1.5768°W / 53.7783; -1.5768 (M621, approximate mid-point)
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Manchester
Coordinates: 53°28′N 2°14′W / 53.467°N 2.233°W / 53.467; -2.233
Manchesteri/ˈmæntʃɛstər/ is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England with an estimated population of 498,800 in 2010. Manchester lies within one of the United Kingdom's largest urban areas; the Greater Manchester Urban Area which has a population of 2.2 million. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian and the local authority is Manchester City Council.
Manchester is situated in the south-central part of North West England, fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south and the Pennines to the north and east. The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium, which was established in c. 79 AD on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically, most of the city was a part of Lancashire, although areas south of the River Mersey were in Cheshire. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but it began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, and resulted in it becoming the world's first industrialised city. An early 19th-century factory building boom transformed Manchester from a township into a major mill town and borough that was granted city status in 1853. In 1894 the Manchester Ship Canal was built, creating the Port of Manchester.
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Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC), is an international airport at Ringway, Manchester, England. In 2011 it was third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers, and the 23rd busiest airport in Europe. Manchester Airport is the largest outside the London region with over double the passengers of its nearest non-London rival, Edinburgh Airport.
The terminals are 7.5 NM (13.9 km; 8.6 mi) south of Manchester city centre. It officially opened on 25 June 1938 and was initially known as Ringway Airport. During World War II, it was called RAF Ringway and from 1975 until 1986 Manchester International Airport. The airport is owned and managed by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), a holding company owned by the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester, with Manchester City Council owning the largest stake. A Category 10 airport, the airport comprises three terminals, a goods terminal and a railway station. It is the only British airport other than London Heathrow to have two runways over 3,000 metres in length.
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Meadowhall Centre
Coordinates: 53°24′52″N 1°24′39″W / 53.414430°N 1.410949°W / 53.414430; -1.410949
Meadowhall is an indoor shopping centre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It lies three miles (5 km) north east of Sheffield city centre and four miles (6.4 km) from Rotherham town centre. It is the largest shopping centre in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, and the eighth largest in the United Kingdom.
Note that Meadowhall Retail Park is a separate development, also owned by British Land, lying 0.8 miles (1.29 km) to the south of Meadowhall shopping centre in the Carbrook area of the city.
The shopping centre was built by Bovis on the site previously occupied by a steelworks.
The centre was opened on 4 September 1990. With a floor area of 139,355 m2 (1,500,005 sq ft), it is the eighth largest (second largest when first opened) shopping centre in the UK. It is similar in concept to the Merry Hill Shopping Centre at Brierley Hill in the West Midlands, which was completed just before Meadowhall.
With over 280 stores, Meadowhall was widely blamed for the closure of many shops in Sheffield City Centre and in Rotherham. Meadowhall is owned by British Land, a property developer. The centre attracted 19.8 million visitors in its first year of opening, and now attracts about 30 million visitors a year.
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Meanwood Beck
The Meanwood Beck is a stream in West Yorkshire, England, which flows through Adel, Meanwood and Sheepscar into the River Aire in central Leeds. In older texts it was sometimes referred to as the Sheepscar Beck, however that term has fallen out of use.
The beck was previously a source of water for the village of Headingley and two of its earliest bridges led straight to it. The beck carries a much reduced volume of water over recent years as water is collected instead into the many drains in the centre of one of Britain's largest cities.
Meanwood Beck runs through Meanwood Park and Woodhouse Ridge. It provides water and drainage for Meanwood Valley Urban Farm.
In the 16th to 18th centuries it provided power for corn mills. In the 19th century it supplied water for a chemical works and tanneries, one of which, Sugarwell Court, is now a university hall of residence.
The Beck suffered a serious pollution incident on 29 March 1999 when an oil tank at the University of Leeds' Bodington Hall was overfilled and 10,000 litres of oil flowed into the beck. It is also a habitat for the indigenous European crayfish, which is currently threatened in the UK by a plague carried by the Signal crayfish introduced from America. As well as the crayfish there is also bull head fish present which can be found easily with a net and a pair of waders; they generally are located on the stream bed in the mud and silt.
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Meltham
Coordinates: 53°35′31″N 1°51′00″W / 53.592°N 1.850°W / 53.592; -1.850
Meltham is a small town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Holme Valley, below Wessenden Moor, four and a half miles south-west of Huddersfield on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It had a population of 8,089 at the 2001 census, which was estimated to have increased to 8,600 by 2005.
The valley has been inhabited since pre-historic times and there are two Iron Age sites overlooking the town. Meltham also includes the small village of Helme which has its own school and church. Meltham is situated within close reach of several major cities. Bradford is 14 miles to the north, Leeds is 19 miles north-east, Manchester is 19 miles to the south-west and Sheffield is 21 miles to the south-east.
Surrounding villages within the Kirklees area include Crosland Moor, Golcar, Honley, Holmfirth, Linthwaite, Marsden, Netherton and Slaithwaite.
Meltham itself contains three primary schools, namely Meltham Church of England (C of E) School, Meltham Moor Primary School and Helme (C of E) junior and infant school. Secondary schools serving Meltham primarily include Honley High School, Holmfirth High School and Colne Valley High School, all of which are located in neighbouring areas.
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Mirfield
Coordinates: 53°40′51″N 1°41′20″W / 53.6807°N 1.6888°W / 53.6807; -1.6888
Mirfield is a small town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is located on the A644 road between Brighouse and Dewsbury. In the 2001 census it was recorded as having a total resident population of 18,621.
The town is served by Mirfield railway station.
From 1894 to 1974, Mirfield formed an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire until it was merged into the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. In 1988 a Parish council was formed and became one of five in Kirklees, the others being:- Denby Dale, Meltham, Kirkburton and Holme Valley. As a Parish council an additional tax precept to the Kirklees MBC tax is levied on the towns residents for projects within the town. Mirfield has a town council, made up of 16 volunteer councillors who serve for a fixed four year term, and represent ward members within the parish. The members elect their own Town Council Mayor, who serves for a fixed one year term.
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Morley Town Hall
Morley Town Hall is a grand building, with a clock tower located in Morley, West Yorkshire, England. The hall's main steps have a colonnade with a Roman frieze on the pediment. Morley Town Hall is situated on Queen Street in the centre of Morley. It bears a strong resemblance to Bolton Town Hall, being designed by the same architect. It is a Grade I listed building. The building retains a large amount of original features, including halls, a courtroom and holding cells, all of which contribute to the building being chosen often as a local filming location. ITV shows Emmerdale and Heartbeat both use the Hall for both interior and exterior shots.
Morley Town Hall is often the centrepiece of local celebrations. During the run-up to Christmas the surrounding fir trees are usually covered in large gold baubles and the decorative Christmas lights are controlled from atop grand stairs. Bonfire Night is an annual celebration that takes place on November 5 in which fireworks will light up the sky above Morley Town Hall. At these celebrations there is usually a band, a celebrity and quite a few attractions. Typically there will be trinkets on sale, a small Ferris wheel and other children's rides as well.
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Mytholmroyd
Coordinates: 53°43′48″N 1°58′52″W / 53.730°N 1.981°W / 53.730; -1.981
Mytholmroyd ( /ˈmaɪðəmrɔɪd/) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Hebden Bridge and 6.7 miles (10.8 km) west of Halifax.
Mytholmroyd is the birthplace of the English poet Ted Hughes. He became the Poet Laureate and married the American poet Sylvia Plath who is buried at nearby Heptonstall. Its population is roughly 4,200.
Mytholmroyd is the home of Calder High School, the largest Comprehensive School in the Upper Calder Valley. Mytholmroyd Community Centre hosts the annual Dock Pudding Championships in April, attended in 2007 by Robbie Coltrane who entered the competition and came second, and the Mytholmroyd Gala takes place every July.
The town is served by Mytholmroyd railway station.
During the late 18th century, the valley to the south, known as Cragg Vale, was home to a gang of counterfeiters known as the Cragg Coiners. The gang's leader, David Hartley, or King David as he was known, was found guilty of the 1769 murder of excise official William Dighton and was hanged at the York Tyburn on 28 April 1770. Two other gang members were also executed for their part in the murder.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Coordinates: 54°58.440′N 1°36.792′W / 54.974°N 1.6132°W / 54.974; -1.6132
Newcastle upon Tyne (locallyi/njuːˈkæsəl/; often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne. The city developed in the area that was the location of the Roman settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the castle built in 1080, by Robert II, Duke of Normandy, the eldest son of William the Conqueror. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade and it later became a major coal mining area. The port developed in the 16th century and, along with the shipyards lower down the river, was amongst the world's largest shipbuilding and ship-repairing centres. These industries have since experienced severe decline and closure, and the city today is largely a business and cultural centre, with a particular reputation for nightlife.
Like most cities, Newcastle has a diverse cross section, from areas of poverty to areas of affluence. Among its main icons are Newcastle Brown Ale, a leading brand of beer, Newcastle United F.C., a Premier League team, and the Tyne Bridge. It has hosted the world's most popular half marathon, the Great North Run, since it began in 1981.
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Northampton
Northamptoni/nɔrˈθæmptən/ is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about 67 miles (108 km) north-west of London and around 50 miles (80 km) south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is Northamptonian.
Original settlements in Northampton date back to the 6th century. Its modern development is largely due to its rapid population increase since the 1960s after a planned expansion occurred under the New Towns Commission in the early 1970s. In 2001, its urban area population was 197,199 while its town population was 189,474, making Northampton the 27th largest settlement in England, and the UK's 3rd largest town without official city status after Reading and Dudley. Northampton is the most populous district in England that is not a unitary authority, a status it failed to obtain in the 1990s local government reform.
Northampton has a history of the manufacture of boots and shoes yet engineering has taken over as a modern key industry; other industries include food processing, brewing, and the manufacture of shoe machinery, cosmetics, leather goods, and car accessories. At present, the major employers are public administration, financial services, and the distribution trade.
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Nottingham
Nottingham (i/ˈnɒtɪŋəm/ NOT-ing-əm) is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and is one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group.
Nottingham is famed for its links with the legend of Robin Hood and, during the Industrial Revolution, obtained worldwide recognition for its lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. With origins tracable back to 600 AD, Nottingham was granted its city charter as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1897 and has since been officially titled the City of Nottingham. The city has historically been nicknamed The Queen of the Midlands, being the smaller yet less industrialised regional neighbour to the Midlands biggest city, Birmingham. Nottingham is considered the primary centre of England's East Midlands region, being home to numerous regional headquarters and media stations including the BBC East Midlands and the Regional Government Office.
Whilst Nottingham has always had a tightly-drawn authority boundary, accounting for its relatively small population of 306,700, Nottingham's Urban Area has a population of approximately 670,000; in the 2001 census, it was the eighth largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Eurostat's concept of the Larger Urban Zone listed the area's population at 825,600 as of 2004.
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Ossett
Coordinates: 53°41′N 1°35′W / 53.68°N 1.58°W / 53.68; -01.58
Ossett ( /ˈɒsɨt/) is a market town within the metropolitan district of the City of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It is located on junction 40 of the M1 motorway, half-way between Dewsbury, to the west, and Wakefield, to the east. In the 2001 census, it was classified as part of the West Yorkshire Urban Area. The town is roughly half-way between the west and east coasts of England.
Ossett derives from the Anglo Saxon and is either "the fold of a man named Osla" or " a fold frequented by blackbirds". Ossett is sometimes misspelled as "Osset". In Ellis' On Early English Pronunciation, one of the founding works of British linguistics, the incorrect spelling is used. The British Library has an online dialect study that uses the spelling.
Ossett appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Osleset", which was in the Manor of Wakefield. The Domesday book was compiled for William the Conqueror in 1086. "Osleset" was recorded as three and a half Carucates which is the land needed to be ploughed by three teams of eight oxen. Woodland pasture measured "half a league long as much broad" (roughly six furlongs by six furlongs). Four villans and three bordars lived in Osleset, a villan was an upper status villager, a bordar was a lower status villager.
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Otley
Coordinates: 53°54′18″N 1°41′13″W / 53.905°N 1.687°W / 53.905; -1.687
Otley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Wharfe. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town has a total resident population of 14,124. The town hosts Wharfedale General Hospital which serves the surrounding area.
Otley's name is derived from Othe, Otho or Otta, a Saxon personal name and leah, a woodland clearing in Old English. It was recorded as Ottanlege in 972 and Otelai or Othelia in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name Chevin has close parallels to the Welsh term Cefn meaning ridge and may be a survival of the ancient Cumbric language.
The town dates from Saxon times and was part of an extensive manor granted by Athelstan to the see of York. The Archbishops of York had a residence and were lords of the manor. Their palace was located on the site occupied by the Manor House. Otley is close to Leeds and may have formed part of the kingdom of Elmet. Remains of the Archbishop's Palace were found during the construction of St Joseph's School. The town grew in the first half of the 13th century when the archbishops laid out burgage plots to attract merchants and tradespeople. The burgage plots were on Boroughgate, Walkergate and Kirkgate. Bondgate was for tenants who did not have 'burgage' privileges. A leper hospital was founded on the road to Harewood beyond Cross Green.
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Otley Museum
Otley Museum is in the town of Otley, near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It holds a collection of objects, artefacts and documentary material relating to the development of Otley and the surrounding District since the prehistoric period. These include prehistoric stone tools and artefacts; an archaeological collection from the excavations of the Palace of the Archbishop of York at Otley; The Otley Printers' Engineers Collection; The Urban Development Archive, and an archive representing the Social History of Otley from the 18th Century onwards. The Otley Museum is independent, and managed and run entirely by volunteers.
Through early 2010, two rooms in the Otley Civic Centre housed the museum's eclectic collection of objects depicting the history of Otley and its surrounding District from prehistoric times through Anglo Saxon and Viking era, into the medieval period, and documenting its development from a rural community to a Victorian industrial town, and into the 20th century. When the museum had to vacate those rooms, these artefacts were placed in secure storage.
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Plymouth
Plymouthi/ˈplɪməθ/ is a city and unitary authority area on the south coast of Devon, England, about 190 miles (310 km) south-west of London. It is situated between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound. Since 1967, the City of Plymouth has included the suburbs of Plympton and Plymstock, which are on the east side of the River Plym.
Plymouth's history goes back to the Bronze Age, when its first settlement grew at Mount Batten. This settlement continued to grow as a trading post for the Roman Empire, until the more prosperous village of Sutton, the current Plymouth, surpassed it. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers left Plymouth for the New World and established Plymouth Colony – the second English settlement in what is now the United States of America. During the English Civil War the town was held by the Parliamentarians and was besieged between 1642 and 1646.
Throughout the Industrial Revolution, Plymouth grew as a major commercial shipping port, handling imports and passengers from the Americas, while the neighbouring town of Devonport grew as an important Royal Naval shipbuilding and dockyard town. In 1914 the three neighbouring and independent towns, viz., the county borough of Plymouth, the county borough of Devonport, and the urban district of East Stonehouse were merged to form a single County Borough. The new, merged town took the name of Plymouth which, in 1928, achieved city status. The city's naval importance later led to its targeting and partial destruction during World War II, an act known as the Plymouth Blitz. After the war the city centre was completely rebuilt.
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Pontefract
Coordinates: 53°41′17″N 1°18′36″W / 53.688°N 1.310°W / 53.688; -1.310
Pontefract is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England, traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 (or Great North Road), the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250. Pontefract's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio, Latin for "After the death of the father, support the son", a reference to English Civil War Royalist sympathies.
"Pontefract" originates from the Latin for "broken bridge", formed of the elements pons ('bridge') and fractus ('broken'). Pontefract was not recorded in the Domesday Book, but was noted as Pontefracto in 1090, four years after the Domesday survey. There is a theory that the bridge alluded to was one which crossed Wash Dike, a small stream on the north-eastern edge of Pontefract, running alongside what is now Bondgate (the modern-day A645). It would have been important in the town's early days, providing access between Pontefract and other settlements to the north and east, such as York.
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Potternewton
Potternewton is a suburb and parish of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between Chapeltown and Chapel Allerton, mainly in the LS7 postcode and partly in LS8. It is between Scott Hall Road on the West and Roundhay Road on the East, with Harehills Lane on the North. The main thoroughfare is Chapeltown Road, and it is often taken to be part of a larger area referred to as Chapeltown. On some maps Potternewton included the Chapeltown and Scott Hall areas and partly Harehills.
There is overlap between the areas referred to as Chapeltown and Potternewton so that they can be two names for the same area. Potternewton is an historic village and most maps prioritise the name Potternewton over Chapeltown, but most residents of Leeds refer to the area as Chapeltown. Transport Direct uses both names, defining them as separate areas, but Potternewton is defined as a very small area around the north of Scott Hall Road and most of the area is classified as Chapeltown.
As said above, Potternewton is mainly recognised as a small area, possibly an estate of Meanwood, around the Scott Hall Road/ Potternewton Lane roundabout likely because the local roads begin with "Potternewton" in their name. WYMetro and Transport Direct also identify the area as being in this location. Potternewton Lane is frequently served by bus service 7. Millfield primary school, formerly known as Potternewton primary, is located on Potternewton Mount. Upon being renamed, the school received more pupils due to the nearby Miles Hill school being shut down and demolished. Sugarwell hill mill is also found here.
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Pudsey
Coordinates: 53°47′49″N 1°39′47″W / 53.797°N 1.663°W / 53.797; -1.663
Pudsey is a market town in West Yorkshire, England. Once an independent town, it was incorporated into the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in 1974, and is located midway between Bradford and Leeds city centres. It has a population of 32,391.
Pudsey constitutes the areas of Fartown, Troydale, Littlemoor, Lowtown, Uppermoor and Chapeltown. There is also the village of Fulneck, the nearby settlements of Farsley and Calverley, the districts of Stanningley and Swinnow, and part of the districts of Rodley and Tyersal.
Although the town centre of Pudsey is in the LS28 postcode area, parts of it are in the LS13 postcode area, and also in the Bradford postcode areas of BD3 and BD4.
Most of Pudsey's phone numbers use the 0113 Leeds prefix, although some houses towards the Thornbury direction use the 01274 Bradford prefix.
Pudsey has given its name to "Pudsey Bear", the mascot of the BBC's annual fundraising marathon Children in Need. It also lends its name to the local parliamentary constituency of Pudsey, of which it is a part.
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Ripon
Coordinates: 54°08′17″N 1°31′25″W / 54.13796°N 1.52365°W / 54.13796; -1.52365
Ripon is a cathedral city, market town and successor parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located at the confluence of two streams of the River Ure in the form of the Laver and Skell. The city is noted for its main feature the Ripon Cathedral which is architecturally significant, as well as the Ripon Racecourse and other features such as its market. The city itself is just over 1,300 years old.
The city was originally known as Inhrypum and was founded by Saint Wilfrid during the time of Angle kingdom Northumbria, a period during which it enjoyed prominence in terms of religious importance in Great Britain. After a period of Viking control, it passed to the Cerdic dynasty who unified England and then the Normans who destroyed much of the city. After a brief period of building projects under the Plantagenets, the city emerged with a prominent wool and cloth industry. Ripon became well known for its production of spurs during the 16th and 17th century, but would later remain largely unaffected by the Industrial Revolution.
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Ripon Cathedral
Ripon Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds and the mother church of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, situated in the small North Yorkshire city of Ripon, England.
A church on the site is thought to date from 672, when it is believed to have been the second stone building erected in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria[citation needed]. The crypt dates from this period.
People have been coming to worship and pray at Ripon for more than 1,350 years. The Cathedral building itself is part of this continuing act of worship, begun in the 7th century when Saint Wilfrid built one of England’s first stone churches on this site, and still renewed every day. Within the nave and choir, you can see the evidence of 800 years in which master craftsmen have expressed their faith in wood and stone.
Today’s church is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672. A contemporary account by Eddius Stephanus tells us:
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River Aire
The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England, 71 miles (114 km) in length. Part of the river is canalised, and is known as the Aire and Calder Navigation.
The Aire rises at Malham Tarn, flowing underground to Aire Head, near Malham, in North Yorkshire, and then flows through Gargrave and Skipton. After Cononley, the river enters West Yorkshire where it passes through the former industrial areas of Keighley, Bingley, Saltaire and Shipley. It then passes through Leeds and on to the villages of Swillington and Woodlesford. At Castleford is the confluence of the Aire and Calder; just downstream of the confluence was the ford where the ancient British road, used by the Romans, crossed on its way north to York. The river re-enters North Yorkshire near Knottingley and in its lower reaches forms part of the boundary between North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The River Aire empties into the River Ouse at Airmyn, 'myn' being an old English word for 'river mouth'. The name possibly derived from Brythonic *Isara, meaning "strong river". The Aire could have been the winwœd or winwæd written about in Old English, from the Old English elements winnan or win ("strife", "fight") and wæd ("shallow water", "ford"), however others have proposed that it is actually the Went (also called the "wynt" in Old English) or the Cock Beck (see Battle of the Winwaed). Still others have claimed that it is actually the name of the battle and not the body of water itself.
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River Wharfe
The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire, England. For much of its length it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. The name Wharfe is Celtic and means "twisting, winding".
The valley of the River Wharfe is known as Wharfedale. The river source is at Beckermonds, Langstrothdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and flows through Kettlewell, Grassington, Bolton Abbey, Addingham, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Wetherby and Tadcaster. It then flows into the River Ouse near Cawood. The section of the river from its source to around Addingham is known as Upper Wharfedale and has a very different character to the river downstream.
The river is approximately 97 km long before it joins the River Ouse. It is a public navigation from the weir at Tadcaster to its junction with the River Ouse near Cawood and tidal from Ulleskelf.
The river source is the confluence of Oughtershaw Beck and Green Field Beck in Langstrothdale near Beckermonds. It flows east and south east taking the flows from many small streams, whose sources are the shake holes from Yockenthwaite Moor on the north bank and Horse Head Moor on the south bank. After Hubberholme, the river flows south past Buckden and Starbotton and then south east past Kettlewell before flowing south again. Near Conistone are the gentle waterfalls of Scar Lash. Shortly before reaching Grassington, the river turns south east over Linton Falls. South of Appletreewick, the river flows south west for a short distance until it reaches Gill Beck and returns southward. To the north of Bolton Bridge, the river narrows and goes over waterfalls in an area known as The Strid. The river winds south and south east towards Ilkley where it heads east through Otley and Collingham. It briefly flows north to Wetherby before turning south and then south east past Ulleskelf to the confluence with the River Ouse.
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Rodillian School
Coordinates: 53°43′50″N 1°30′09″W / 53.73069°N 1.50237°W / 53.73069; -1.50237
Rodillian School is a mixed Comprehensive School located in Lofthouse, West Yorkshire, England. The school has around 1,337 students aged between 11 and 18. The school has Specialist Arts College Status. The school's full name is Rodillian School: South Leeds Performing Arts College.
The school was originally built in 1933 as Rothwell Grammar School to serve the needs of children in Rothwell and the surrounding areas. In 2008 it moved into a state of the art £27 million building.
In February 2008 Ofsted Inspectors ordered a Notice to Improve due to the school receiving Overall Grade 4 (Inadequate) from Inspectors. In a recent Inspection 2008, Inspectors found the school had improved in all areas required and called for a continuation of the improvements stating "They could not have done any more to improve the school in the time available."
In September 2008, Rodillian moved to a newly built School as part of the Leeds BSF Project. At the new school are lecture theatres, a large library, sporting facilities including fitness centres, and gyms, dance halls and PE classrooms. Part of the new build is a Children's Centre that allows for the use the school's sporting and educational facilities by children up to five years of age.
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Romania
Romania (i/roʊˈmeɪniə/ roh-MAY-nee-ə; dated: Roumania; or Rumania;Romanian: România [romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast and east, and Bulgaria to the south.
At 238,400 square kilometers (92,000 sq mi), Romania is the ninth largest country of the European Union by area, and has the seventh largest population of the European Union with over 19 million people. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, the tenth largest city in the EU with about two million people.
The Kingdom of Romania emerged when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were united under Prince Alexander Ioan Cuza in 1859. Independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared on 9 May 1877, and was internationally recognized the following year. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the Kingdom of Romania. Greater Romania emerged into an era of progression and prosperity that would continue until World War II. By the end of the War, many north-eastern areas of Romania's territories were occupied by the Soviet Union, and Romania forcibly became a socialist republic and a member of the Warsaw Pact.
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Rotterdam
Rotterdam (
/ˈrɒtərdæm/; Dutch [ˌrɔ.tər.ˈdɑm] ( listen)) is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam constructed in 1270 on the Rotte River, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre. Its strategic location at the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta on the North Sea and at the heart of a massive rail, road, air and inland waterway distribution system extending throughout Europe is the reason that Rotterdam is often called the "Gateway to Europe".
Located in the Province of South Holland, Rotterdam is found in the west of the Netherlands and at the south end of the Randstad. The population of the city proper was 616,250 on February 1st 2012. The population of the greater Rotterdam area, called "Rotterdam-Rijnmond" or just "Rijnmond", is around 1.3 million people. Rotterdam is one of Europe's most vibrant, multicultural cities. The city is known for its university (Erasmus), its cutting-edge architecture, its lively cultural life, its striking riverside setting, its maritime heritage and the Rotterdam Blitz.
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Roundhay
Coordinates: 53°49′52″N 1°29′49″W / 53.831000°N 1.497000°W / 53.831000; -1.497000
Roundhay is a large suburb and City Council ward of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, largely within the LS8 postcode. The ward boundary is the A6120 ring road on the north and the A58 Wetherby Road on the south and east. The boundary follows Gledhow Valley Road to the west before heading north-east to the A6120. The ward includes Gledhow and Oakwood, which are often considered distinct suburbs. Adjacent wards are Alwoodley and Harewood to the north, Moortown to the west, Chapel Allerton to the south-west, Gipton and Harehills to the south, and Killingbeck and Seacroft to the south-east. On the north-east boundary is Shadwell, part of the Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward.
Roundhay derives from Rond-haeg, a round hunting enclosure or deer park. The Roundhay estate map of 1803 showed its circular shape. It does not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086, but seems to have been formed soon afterwards, the first mention being in about 1153. It was formerly a hunting park for the De Lacy family of Pontefract Castle. Coal and iron ore were mined and a smelting furnace was recorded in 1295. Once these were exhausted (and woodland had been cleared for fuel) the area turned to farming. Roundhay was a hamlet until 1803 when the park estate was bought by Thomas Nicholson who started a programme of landscaping and built the Mansion House. Housing was built for workers and more land sold on which other gentry built houses.
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Seacroft
Coordinates: 53°49′20″N 1°27′36″W / 53.8222°N 1.4599°W / 53.8222; -1.4599
Seacroft is an outer-city suburb consisting mainly of council estate housing covering an extensive area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Leeds city centre and lies in the LS14 Leeds postcode area. The area's population is 18,000 and includes one of the largest council estates in the country. The name is often used as a catch-all for Seacroft and the neighbouring areas of Whinmoor and Swarcliffe, other large east Leeds council estates which merge into each other.
Seacroft is Yorkshire's second largest council estate, after Bransholme in Kingston upon Hull. Being so large it has often been referred to as a town. The original vision, envisaged by the council was that it would be a 'Town within the City Limits', and the Seacroft Civic Centre, was often referred to as the 'Seacroft Town Centre'.
Seacroft was at one time a small village between Leeds and York. The village green, known as "The Green" still exists, and is one of the oldest in the country with the stretch of land being mentioned in the Domesday Book. It has the pub, the Cricketers Arms on the North side and the parish Church (St James, built 1845, architect T Hellyer) on the South side. John Wesley preached on The Green, and as a result a Wesleyan Chapel (Methodist Church) was built close by.
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Seacroft Hospital
Seacroft Hospital is based in York Road in the area of Seacroft, Leeds, LS14 West Yorkshire, England and is operated by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The hospital was founded in 1904, originally to care for people with infectious diseases. It celebrated its centenary on 29 September 2004. By the entrance is a local landmark, a clock tower (Grade II listed building) which is also a water tower,holding 28000 gallons of water. The hospital is now a major centre for ambulatory care services. In June 2006 the Seacroft Specialist Rehabilitation Centre opened there. The hospital also has renal dialysis facilities.
Many of the buildings are in a poor state of repair and the health authority are considering selling off the older parts of the hospital for redevelopment.
The hospital has been noted for its unique and positive use of the Nintendo video game Wii Fit to assist patients with prosthetic limb in learning how to use them effectively.
In September 2002 a state of the art catering unit was built on the site, The Receipt And Distribution Unit, RADU it was opened by TV Celebrity chef Brian Turner. It provides over 3,000 patients meals twice daily 365 days a year, to all the main hospitals in the Leeds area: these are supplemented by any special dietary needs plus daily bread and milk. In October 2002 Loyd Grossman and a team of leading chefs designed "leading chef" dishes for the menu.
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Sheepscar
Sheepscar is an inner city district of Leeds in West Yorkshire England, lying to the north east of Leeds city centre. It is overlooked by the tower blocks of Little London and Lovell Park to the west, and gives way to Meanwood in the north-west, Chapeltown in the north-east and Burmantofts in the east.
Clay Pit Lane, effectively an urban motorway, runs through Sheepscar to the south, while Scott Hall Road makes up the eastern border. The area consists of complex road junctions, Penraevon Industrial Estate and a number of warehouses thanks to the impressive transport links attractive to haulage companies. There are a number of upmarket showrooms such as Mini, BMW and Volvo.
The former public library building survives, and is the Leeds base for the West Yorkshire Archive Service.
Throughout the winter months, Sheepscar is notable for its large gasholder. This is completely invisible throughout the summer as its storage tank is below ground. The second and older spiral guided gasholder was removed some years ago. Sheepscar gasholder station is the only one in Leeds never to have been used as a Gas Works.
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Sheffield
Sheffieldi/ˈʃɛfiːld/ is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely industrial roots to encompass a wider economic base. The population of the City of Sheffield is 555,500 (2010 est.) and it is one of the eight largest regional English cities that make up the English Core Cities Group.
During the 19th century, Sheffield gained an international reputation for steel production. Many innovations were developed locally, including crucible and stainless steel, fuelling an almost tenfold increase in the population during the Industrial Revolution. Sheffield received its municipal charter in 1843, becoming the City of Sheffield in 1893. International competition in iron and steel caused a decline in traditional local industries during the 1970s and 1980s, coinciding with the collapse of coal mining in the area.
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Silsden
Coordinates: 53°54′50″N 1°56′13″W / 53.914°N 1.937°W / 53.914; -1.937
Silsden is a town and civil parish situated in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the northern slope of the Aire Valley between Keighley and Skipton. It is about 0.6 miles (1 km) from the river. Along the lower edge of the town is the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The town has a population of 7,999.
Silsden was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book (Siglesdene) as the most important village in Craven.
Generally an agricultural area, industry came with the canal and the Industrial Revolution. The town hosted a number of mills none of which now operate in their original form. There is still industry in the town, some in old mill buildings and some in a new industrial estate between the town and the river. The town retains some manufacturing.
In 1911 there was a riot in Silsden when the locals attacked the police station. A very unpopular policeman had been too enthusiastic in his duties. Questions were raised in the House of Commons and it was reported in the national press. The policeman was removed from the town and no more trouble occurred. During the 1940s a hostel was built where the fire station now stands on Elliot Street to house the refugees and PoW from various countries and various camps. In 1998 a hoard of 27 gold coins dating back to the 1st century AD were found in the town and subsequently valued at £20,000 by experts appointed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
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Sky Plaza
Sky Plaza (also known as The Plaza Tower) is a 103-metre (338 ft) tower block, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the second phase of a development in Leeds city centre, consisting of 572 student apartments. It was the worlds tallest student accommodation building until the completion of Nido Spitalfields in 2010 and whilst not the tallest building in Leeds, its roof is the highest point in the city as it is built on high ground. It can be seen from as far as 25miles (40km) from most areas.
The original planning application was an approved 26 storey scheme which was altered into the 37 storey tower. The design was submitted by Carey Jones Architects and the main contractor on site will be Shepherd Construction. Work on the foundations began in May 2007, with a completion date of 2009.
The tower crane was being lowered on 24 February 2009 and the portable crane took down the rest of the tower crane on 1 March 2009.
Owen Hatherley, writing in The Guardian, is critical of the building's design, describing it as the "tackiest" example of "pseudomodernist" architecture in the UK.
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Skyrack
Skyrack was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was split into upper and lower divisions and centred on Leeds. The Lower Division included the parishes of Aberford, Bardsey, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, Thorner, Whitkirk and part of Harewood, while the Upper Division included the parishes of Adel, Bingley, Guiseley and parts of Harewood, Ilkley and Otley.
The Skyrack wapentake derives its name from a large oak that grew for centuries within Headingley, Leeds. It is believed that the word "skyrack" comes from the Old English phrase - 'Scir ac' meaning "Shire Oak" under which meetings were held. The Oak finally collapsed in 1941. There is a small plaque to commemorate it on the outside of the garden wall of the Original Oak pub. It also gives its name to the Skyrack pub which is located opposite to the Original Oak.
From 1959-1971, science fiction fan Ron Bennett of Harrogate published a well-known science fiction fanzine titled Skyrack.
For some time there was a weekly free newspaper in Leeds titled The Skyrack Express, affiliated with the Wakefield Express.
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South Africa
Coordinates: 30°S 25°E / 30°S 25°E / -30; 25
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. It is divided into nine provinces and has 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline. To the north of the country lie the neighbouring territories of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an enclave surrounded by South African territory.
South Africa is multi-ethnic and has diverse cultures and languages. Eleven official languages are recognised in the constitution. Two of these languages are of European origin: South African English and Afrikaans, a language which originated mainly from Dutch that is spoken by the majority of white and Coloured South Africans. Though English is commonly used in public and commercial life, it is only the fifth most-spoken home language. All ethnic and language groups have political representation in the country's constitutional democracy comprising a parliamentary republic; unlike most parliamentary republics, the positions of head of state and head of government are merged in a parliament-dependent President.
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South Elmsall
Coordinates: 53°35′45″N 1°16′21″W / 53.595900°N 1.272603°W / 53.595900; -1.272603
South Elmsall pronounced "south em-sull" is a small town and civil parish to the east of Hemsworth in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is on the B6422 and B6474 (which leads to North Elmsall and Upton).
It neighbours South Kirkby, and the two towns are often grouped together as one town. It is difficult to know where one stops and the other begins.[citation needed] The town is close to the southern boundary of West Yorkshire, and is 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The A638 Doncaster to Wakefield road runs close to the north of the town, which leads to junction 38 of the A1(M) 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south-east. It now has its own bypass which links the A1 to the Hemsworth Bypass providing excellent transport links towards Barnsley and South Yorkshire. The town has a population of 6,107.
South Elmsall is served by rail, the nearest stations being South Elmsall railway station itself and Moorthorpe railway station; the two stations being less than one mile apart.
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Southampton
Southamptoni/saʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-west of London and 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the River Test and River Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area. The local authority is Southampton City Council, which is a unitary authority.
The city represents the core of the Greater Southampton region, and the city itself has an estimated population of 239,700 Southampton combines with Portsmouth to form a single metropolitan area; with a population of over a million this makes the region one of the United Kingdom's most populous metropolitan areas. The city's name is sometimes abbreviated in writing to "So'ton" or "Soton", and a resident of Southampton is called a Sotonian.
Significant employers in Southampton include the University of Southampton, Southampton Airport, the Ford Transit factory, Ordnance Survey, BBC South, the NHS, ABP and Carnival. Southampton is noted for its association with the RMS Titanic, the Spitfire and more recently a number of the largest cruise ships in the world.
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Sowerby Bridge
Coordinates: 53°42′N 1°55′W / 53.70°N 1.91°W / 53.70; -1.91
Sowerby Bridge is a market town that lies within the Upper Calder Valley in the district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, in northern England.
Sowerby Bridge is situated on the edge of Halifax, about three miles from its centre. It is at the confluence of the River Calder and River Ryburn, and the name Sowerby Bridge references the area's use as a crossing point over the River Calder to the older settlement at Sowerby.
The town had a population of 9,948 at the 2001 Census.
From 1892 to 1930 home of Pollit & Wigzell ltd a prominent manufacturer of quality stationary steam engines used in the cotton and woollen mills of Yorkshire, Lancashire and India.
The Wood Brothers an engineering and millwright company also produced engines from their Valley Iron Works. The Markfield Beam Engine is an example for their work.
There are two high schools in Sowerby Bridge.
The town is served by Sowerby Bridge railway station, which sees a regular service to Manchester, Bradford and Leeds on the Caldervale Line.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (i/ʃriː ˈlɑːŋkə/, /sriːˈlɑːŋkə/, or /sriːˈlæŋkə/;Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාව, Tamil: இலங்கை), is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia. Known until 1972 as Ceylon ( /sɨˈlɒn/, /seɪˈlɒn/, or /siːˈlɒn/), Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the Maldives.
As a result of its location in the path of major sea routes, Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia. It was an important stop on the ancient Silk Road. Sri Lanka has also been a center of the Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times, being the nation where the Buddhist teachings were first written down as well as the oldest continually Buddhist country. Sri Lanka boasts a diverse range of cultures, languages and religions. The Sinhalese people form the majority of the population; Tamils, who are concentrated in the north and east of the island, form the largest ethnic minority. Other communities include Moors, Burghers, Kaffirs, Malays and the aboriginal Vedda people.
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Stockholm
Stockholm (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstɔkːˈhɔlm, ˈstɔkːˈɔlm, ˈstɔkːɔlm]( listen to the second one)) is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 864,324 in the municipality (2010), 1.4 million in the urban area (2010), and around 2.1 million in the 6,519 km2 (2,517.00 sq mi) metropolitan area (2010). As of 2010, the Stockholm metropolitan area is home to approximately 22% of Sweden's population.
Founded no later than c. 1250, possibly as early as 1187, Stockholm has long been one of Sweden's cultural, media, political, and economic centres. Its strategic location on 14 islands on the south-central east coast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren, by the Stockholm archipelago, has been historically important. Stockholm has been nominated by GaWC as a global city, with a ranking of Alpha-. In The 2008 Global Cities Index, Stockholm ranked 24th in the world, 10th in Europe, and first in Scandinavia. Stockholm is known for its beauty, its buildings and architecture, its abundant clean and open water, and its many parks. It is sometimes referred to as Venice of the North.
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Swarcliffe
Coordinates: 53°49′12″N 1°26′53″W / 53.820°N 1.448°W / 53.820; -1.448
Swarcliffe, originally the Swarcliffe Estate, is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 4.9 miles (8 km) east of Leeds city centre, and within the LS14 Leeds postcode area.
In the 1950s, the Swarcliffe housing estate was developed by the city council which built two and three-bedroomed semi-detached council houses, a number of three-storey blocks containing 12 flats or more, and three brick-built nine-storey blocks of flats. Two of the blocks of flats were demolished in the 1990s and an old people's home was built on the site. In 2007, the remaining block was demolished. The previous year, six of seven fifteen-storey high-rise blocks of flats, built in 1966 as part of the Whinmoor estate, were demolished.
Swarcliffe is served by Swarcliffe Primary School and Nursery, Grimes Dyke Primary School and St. Gregory’s Youth & Adult Centre. Stanks Fire Station provides a service to more than 42,452 people. Swarcliffe has a dwindling number of public houses and shops. Great and Little Swarcliffe Woods lie within the boundaries of the estate.
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Sweden
Sweden (i/ˈswiːdən/ SWEE-dən; Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Øresund.
At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of about 9.4 million. Sweden has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54 /sq mi) with the population mostly concentrated to the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas. Sweden's capital city is Stockholm, which is also the largest city.
Sweden emerged as an independent and unified country during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century, the country expanded its territories to form the Swedish Empire. The empire grew to be one of the great powers of Europe in the 17th and early 18th century. Most of the conquered territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were lost during the 18th and 19th centuries. The eastern half of Sweden, present-day Finland, was lost to Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Sweden by military means forced Norway into a personal union. Since then, Sweden has been at peace, practicing "non-participation in military alliances during peacetime and neutrality during wartime". However, Sweden has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 1995 and is a member of the OECD.
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Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam (historically Temple Newsham, in legend Templestowe) (grid reference SE357322) is a Tudor-Jacobean house with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The estate lies to the east of the city, just south of Halton Moor, Halton, Whitkirk and Colton.
Temple Newsam is also the name of an electoral ward for Leeds City Council, which includes the areas of Halton Moor, Halton, Whitkirk, Colton and Austhorpe.
In the Domesday Book the property is known as Neuhusam and was owned by Ilbert de Lacy. Before that it had been owned by Dunstan and Glunier, Anglo-Saxon thanes. Around 1155 it was given to the Knights Templar. In 1307 the Templars were suppressed and in 1377 by royal decree the estate reverted to Sir Philip Darcy. Between 1500 and 1520 a Tudor country house, Temple Newsam House, was built on the site. It has been described by some as "the Hampton Court of the North". It has also been spelled "Newsham" in the past.
In 1537 Darcy was executed for the part he played in the Pilgrimage of Grace and the property was seized by the Crown. In 1544 Henry VIII gave it to his niece Margaret, Countess of Lennox and her husband Matthew Stuart, Earl of Lennox. Their son Henry, Lord Darnley was born in the house in 1545. Darnley married Mary, Queen of Scots, and Temple Newsam was again seized by the Crown in 1565. In 1603 James I granted it to his relative Ludovic, Duke of Lennox. In 1622 the estate was bought by Sir Arthur Ingram for £12,000. During the next 20 years the mansion was rebuilt, incorporating some of the previous house in the west wing.
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Temple Works
Temple Works is a former flax mill in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was designed by Joseph Bonomi the Younger and built by John Marshall between 1836 and 1840. Temple Works is the only Grade I listed building in Holbeck.
Temple Works, also known as Temple Mill, was based on the Temple of Horus at Edfu in Egypt with a chimney designed in the style of an obelisk. Marshall's inspiration for the design of Temple Works was his interest in Egyptology. When it was built it was said that Temple Works was the biggest single room in the world. An unusual feature of the Temple Works building is that sheep used to graze on the grass-covered roof. This served the purpose of retaining humidity in the flax mill to prevent the linen thread from becoming dried out and unmanageable.
A planning application dated July 2005 proposed to partly demolish, refurbish, and extend the mill to form a retail centre, offices, cafes, 75 flats and parking. On 8 December 2008 a stone pillar in the mill's facade collapsed. A slab of millstone grit fell onto the pavement in Marshall Street and the roof parapet above the pillar bowed out.English Heritage advised on a strategy for repairs; their spokesman said that the building was "probably the finest example of a carved stone elevation in the whole region."
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Tempo FM
Tempo FM is the local radio station for Wetherby, West Yorkshire as well as for surrounding villages and Leeds districts. The radio station mainly plays easy listening music.
The radio station commenced broadcasting on 107.4MHz on 11 September 2006 in Wetherby, West Yorkshire by Bob Preedy. The station plays easy listening music, during weekdays with specialist recorded programmes during the evenings. A wide range of music is played at weekends and Bank Holidays presented by many local presenters. The radio station is funded partly by advertising, supplemented by donations and grants. The current head of music is Stuart Robinson, who is also a member of the management team comprising:- Alan Everard, William Baker, George Watts and Mike Davison.
The current licence period expires on 10 September 2016.
The station is based at the Engine Shed, Wetherby. It covers Wetherby, Boston Spa, Collingham, Tadcaster, and Harewood, the station can in many places be picked up in the neighbouring county of North Yorkshire.
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Thackray Museum
Coordinates: 53°48′29″N 1°31′06″W / 53.80806°N 1.51833°W / 53.80806; -1.51833 The Thackray Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is a museum of the history of medicine adjacent to St James's Hospital. Since it opened in 1997 it has won "Museum of the Year" and other awards.
The building is a Grade II listed building, the former Leeds Union Workhouse, built in 1858 to accommodate 784 paupers. By the end of the 19th century, the buildings had become largely used for medical care of the poor, rather than workhouse and training. During the First World War it was called the East Leeds War Hospital, caring for armed services personnel.
Highlights include Leeds 1842: Life in Victorian Leeds: visitors walk through a reproduction of slum streets complete with authentic sights, sounds and smells and are invited to follow the lives, ailments and treatments of eight Victorian characters, making the choices that determine their survival amongst the rats, fleas and bedbugs. Pain, Pus and Blood describes surgery before anaesthesia, and how pain relief progressed and Having a Baby focuses on developments in safety for childbirth. Hannah Dyson's Ordeal is a video reconstruction of 1842 surgery, before anaesthetics were in use: visitors watch as a surgeon, his assistant and a group of trainee doctors prepare for Hannah Dyson’s operation - the amputation of her leg after it was crushed in a mill accident. (The actual operation is not seen in the reconstruction.) The Life Zone is an interactive children's gallery, looking at how the human body works, with a smaller room for the under-fives. There is a temporary exhibition gallery. The museum also houses the skeleton of Mary Bateman, the "Yorkshire Witch", who was executed for witchcraft in 1809.
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The Chevin
The Chevin is the name given to the ridge on the south side of Wharfedale in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, overlooking the market town of Otley.
The Chevin is largely covered in attractive old woodland and heathland. It is a part of the Carboniferous Millstone Grit group. A Roman road ran along the top of the Chevin, part of the road that linked Eboracum (York), Calcaria (Tadcaster) and Olicana (Ilkley), perhaps on the same route as the modern road, Yorkgate, or perhaps about 800m to the south.
The highest point of the Chevin, Surprise View, reaches 282 metres (925 ft) at grid reference SE204442. This point offers extensive views of Otley and Wharfedale, and has an adjacent car park. It is the site of a beacon, and a cross is erected at Easter.
The name comes from the Brythonic 'Cefyn', 'Cefn' or 'Cefu' meaning a 'ridge', or 'ridge of high land'. The root name informs other hills, such as The Cheviot in Northumberland, and the Cévennes in France.
The chevin has also been voted an area of outstanding natural beauty. As a result buildings in Otley are unable to change their use (e.g., a pub cannot become a house).
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The Leeds Studios
The Leeds Studios also known as the Yorkshire Television Studios or YTV Studios is a television production complex on Kirkstall Road in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ITV plc had proposed to close the studios in 2009, however later in the year had a change of mind and instead decided to refit them as high definition studios.
The Leeds Studios are the home of Yorkshire Television and is now owned by ITV plc. As well as being the main studios for Yorkshire Television, the buildings also act as administrative headquarters for ITV Yorkshire, although smaller offices in Sheffield and Kingston upon Hull are also used.
ITV programmes produced there include: 3-2-1, My Parents Are Aliens, Where the Heart Is, The Royal, Heartbeat, Wire in the Blood, Bruce's Price is Right and A Touch of Frost. Countdown was regularly made for Channel 4 here until April 2009 (when it moved to The Manchester Studios) as was Win My Wage, a new gameshow for Channel 4 made by independent company Hotbed Media in 2007. The studios were also home to Through the Keyhole, (which began as a YTV production on ITV, but was later made by David Frost's company Paradine Productions for Sky1 and the BBC) and were used for the interior shots on hit comedy The League of Gentlemen and medical drama Bodies (both for the BBC). The revived Bullseye on Challenge was also recorded at the Leeds Studios as was the 2006 series of Mastermind, due to the closure of The Manchester Studios for the removal of asbestos at the time.
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The New Penny
Coordinates: 53°47′42″N 1°32′28″W / 53.795°N 1.541°W / 53.795; -1.541
The New Penny is a Gay pub in The Calls area of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
It is reported to be the oldest (Longest continually running) gay pub in the UK. The Pub first started as the Hope And Anchor in 1953. Although difficulty with the law meant it was a secretive place it was the first gay venue to open outside of London. It is thought that it is the longest continually running gay venue in the UK.
After a change of ownership the pub changed its name in 1982 and became The New Penny.
Currently with a Late night license the pub has seen some of the best known Drag Queens appear on its stage including Lily Savage, Anna Glypta, Fats and Small, Sisters Slim, Amber Dextrous, Miss Orry, Ricky Glass and many more. It is still one of the most popular venues in Leeds attracting both a mixed gay crowd and straights.
The New Penny regained popularity when drinking laws were relaxed to allow a later licence, usually meaning it is the last venue to close its doors at weekends on the Leeds gay scene. It is also annually involved in the Leeds Pride event.
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The White Rose Way
The White Rose Way is a 104 miles (167 km) walking trail in England from Leeds, West Yorkshire to Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It was created in 2011 by local author Paul Brown. The walk starts at the foot of the Black Prince Statue in Leeds City Square with the finish line being at the harbour-side Tourist Information Centre in the South Bay, Scarborough.
The walk links existing trails with little used footpaths, passing through suburbs of Leeds to quickly enter linked park land and into the grounds of Harewood House. The Wharfe Valley follows, leading to the market town of Wetherby, and on to the agricultural plains of the Vale of York via Boston Spa and Tadcaster. The walk passes through Fulford and Kexby and up the River Derwent into Stamford Bridge. The Derwent Valley is followed in to Malton and Thornton le Dale. The North York Moors National Park is traversed through Wykeham and Dalby Forest to the hamlet of Harwood Dale. The walk pushes on to Cloughton before following the Cleveland Way for the last few miles in to Scarborough.
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Todmorden
Coordinates: 53°42′47″N 2°05′46″W / 53.713°N 2.096°W / 53.713; -2.096
Todmorden is a market town and civil parish, located 17 miles from Manchester, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and has a total population of 14,941.
Todmorden town centre occupies the confluence of three steep-sided Pennine valleys, which constrict the shape of the town. Todmorden is surrounded by moorlands with occasional outcrops of gritstone sandblasted by winds.
The historic county boundary between Yorkshire and Lancashire is marked by the River Calder and its tributary, the Walsden Water, which runs through the centre of the town. The administrative border was altered by the Local Government Act 1888 placing the whole of the town within the West Riding, whereby today all of Todmorden lies within West Yorkshire.
The town is served by Todmorden railway station and Walsden railway station.
The town's name is subject to a variety of pronunciations. The Longman Pronunciation Dictionary lists /ˈtɒdmədən/ as the most common, and /ˈtɒdmɔːdən/ as a common alternative. Locally, some may also use a rhotic pronunciation, /ˈtɒdmərdən/. The traditional dialectal pronunciation is /tɔːmdɪn/, although to many people living in the town and surrounding area, the place is also called "Tod".
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Tower of London
Coordinates: 51°30′29″N 0°4′34″W / 51.50806°N 0.07611°W / 51.50806; -0.07611
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. The castle was used as a prison since at least 1100, although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. As a whole, the Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. There were several phases of expansion, mainly under Kings Richard the Lionheart, Henry III, and Edward I in the 12th and 13th centuries. The general layout established by the late 13th century remains despite later activity on the site.
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Tower Works
Coordinates: 53°47′35″N 1°33′11″W / 53.793°N 1.553°W / 53.793; -1.553 Tower Works is a former factory notable for its three listed towers. It is located on Globe Road in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The Italianate towers of the factory are a distinctive landmark on the Leeds skyline.
The factory was founded by T.R. Harding to make steel pins for carding and combing in the textile industry, and the original buildings, by Thomas Shaw, were erected in 1864-6. Harding's son, Colonel Thomas Harding, employed William Bakewell to extend the works in 1899. The design of the extension was heavily influenced by Harding's love of Italian architecture and art.
The most notable features of Tower Works are the three towers that give it its name and served for dust extraction from the factory. The largest and most ornate tower (1899, by Bakewell) is based on Giotto's Campanile in Florence. The smaller ornate tower (1866, by Shaw) is styled after the Torre dei Lamberti in Verona. A third plain tower, built as part of Harding's final phase of expansion in 1919, is thought to represent a Tuscan tower house such as can be seen in San Gimignano. All three towers are listed structures, the two ornate towers being Grade II* and the plain tower Grade II.
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Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and leisure complex in Dumplington, Greater Manchester. Situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, the Trafford Centre is situated close to the Trafford Park industrial estate and lies approximately five miles west of Manchester city centre. The centre is the largest shopping centre in the United Kingdom by overall size (including leisure and dining space) and the second largest in the UK by retail size. The Trafford Centre was sold by The Peel Group to CSC in 2011 for £1.65 billion, the largest property acquisition in British history.
The site was owned by the Manchester Ship Canal Company until 1986, when the company was acquired by John Whittaker of Peel Holdings, who had planned to build an out-of-town shopping centre. The planning process was one of the longest and most expansive in the history of the United Kingdom; concerns surrounded the effect the shopping centre might have on retailers in the smaller towns and villages in the Greater Manchester conurbation and potential traffic problems caused by the centre's proximity to the M60 motorway. Ultimately the matter was decided by the House of Lords in 1996, which voted in favour of the development.
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Trans Pennine Trail
The Trans Pennine Trail is a long-distance path running from coast to coast across northern England entirely on surfaced paths and using only gentle gradients (it runs largely along disused railway lines and canal towpaths). It forms part of European walking route E8 and is part of the National Cycle Network.
The surface and gradients make it a relatively easy trail, suitable for cyclists, pushchairs and wheelchair users. Some parts are also open to horse riding.
The trail is administered from a central office in Barnsley, which is responsible for promotion and allocation of funding. However, the twenty-seven local authorities whose areas the trail runs through are responsible for management of the trail within their boundaries.
The idea originated from Barnsley, where the head office is now based. Work on the Trail started in 1999. Early development was boosted by a £5-million-pound investment by the Millennium Commission. The trail was officially opened in September 2001. However, the route was not fully completed until late 2004. It cost £60 million pounds to construct.
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Trinity Leeds
Coordinates: 53°47′49″N 1°32′42″W / 53.797°N 1.545°W / 53.797; -1.545
Trinity Leeds is a major shopping and leisure development in Leeds, England, currently under construction. The centre takes its name from the eighteenth-century Holy Trinity Church, Leeds, which the development surrounds on two sides. It is split into two parts: Trinity East, an entirely new build development on the site of the former Trinity & Burton Arcades, and Trinity West occupying the redeveloped Leeds Shopping Plaza. The development will reach a catchment of 5.5m people offering a spend of £1.93bn annually. It will lift Leeds from 7th to 4th in the CACI UK retail rankings and create over 3000 jobs.
The combined scheme will give a floor space of 93,000 m2 (1,000,000 sq ft) of retail space for a total of 120 stores anchored by flagship Marks and Spencer and Topshop/Topman stores. These units already exist from the previous developments as standalone stores, but are being expanded and remodelled into Trinity Leeds. Other retailers signed up are H&M, River Island, Next and some new names to the city such as Hollister, Pandora, Cult and Mango.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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University of Leeds
Coordinates: 53°48′26″N 1°33′6″W / 53.80722°N 1.55167°W / 53.80722; -1.55167
The University of Leeds (informally Leeds University, or simply Leeds) is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally named the Yorkshire College of Science and later simply the Yorkshire College, it incorporated the Leeds School of Medicine and became part of the federal Victoria University alongside Owens College (which eventually became the University of Manchester) and University College Liverpool (which became the University of Liverpool). In 1904, a royal charter was granted to the University of Leeds by King Edward VII.
The University is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities, of which the university's Vice-Chancellor Prof Michael Arthur is the current Chairman, and the N8 Group for research collaboration. The university is also a founding member of the Worldwide Universities Network, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, the White Rose University Consortium, the Santander Network and CDIO and is also affiliated to the Association of MBAs, EQUIS and Universities UK.
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Victoria Quarter
The Victoria Quarter is an upmarket shopping area in Leeds, England. It consists of three blocks situated between Briggate and Vicar Lane, comprising the County Arcade, Cross Arcade, Queen Victoria Street and King Edward Street.
This development was built around 1900 and designed by the theatre architect Frank Matcham, and originally it also included his Empire Palace Theatre, but this was demolished in the 1960s. The exteriors are largely of faience from the Burmantofts Pottery works, and the interiors of the arcades contain a number of mosaics and plentiful use of marble. The Quarter was restored in phases between 1990 and 1996, during which a glass roof was also erected over Queen Victoria Street.
Confidence in the Victoria Quarter has seen occupancy reach 100%, with a number of stores making their out-of-London debuts.
The latest opening is Arrogant Cat Boutique, its first store outside London, and a dedicated accessories branch of Reiss is planned to open opposite its main Leeds store on County Arcade. Church's shoes also opened its first store outside London in the Victoria Quarter, as did Firetrap and Agent Provocateur.
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Wakefield
Coordinates: 53°40′48″N 1°29′31″W / 53.6801°N 1.4920°W / 53.6801; -1.4920
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder, on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is 2,062 hectares (5,100 acres) and had a population of 76,886 in 2001.
Wakefield was dubbed the "Merrie City" in the Middle Ages and in 1538 John Leland described it as, "a very quick market town and meately large; well served of fish and flesh both from sea and by rivers ... so that all vitaile is very good and chepe there. A right honest man shall fare well for 2d. a meal. ... There be plenti of se coal in the quarters about Wakefield".
The site of a battle during the Wars of the Roses and a Royalist stronghold during the Civil War, Wakefield developed in spite of setbacks to become an important market town and centre for wool, exploiting its position on the navigable River Calder to become an inland port.
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Warley Town
Coordinates: 53°43′11″N 1°54′49″W / 53.719696°N 1.913602°W / 53.719696; -1.913602
Warley Town is a town near Halifax in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
It was listed in the Domesday book as Werlafeslei.
Warley township, one of 23 townships in the ancient parish of Halifax, was also one of the biggest, stretching as far as Luddenden and what was to become Sowerby Bridge. The township consisted of many tiny settlements essentially based on the local farmsteads, places such as Lane End, Warley Edge, Winterburn Hill, Cliff Hill and Warley itself.
Warley remained a small settlement until the beginning of the 18th century. Then the consolidation of the Cliff Hill estate into a major land holding, coupled with the establishment of the Congregational chapel, formed the core round which the present village grew. In 1977 the Chapel was closed and converted housing now called Chantry House.
In front of the chapel, cottages were built for agricultural workers as well as larger houses for local businessmen who preferred to live in the country away from the smog of Halifax.
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Weetwood
Coordinates: 53°50′20″N 1°35′17″W / 53.839°N 1.588°W / 53.839; -1.588
Weetwood is an area between Headingley and Meanwood in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is bounded on the north by the A6120 (Weetwood Ring Road), on the west by the A660 (Otley Road), on the east by Meanwood Beck and to the south by Hollin Lane. Weetwood Lane runs north and south through it.
The Weetwood ward for local government purposes includes areas known as Far Headingley (south of the above), West Park (west of the A660), and Ireland Wood (north of the A620). Its three Leeds City Councillors and the terms for which they are currently elected, are Sue Bentley (Liberal Democrat, 2011–2015), Judith Chapman (Liberal Democrat, 2010–2014), and Ben Chastney (Liberal Democrat, 2008–2012).
Weetwood is part of the Leeds North West parliamentary constituency, and its MP is Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrats, first elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2010).
The name (earlier Wetewode) means the wet wood to the west of Meanwood Beck.
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West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.
West Yorkshire, which is landlocked, consists of five metropolitan boroughs (City of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, City of Leeds and City of Wakefield) and shares borders with the counties of Derbyshire (to the south), Greater Manchester (to the south-west), Lancashire (to the north-west), North Yorkshire (to the north and east) and South Yorkshire (to the south-east).
West Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986, and so its districts (the metropolitan boroughs) are now effectively unitary authorities. However, the metropolitan county, which covers an area of 2,029 square kilometres (783 sq mi), continues to exist in law, and as a geographic frame of reference.
West Yorkshire encompasses the West Yorkshire Urban Area, which is the most built-up and biggest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Yorkshire.
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Wetherby
Coordinates: 53°55′39″N 1°23′02″W / 53.9276°N 1.3839°W / 53.9276; -1.3839
Wetherby is a market town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Wharfe, and has been for centuries a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road, being mid-way between London and Edinburgh. It has a population of 11,155.
Historically a part of the Wapentake of Skyrack within the West Riding of Yorkshire, Wetherby is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wedrebi, thought to derive from wether- or ram-farm or else meaning "settlement on the bend of a river". Local folklore has it that when heavy snow storms hit the county, Wetherby does not get as much because the Weather Goes By.
Wetherby Bridge, which spans the River Wharfe, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed structure. As a result of its situation on the main road, a large number of coaching inns were established in Wetherby, and many are still used today by travellers. The Old Great North Road is still in place and "Toll Bar House" is still present today, however this part of the group of buildings was built much later in 1918-1920. The Toll Bar itself was attached to this building to the North and to date no-one can be found to verify when demolition occurred. It underwent major refurbishment in the mid 90's but the main part of the house is unchanged apart from the two chimney pots being reversed at some point in its history according to a local painting in The Bay Horse Inn at Kirk Deighton.
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Wetherby News
The Wetherby News is a local weekly broadsheet newspaper published on a Friday and based in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England.
The paper is news edited by Tom Cullimore, with Jean MacQuarrie as group editor of the parent Ackrill Media Group. Amy Craven is sports editor. The paper is part of the Johnston Press stable.
The paper's news and sport patch includes Wetherby, Tadcaster, Boston Spa and Sherburn in Elmet,covering local events from rural North Yorkshire to parts of urban north Leeds such as Slaid Hill, Alwoodley and Whinmoor. The newspaper has its offices on Westgate in Wetherby.
The Wetherby News carries a large property supplement, covering Wetherby as well as the surrounding districts. It also has an indepth weekend supplement, a full weekly guide to what's on in West and North Yorkshire, entertainment news, a sartorial column, live music and cinema guides and full classified listings.
The Wetherby News has a partnership with Tempo FM with whom it provides a weekly news review every Friday morning.
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Wetherby Racecourse
Wetherby Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse situated near the market town of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, England, located 12 miles (19 km) from Leeds city centre.
The Racecourse is located on the B1224 York Road, directly adjacent to the A1(M). It is situated opposite Wetherby (HM Prison). There are new access roads between North and East Wetherby and the A1(M). The racecourse can also be accessed from Walton Road at the rear of the stands.
Horse racing in Wetherby was first took place on Scaur Bank (now officially known as King George V playing fields although still most commonly referred to as 'Scaur Bank' or 'The Ings') In 1891 racing moved to a new site situated off York Road. From the 1920s to the 1950s the racecourse was served by Wetherby Racecourse railway station. In the 1930s the first terraces were erected, a new two tear stand was erected adjacent to this in the 1970s and then in 1999 the new Millennium Stand was opened, providing the racecourse with executive banqueting and conference facilities. Up until 1963, Racecourse Specials ran to Wetherby railway station from Bradford Interchange on racedays. As the station on York Road had closed many years before, for decades the only rail access was via the station on Linton Road at the other end of Wetherby from the racecourse.
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Wharfedale Hospital
Coordinates: 53°54′51″N 1°42′00″W / 53.9141°N 1.7001°W / 53.9141; -1.7001
Wharfedale Hospital (formerly known as Wharfedale General Hospital) is located in the market town of Otley, West Yorkshire, England, and is part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The current hospital, located off Newall Carr Road, cost £15 million to build and was opened on 26 January 2005 by HRH The Princess Royal. It provides in-patient beds for older patients and is a significant centre for day surgery, as well as housing a range of clinics and departments, including a Minor Injuries Unit.
The new building replaced the former Wharfedale Hospital on the same site which had origins going back to its formation as a workhouse in 1873. An infirmary with 70 beds was added in 1907 and was administered by the Wharfedale Board of Guardian until 1930. After 1938 it was known as Otley County Hospital and later Wharfedale General Hospital. In the 1990s it became clear the existing building was unsuitable for purpose.
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Whitby
Coordinates: 54°29′09″N 0°37′14″W / 54.4858°N 0.6206°W / 54.4858; -0.6206
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the earliest English poet, lived. The fishing port emerged during the Middle Ages and developed important herring and whaling fleets, and was where Captain Cook learned seamanship. Tourism started in Whitby in Georgian times and developed with the coming of the railway in 1839. Tourist interest is enhanced by its location surrounded by the high ground of the North York Moors national park and heritage coastline and by association with the horror novel Dracula. Jet and alum were mined locally, and Whitby jet, which was mined by the Romans and Victorians became fashionable during the 19th century.
The earliest record of a permanent settlement is in 656, when Streonshal, was the place where Oswy, the Christian king of Northumbria, founded the first abbey, under the abbess, Hilda. The Synod of Whitby was held there in 664. In 867, the monastery was destroyed by Viking raiders, and was re-founded in 1078. It was in this period that the town gained its current name, Whitby, (from "white settlement" in Old Norse). In the following centuries Whitby functioned as a fishing settlement until, in the 18th century, it developed as a port and centre for shipbuilding and whaling, trade in locally mined alum and the manufacture of Whitby jet jewellery.
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White Rose Centre
The White Rose Centre is a shopping centre in the Churwell area of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It spans two floors and is linked to the M621 motorway. It takes its name from the White Rose of York, the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. The Upper Level houses the Centre's 'Upper Circle' food court. There are 4,800 free car parking spaces, security arrangements and on-site Police officers. Although the centre is considerably smaller than other out-of-town shopping centres (eg. Trafford Centre), it remains popular and has big international retailers such as Zara and H&M.
The centre opened on 25 March 1997 and currently accommodates major tenants including Sainsbury's, Debenhams, Marks and Spencer, Next, W H Smith, Bhs, Primark, Zara, H&M, Barratts as well as some 100 other stores. The South region of the Centre was re-developed in 2005 taking back space from downsizing the Sainsbury's store allowing for extra units to be added.
The Centre is managed and mainly owned by Land Securities, however Evans of Leeds are also a partner. The Centre has also won many awards over the years, these include a British Council of Shopping Centre's (BCSC) Golds Award, BCSC Purple apple, and Green apple awards. Peter Cook won Out-of-Town Centre Manager of the Year award and the Centre also has countless Leeds/Yorkshire in Bloom Awards under its belt.
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Wolverhampton
Wolverhamptoni/ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/ is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG35) and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region. In 2004, the local government district had an estimated population of 239,100. Wolverhampton is part of the West Midlands Urban Area which had a population of 2.3 million in the 2001 census which makes it part of the second largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
Historically a part of Staffordshire, and forming part of the metropolitan county of the West Midlands from 1974, the city is commonly recognised as being named after King Wulfhere, who established an abbey in 659. The original name being from Wulfereēantūn = "Wulfhere's high or principal enclosure or farm" after the Mercian King. The name Wulfrun is used to denote a later nun who established a church in the city – for example, for the Wulfrun Centre or for Wulfrun Hall.
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York
York (locali/ˈjɔːk/) is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence. The city offers a wealth of historic attractions, of which York Minster is the most prominent, and a variety of cultural and sporting activities.
The city was founded by the Romans in 71 AD, under the name of Eboracum. It became in turn the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior, and of the kingdoms of Northumbria and Jorvik. In the Middle Ages, York grew as a major wool trading centre and became the capital of the northern ecclesiastical province of the Church of England, a role it has retained.
In the 19th century York became a hub of the railway network and a confectionery manufacturing centre. In recent decades, the economy of York has moved from being dominated by its confectionery and railway-related industries to one that provides services. The University of York and health services have become major employers, whilst tourism has become an important element of the local economy.
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Yorkshire
Yorkshire (/ˈjɔːkʃə/) is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Due to its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the military, and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration, such as North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire. The county's name is commonly abbreviated as Yorks.
Within the borders of the historic county of Yorkshire are areas which are widely considered to be among the greenest in England, due to the vast stretches of unspoiled countryside in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors and to the open aspect of some of the major cities. Yorkshire has sometimes been nicknamed God's Own County. The emblem of Yorkshire is the white rose of the English royal House of York, and the most commonly used flag representative of Yorkshire is the White Rose on a dark blue background, which after years of use, was recognised by the Flag Institute on 29 July 2008.Yorkshire Day, held on 1 August, is a celebration of the general culture of Yorkshire, ranging from its history to its own dialect.
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Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales is the name given to an upland area in Northern England.
The area lies within the county boundaries of historic Yorkshire, though it spans the ceremonial counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Cumbria. Most of the area falls within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, created in 1954, and now one of the fifteen National parks of Britain, but the term also includes areas to the east of the National Park, notably Nidderdale.
The Dales is a collection of river valleys and the hills among them, rising from the Vale of York westwards to the hilltops of the main Pennine watershed. In some places the area extends westwards across the watershed, but most of the valleys drain eastwards to the Vale of York, into the Ouse and then the Humber.
The word dale comes from the Nordic/Germanic word for valley (dal, tal), and occurs in valley names across Yorkshire and Northern England. but the name Yorkshire Dales is generally used to refer specifically to the dales west of the Vale of York and north of the West Yorkshire Urban Area. The Yorkshire Dales is served by its own radio station, Fresh Radio, which broadcasts programmes from studio bases in Skipton and Richmond.
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Zeebrugge
Zeebrugge (Dutch: Zeebrugge, French: Zeebruges, meaning "Brugge aan Zee" or "Bruges on Sea") is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. Zeebrugge serves as both the international port of Bruges-Zeebrugge and a seafront resort with hotels, cafés, a marina and a beach.
Located on the coast of the North Sea, the busiest sea in the world, its central location on the Belgian coast, short distance to Great Britain and close vicinity to densely populated industrialized cities make Zeebrugge a crossroads for traffic from all directions. An expressway to Bruges connects Zeebrugge to the European motorway system; one can also get to and from Zeebrugge by train or tram.
It is Belgium's most important fishing port and the wholesale fish market located there is one of the largest in Europe.
Aside from being a passenger terminal with ferries to the United Kingdom, the harbour serves as the central port for Europe's automotive industry and is important for the import, handling and storage of energy products, agriculture products and other general cargo. Zeebrugge has the largest LNG terminal complex in Europe.
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Alec Shelbrooke
Alec Edward Shelbrooke (born 10 January 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Elmet and Rothwell, a new constituency created as a result of changes made by the Boundary Commission for England. The seat was Conservative target number 107.
Born in 1976, Shelbrooke has lived in the constituency since 1999 after taking a job as a project administrator at the University of Leeds. He is a Mechanical Engineer by profession and graduated from Brunel University with honours in 1998.
He was a campaign manager during the 2001 General Election, has fought four local elections (being elected to Leeds City Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2006) and unsuccessfully stood in Wakefield at the 2005 General Election. He was Deputy Chairman of Elmet Conservative Association from 2001 to 2004.
On Thursday 11 November 2010, Shelbrooke was confirmed as PPS to Minister of State for Transport Theresa Villiers.
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Bede
Bede ( /ˈbiːd/ BEED; Old English: Bǣda or Bēda; 672/673 – 26 May 735), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (Latin: Bēda Venerābilis), was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow (see Monkwearmouth-Jarrow), both in the Kingdom of Northumbria. Bede's monastery had access to a superb library which included works by Eusebius and Orosius among many others.
He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title "The Father of English History". In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Leo XIII, a position of theological significance; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation (Anselm of Canterbury, also a Doctor of the Church, was originally from Italy). Bede was moreover a skilled linguist and translator, and his work with the Latin and Greek writings of the early Church Fathers contributed significantly to English Christianity, making the writings much more accessible to his fellow Anglo-Saxons.
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter-performer who records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.
Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born in the U.S.A. and Born to Run, showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life; he has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million worldwide and he has earned numerous awards for his work, including 21 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award. He is widely regarded by many as one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century, and in 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him as the 23rd Greatest Artist of all time.
Springsteen was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and spent his childhood and high school years in Freehold Borough. He lived on South Street in Freehold Borough and attended Freehold Borough High School. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, was of Dutch and Irish ancestry and worked, among other vocations, as a bus driver, although he was frequently unemployed; his surname is Dutch for jump stone. His mother, Adele Ann (née Zerilli), was a legal secretary and was of Italian ancestry. His maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense, a city near Naples. He has two younger sisters, Virginia and Pamela. Pamela had a brief film career, but left acting to pursue still photography full time; she took photos for the Human Touch and Lucky Town albums.
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Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles believed was divinely ordained. Many of his English subjects opposed his actions, in particular his interference in the English and Scottish churches and the levying of taxes without parliamentary consent, because they saw them as those of a tyrannical absolute monarch.
Charles's reign was also characterised by religious conflicts. His failure to successfully aid Protestant forces during the Thirty Years' War, coupled with the fact that he married a Roman Catholic princess, generated deep mistrust concerning the king's dogma. Charles further allied himself with controversial ecclesiastic figures, such as Richard Montagu and William Laud, whom Charles appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Many of Charles's subjects felt this brought the Church of England too close to the Roman Catholic Church. Charles's later attempts to force religious reforms upon Scotland led to the Bishops' Wars, strengthened the position of the English and Scottish parliaments and helped precipitate his own downfall.
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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency from the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in the Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice in 1914. From the April 1914 one-reeler Twenty Minutes of Love onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was also producing them, and from 1918 he was even composing the music for them. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith, he co-founded United Artists in 1919.
Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. He was influenced by his predecessor, the French silent film comedian Max Linder, to whom he dedicated one of his films. His working life in entertainment spanned over 75 years, from the Victorian stage and the music hall in the United Kingdom as a child performer, until close to his death at the age of 88. His high-profile public and private life encompassed both adulation and controversy. Chaplin was identified with left-wing politics during the McCarthy era and he was ultimately forced to resettle in Europe from 1952.
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Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae (born Corinne Jacqueline Bailey on 26 February 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist from Leeds, West Yorkshire. Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2006. She released her debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae, in February 2006, and became the fourth female British act in history to have her first album debut at number one. In 2007, Bailey Rae was nominated for three Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards, and won two MOBO Awards. In 2008, she won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year (for her work as a featured artist in Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters).
Bailey Rae released her second album, The Sea, on 26 January 2010, after a hiatus of almost three years. It was produced by Steve Brown and Steve Chrisanthou (who produced her debut album in 2006). She was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Prize for Album of the Year. In 2012, she won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance (for "Is This Love)". Bailey Rae was married to fellow musician Jason Rae from 2001 until his death in 2008, and as part of the grieving process, she channeled her emotions into her music. Her two albums have together sold over five million copies worldwide.
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Cuthbert Brodrick
Cuthbert Brodrick FRIBA (1 December 1821 – 2 March 1905) was a British architect, whose most famous building is Leeds Town Hall.
Brodrick was born in the Yorkshire port of Hull where his father was a well-to-do merchant and shipowner. Cuthbert was the sixth son of the ten children of John and Hannah Brodrick. The family lived at 39, George Street, in the best residential area of Hull.
Brodrick attended Kingston College in Hull and, on leaving school, he became an articled pupil (a student of architecture) in the offices of Henry Francis Lockwood whose premises were at 8, Dock Street. Brodrick stayed with Lockwoods from 1837 until he embarked on the Grand Tour of Europe in May 1844, to continue his studies. He travelled through France and Italy, as far as Rome. Whilst on this journey he studied the architecture of Second Empire in Paris. This style greatly influenced his later designs.
When Brodrick returned to Hull in 1846, he was offered a partnership in Lockwood’s firm. He refused this, and set up in practice on his own at 1, Savile Street in Hull. He designed a number of local buildings in Hull including the Hull Royal Institution building and the Hull Town Hall.
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Ed Balls
Edward Michael Balls, (born 25 February 1967) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Morley and Outwood since 2010, and is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. From 2005 to 2010, he was the MP for Normanton and he served in the Cabinet from 2007 to 2010.
Balls is married to current Shadow Home Secretary and fellow Labour MP Yvette Cooper. In 2008 they were the first married couple to serve together in a British Cabinet.
Balls' father is the zoologist Michael Balls, criticised for campaigning against the grammar school system in Norfolk, then sending his son to fee-paying schools. Balls was born in Norwich and educated at Bawburgh Primary School in Norwich, Crossdale Drive Primary School in Nottinghamshire, and then the private all-boys Nottingham High School, where he played the violin. He went on to attend Keble College, Oxford, where he gained a First in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (graduating ahead of David Cameron), and later Harvard, where he was a Kennedy Scholar specialising in Economics.
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Edwin of Northumbria
Edwin (Old English: Ēadwine; c. 586 – 12 October 632/633), also known as Eadwine or Æduini, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from about 616 until his death. He converted to Christianity and was baptised in 627; after he fell at the Battle of Hatfield Chase, he was venerated as a saint.
Edwin was the son of Ælle king of Deira and seems to have had (at least) two siblings. His sister Acha was married to Æthelfrith, king of neighbouring Bernicia. An otherwise unknown sibling fathered Hereric, who in turn fathered Abbess Hilda of Whitby and Hereswith, wife to Æthelric, the brother of king Anna of East Anglia.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reported that on Ælle's death a certain "Æthelric" assumed power. The exact identity of Æthelric is uncertain. He may have been a brother of Ælle, an elder brother of Edwin, an otherwise unknown Deiran noble, or the father of Æthelfrith. Æthelfrith himself appears to have been king of "Northumbria"—both Deira and Bernicia—by no later than 604. During the reign of Æthelfrith, Edwin was an exile. The location of his early exile as a child is not known, but late traditions, reported by Reginald of Durham and Geoffrey of Monmouth, place Edwin in the kingdom of Gwynedd, fostered by king Cadfan ap Iago, so allowing biblical parallels to be drawn from the struggle between Edwin and his supposed foster-brother Cadwallon. By the 610s he was certainly in Mercia, under the protection of king Cearl, whose daughter Cwenburg he married.
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Fabian Hamilton
Fabian Uziell-Hamilton (born 12 April 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North East since 1997.
Fabian Hamilton was born in London to a British Jewish family, the son of a solicitor father and a judge mother. He was educated at Brentwood School in Essex and the University of York where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked initially as a taxi driver for a year from 1978 before working as a graphic designer until 1994 when he became as a computer systems consultant with Apple Macintosh Computer systems, which he undertook until his election to parliament.
He was elected as a councillor to the City of Leeds Council in 1987, stepping down eleven years later in 1998. He was elected as the chairman of the Leeds West Constituency Labour Party in 1987, and he contested Leeds North East at the 1992 General Election but was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Timothy Kirkhope by 4,244 votes, gaining a 5.9% swing from the Conservative Party to Labour.
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Fanny Waterman
Dame Fanny Waterman, DBE (born 22 March 1920) is a piano teacher, and the founder, Chairman and Artistic Director of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. She is also president of the Harrogate International Music Festival.
Waterman was born in Leeds; her father, Myer Waterman, a Russian Jew, had emigrated to England to work as a jeweller. She began to study with Tobias Matthay when she was 17; she started giving public performances, and in 1941 opened the concert season in Leeds with the Leeds Symphony Society. She won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music and studied under Cyril Smith. In 1944, she married Dr. Geoffrey de Keyser and in 1950, with the arrival of her first child, gave up her concert career and concentrated on teaching. By the early 1960s, Waterman felt that young British pianists needed a goal to give them a competitive edge with foreign pianists.
In 1961, with the help of her friend Marion Thorpe (then Countess of Harewood) she jointly founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. She is Artistic Director of the competition and, since 1981, chairman of the competition jury. Her contribution to the city of Leeds was recognised in April 2006, when she was given the Freedom of the City of Leeds.
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George Mudie
George Edward Mudie (born 6 February 1945) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds East since 1992.
Born in Dundee, Scotland George Mudie was educated at the Waid Academy in Anstruther and later studied Social Studies at Newbattle Abbey College in Dalkeith. He worked initially as an engineer and then joined the merchant navy. In 1968 he became a trade union official with the National Union of Public Employees, a position he held until his election to the House of Commons in 1992.
He was elected as a councillor to Leeds City Council (1971–92) and was the council's leader (1980–1990), being its youngest leader. He was elected as the Labour MP for Leeds East at the 1992 General Election following the retirement of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey. He has held the seat comfortably since.
In Parliament he was appointed as an Opposition Whip in 1994, a position he held until the Labour landslide at the 1997 election when he was elevated to become the Treasurer of HM Household and Deputy Chief Whip. In 1998 he was appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Education and Employment. He was dropped from the government in 1999.
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Greg Mulholland
Gregory Thomas Mulholland (born 31 August 1970) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom, and is the Member of Parliament for Leeds North West. He was first elected at the 2005 general election, winning the seat from Labour and was re-elected with an increased majority at the 2010 general election. Before his parliamentary career, he served as a councillor for Headingley. He has served as a Liberal Democrat spokesman for Health, Schools and International Development.
Born in Manchester, Mulholland attended St. Ambrose College near Altrincham and studied politics at the University of York, going on to achieve an MA in Public Administration and Public Policy. While at York University he played at centre for the university rugby league team in matches against Bradford, Leeds, Manchester and Hull. He then worked in marketing for five years, including two years spent in Edinburgh, working on several national promotional campaigns.
His first experience in politics was canvassing in the Knowsley North by-election in 1986, while studying politics for A-level.
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Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-born American stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice as Handcuff Harry, on a tour of Europe, where he would sensationally challenge different police-forces to try to keep him locked up. This revealed a talent for gimmickry and for audience involvement that would characterise all his work. Soon he was extending his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to hold his breath inside a sealed milk-can.
In 1904, thousands watched as he tried to escape from a special handcuff commissioned by London's Daily Mirror, keeping them in suspense for an hour. Another stunt saw him buried alive and only just able to claw himself to the surface, emerging in a state of near-breakdown. While many suspected that these escapes were fabricated, it is ironic that Houdini was meanwhile presenting himself as the scourge of fake magicians and spiritualists. As President of the Society of American Magicians, he was keen to uphold professional standards and expose fraudulent artists who gave practitioners a bad name. He was also quick to sue anyone who pirated his own escape-stunts.
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Hilary Benn
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn (born 26 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central since 1999. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 to 2007 and as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2007 to 11 May 2010. Since October 2011, Benn was the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. In June 2007, Benn ran for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party, coming fourth out of six candidates.
Born in Hammersmith, London, Hilary Benn is a fourth generation MP as the second son of former Labour Cabinet Minister Tony Benn and educationalist Caroline Benn. He attended Norland Place School, Westminster Under School (a private school), Holland Park School and University of Sussex where he graduated in Russian and East European Studies. Benn has an older brother, Stephen, a younger sister Melissa and a younger brother, Joshua.
On leaving university, Benn became a Research Officer with the ASTMS and rose to become Head of Policy for Manufacturing Science and Finance. In 1979 he was elected to the Ealing Borough Council where he was Deputy Leader from 1986 to 1990. He was the Labour candidate for Ealing North in both the 1983 general election and 1987 general election. On both occasions he was defeated by the Conservative candidate Harry Greenway.
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Jann Wenner
Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946) is the co-founder and publisher of the music and politics biweekly Rolling Stone, as well as the owner of Men's Journal and Us Weekly magazines.
Wenner was born in New York City and grew up in a secular Jewish family.[citation needed] His parents divorced in 1958, and he and his sisters, Kate and Merlyn, were sent to boarding schools to live. He graduated from high school at Chadwick School in 1963 and went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Before dropping out of Berkeley in 1966, Wenner was active in the Free Speech Movement and produced the column "Something's Happening" in the student-run newspaper, The Daily Californian. With the help of his mentor, San Francisco Chronicle jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason, Wenner landed a job at Ramparts, a high-circulation muckraker, where Gleason was a contributing editor and Wenner worked on the magazine's spinoff newspaper.
In 1967, Wenner and Gleason founded Rolling Stone in San Francisco. To get the magazine off the ground, Wenner borrowed $7,500 from family members and from the family of his soon-to-be wife, Jane Schindelheim. In the summer following the start of the magazine, Wenner and Schindelheim were married in a small Jewish ceremony.
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Leeds Grammar School
Coordinates: 53°51′54″N 1°31′07″W / 53.86503°N 1.51851°W / 53.86503; -1.51851
Leeds Grammar School was an independent school in Leeds established in 1552. In August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds. The two schools physically united in September 2008.
The school was founded in 1552 by William Sheafield to provide free, subsidised or fee-paying education to the children of the City of Leeds. Despite 1552 being the traditional date for the foundation of the school, there is some evidence to suggest that the school existed as early as 1341. In 1805, the school was the subject of a ruling by Lord Eldon that set a precedent affecting grammar schools throughout England.
Leeds Grammar School was founded in 1552, following the death of the Reverend William Sheafield in July of that year. Sheafield left £14 13s. 4d. in his will to maintain a schoolmaster "to teach and instruct freely for ever all such Younge Schollars Youthes and Children as shall come and resort to him from time to time to be taught instructed and informed", provided that a school house was built by the town of Leeds. The date for the foundation of the school still remains in doubt to this day, with records indicating that there was a Grammar School in Leeds as early as 1341. The school's first site is thought to have been in The Calls, by the River Aire, near the centre of the city. However, by about 1579 the school was in the New Chapel building at the head of Headingley Lane, where it remained until 1624.
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Loiner
Loiner is a demonym, describing the citizens of Leeds.
While there are several theories, the actual origin of the term remains uncertain.
The three competing theories are:
The mock-classical adjectives Leodensian and Leodiensian are sometimes used by some local sports clubs, and the word Leodensian also features in the lyrics of "I Predict a Riot" by Kaiser Chiefs, although in that context it was referring to John Smeaton, a famous 18th century resident of the city (who resided in Austhorpe Lodge on the site of Austhorpe Primary School) as a founder of Leeds Grammar School, as a Leeds Grammar School leaver is called an Old Leodensian. The term is commonly used to refer to fans of Leeds Rhinos as well as the club itself, either as The Loiners or Loiners.[citation needed]
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Louis Le Prince
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (born Metz 28 August 1841, vanished 16 September 1890) was an inventor who is considered by many film historians[not specific enough to verify] as the true father of motion pictures, who shot the first moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera.
A Frenchman who also worked in the United Kingdom and the United States, Le Prince conducted his ground-breaking work in 1888 in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
In October 1888, Le Prince filmed moving picture sequences Roundhay Garden Scene and a Leeds Bridge street scene using his single-lens camera and Eastman's paper film. These were several years before the work of competing inventors such as Auguste and Louis Lumière and Thomas Edison.
He was never able to perform a planned public demonstration in the United States because he mysteriously vanished from a train on 16 September 1890. His body and luggage were never found, but, over a century later, a police archive was found to contain a photograph of a drowned man who could have been him.
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Mahavira
Mahāvīra (Sanskrit: महावीर "Great Hero", Kannada: ಮಹಾವೀರ Mahāvīra, Malayalam: മഹാവീരൻ Mahāvīran and Tamil: அருகன் Arukaṉ) is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamāna (Sanskrit: वर्धमान; traditionally 599–527 BCE) who established what are today considered to be the central tenets of Jainism. According to Jain tradition, he was the 24th and the last Tirthankara. In Tamil, he is referred to as Arukaṉ or Arukadevan. He is also known in texts as Vira or Viraprabhu, Sanmati, Ativira,and Gnatputra. In the Buddhist Pali Canon, he is referred to as Nigantha Nātaputta and Gyatra Putta.
In a place called Kundalagrama (Vaishali district) situated close to Besadha Patti, 27 miles from Patna in modern day Bihar, India, Mahavira was born in a royal family to King Siddartha and Queen Trishala on the 13th day under the rising moon of Chaitra (12 April according to the Gregorian calendar). While still in his mother's womb it is believed he brought wealth and prosperity to the entire kingdom, which is why he was named Vardhaman. An increase of all good things, like the abundant bloom of beautiful flowers, was noticed in the kingdom after his conception. Trishala had a number of auspicious dreams before giving birth to Vardhaman (14 according to the Svetambaras and 16 according to the Digambaras), signs foretelling the advent of a great soul.He found "Nirvana" at the age of 72 in 527 BC near Rajgir, Bihar .Vardhaman's birthday is celebrated as Mahavir Jayanti, the most important religious holiday of Jains around the world.
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Marion Stein
Maria Donata Nanetta Paulina Gustava Erwina Wilhelmine Stein, CBE (born 18 October 1926), known as Marion Stein, is an Austrian-born British former concert pianist.
Born in Vienna, Stein was the daughter of musician Erwin Stein. She led a distinguished musical career and was joint founder in 1961 (along with Fanny Waterman) of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition.
Stein has married twice, both times to prominent public figures:
1) George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (married 29 September 1949). Lord Harewood, son of Mary, Princess Royal, was the grandson of King George V, the nephew of kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. The marriage was dissolved in 1967. They had three sons:
2) Jeremy Thorpe (married 1973). Thorpe was then a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Liberal Party.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]; born 18 July 1918) is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first ever to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before being elected President, Mandela was a militant anti-apartheid activist, and the leader and co-founder of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mandela went on to serve 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to the establishment of democracy in 1994. As President, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation, while introducing policies aimed at combating poverty and inequality in South Africa.
In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Madiba, his Xhosa clan name; or as tata (Xhosa: father). Mandela has received more than 250 awards over four decades.
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Nic Jones
Nicolas Paul "Nic" Jones (born 9 January 1947) is an English folk singer, fingerstyle guitarist and fiddle player whose professional career spanned the years 1964-1982. He recorded five solo albums, and was a frequent guest performer.
Nic Jones was born on 9 January 1947 in Orpington, Kent. He first learned to play guitar as a young teenager and early musical influences included such artists as The Shadows, Duane Eddy, Chet Atkins, Wes Montgomery and Ray Charles. His interest in folk music was aroused by some old school friends who had formed a folk band called The Halliard. When the members of the group decided to turn professional, one of them left to pursue a different career and Nic was invited to take his place. Whilst playing with The Halliard, Jones learned to play the fiddle, and also how to research and arrange traditional material. The group toured the UK between 1964 and 1968, eventually splitting up when two of the members decided to pursue careers outside the folk music business.
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Rachel Reeves
Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British economist and a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010. She served as Shadow Pensions Minister from October 2010 until October 2011, when she was appointed as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Ed Miliband.
Reeves was born in Lewisham to Graham and Sally Reeves. She was educated at Cator Park School for Girls in Bromley, South East London. She cites the influence of her father on herself and her sister supporting the Labour Party, recalling how when she was eight years old he pointed out Neil Kinnock on the television and "told us that was who we voted for". Reeves says both she and her sister had "both known we were Labour since then". She joined the Labour Party at age 16. She was the Under-14 UK girls chess champion and always had an aptitude for maths.
She read politics, philosophy and economics at New College, Oxford, followed by an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.
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Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That.
Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams left the group in 1995 to launch his solo career. On 15 July 2010, it was announced he had rejoined Take That and that the group intended to release a new album in November 2010 which became the second fastest-selling album of all-time in UK chart history and the fastest-selling record of the century.
Williams has sold over 70 million records worldwide, which ranks him among the best-selling music artists worldwide. He is the best-selling British solo artist in the United Kingdom and the best selling non-Latino artist in Latin America. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom. He has also been honoured with seventeen BRIT Awards—more than any other artist—and seven ECHO Awards. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted as the "Greatest Artist of the 1990s."
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Stuart Andrew
Stuart James Andrew (born 25 November 1971) is the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the Pudsey constituency in West Yorkshire, England. He grew up in the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales, and later attended Ysgol David Hughes in Menai Bridge.
After leaving school he worked as a fundraiser for the British Heart Foundation. Before being elected to parliament he led the fundraising team for Martin House Hospice.
Andrew stood as a candidate in the 1997 Parliamentary election in Wrexham. Subsequent to this Andrew joined the Labour Party, leaving the Conservatives citing issues with the "direction of the party". On losing his council seat Andrew rejoined the Conservative Party and moved to Leeds.
Andrew served as a Leeds City Council Councillor from 2003–2010, initially representing the Aireborough ward, and following boundary changes representing the Guiseley and Rawdon ward. He was Elected as Member of Parliament for Pudsey in the general election on 6 May 2010.
In October 2010, it was reported that Andrew joined the Welsh Affairs Select Committee. On 22 February 2012 Andrew was reportedly headbutted and punched in a House of Commons bar during a disturbance created by Labour MP Eric Joyce, but the Pudsey MP tweeted the next day that, "I'm OK."
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Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI (born Vivienne Isabel Swire on 8 April 1941) is a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.
Westwood was born Vivienne Isabel Swire in the village of Tintwistle, Derbyshire on 8 April 1941, the daughter of Gordon Swire and Dora Swire (née Ball), who had married two years previously, two weeks after the outbreak of World War II. At the time of Vivienne's birth, her father was employed as a storekeeper in an aircraft factory; he had previously worked as a greengrocer.
Aged 17, Vivienne and her family moved to Harrow, London. She studied at the Harrow School of Art - University of Westminster, taking fashion and silversmithing, but she left after one term saying, "I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world". After taking up a job in a factory and studying at a teacher-training college, she became a primary school teacher. During this period, she also created her own jewellery, which she would sell at a stall on Portobello Road.
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Leeds
Cast
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Episode 1: Return to Leeds
UK:1 August 1972...
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Episode 2: Deadline Leeds
UK:31 July 1973...
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Episode 3: The Play's the Thing
UK:28 August 1973...
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Episode 4: Leeds Athletic
UK:16 July 1974...
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Episode 5: Le Prix de Leeds
UK:23 July 1974...
It's dark at four PM in Leeds the steeples pierce the skylight till the last of it bleeds
The absent sound of another day as it recedes into the shadows until it's nothing
Fax papers slipped under the hotel room door like food for the prisoner or the prospect to the whore
Well fed and halfway drunk I ache myself for more until I'm shadows of myself until I'm nothing
Sixteen black churches burning on the TV all the way from Texas to Tennessee
a politician locks my eye and says to me there is no crisis here there's no conspiracy
I crave inertia every move made so I can stop
Whatever this madness is in me spinning like a top on a bed of anxiety
over a deep dark drop down into nothingness into withoutyouness
Was it ever so evil creep like ivy, toe hold on the stronger half of nature's dichotomy
Beating back a path through nothing more than pure insistence
Until here becomes the distance
Hold my head love I'm sick tonight find the open hole and press your finger
there will all your might before the last ounce of my spirit bleeds
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TUNNEL CAM: City 4-0 Leeds
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- Duration: 17:53
- Updated: 02 Mar 2013
The ultimate behind the scenes look of an FA Cup match day at The Etihad Stadium. Subscribe for FREE and never miss another CityTV video. www.youtube.com www.mcfc.co.uk http www.twitter.com
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Reading & Leeds Wins Best Festival At The NME Awards 2013
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Reading & Leeds Wins Best Festival At The NME Awards 2013 SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly Reading and Leeds Festivals (AKA The Carling Weekend) beat T In The Park, Bestival, Primavera, Latitude and Isle Of Wight for NME Festival of the year. The award was presented by Fred McPherson from Spector. For more NME Awards videos: www.youtube.com Visit the NME website: www.nme.com Like NME on Facebook http Follow NME on Twitter: twitter.com Listen to the NME playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi
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Reading & Leeds Wins Best Festival At The NME Awards 2013 SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly Reading and Leeds Festivals (AKA The Carling Weekend) beat T In The Park, Bestival, Primavera, Latitude and Isle Of Wight for NME Festival of the year. The award was presented by Fred McPherson from Spector. For more NME Awards videos: www.youtube.com Visit the NME website: www.nme.com Like NME on Facebook http Follow NME on Twitter: twitter.com Listen to the NME playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi
- published: 28 Feb 2013
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INSIDE LEEDS UNITED 01.03.13
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- Duration: 3:50
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
A look back at the week at Leeds United Football Club, including the game against Blacburn and the FAYC v Liverpool.
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A look back at the week at Leeds United Football Club, including the game against Blacburn and the FAYC v Liverpool.
- published: 01 Mar 2013
- views: 35
- author: LeedsUnitedOfficial
Hooligans Huddersfield and Leeds in 2012
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- Duration: 11:05
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
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Graham Jarvis training at The Works skate park Leeds
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- Duration: 7:04
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
www.adventure-spec.com . Graham Jarvis hits the ramps at the Works Skatepark in Leeds to try a new style of Extreme Enduro Riding. If you want to ride with Graham for a few days check out www.adventureridercentre.com for upcoming dates... Mike Posner - Rocket man ft Bum B (Fly to this) Mike Posner - Evil Woman Marvin Divine - Varsity Flow Adventurespec Klim Husaberg Goldentyre Flite
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www.adventure-spec.com . Graham Jarvis hits the ramps at the Works Skatepark in Leeds to try a new style of Extreme Enduro Riding. If you want to ride with Graham for a few days check out www.adventureridercentre.com for upcoming dates... Mike Posner - Rocket man ft Bum B (Fly to this) Mike Posner - Evil Woman Marvin Divine - Varsity Flow Adventurespec Klim Husaberg Goldentyre Flite
- published: 24 Sep 2012
- views: 1055139
- author: adventurespec
Leeds 2-1 Tottenham | Goals and Highlights | The FA Cup 4th Round 2013
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- Duration: 5:27
- Updated: 20 Feb 2013
Leeds 2-1 Tottenham | The FA Cup 4th Round 2013 To find out more about the The FA Cup visit: thefa.com The FA Cup on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com
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Leeds 2-1 Tottenham | The FA Cup 4th Round 2013 To find out more about the The FA Cup visit: thefa.com The FA Cup on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com
- published: 28 Jan 2013
- views: 25339
- author: thefacup
Dogs Trust Leeds: Wonky (Juliette) Update - Before & After Footage
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- Duration: 3:15
- Updated: 02 Mar 2013
We're so happy to share an update on Wonky (now named Juliette), the puppy that has captured the attention of the world over the last week! In this video, we have an interview with Juliette's vet as well as some "before and after" footage so you can see her progress. She suffers from a condition which causes her tendons to contract forcing her to walk on her joints. As you can see, she has undergone weeks of physiotherapy and has already shown considerable improvement— including being able to run around. With a good diet and continued physiotherapy, we're confident that she will make a full recovery! NOTE: We have truly been overwhelmed by the kindness and support that this sweet pup has been shown internationally. As you might imagine, the staff at our Leeds centre have been completely inundated with offers to rehome Juliette; we are confident that she will soon find the loving home which she deserves. She will rehomed close to the rehoming centre in Leeds so that she can continue her physio treatment. But if you are interested in rehoming, there are currently around 1500 dogs in our 18 centres across the UK that are looking for homes just like this lovely puppy. We recommend having a look on our website: www.dogstrust.org.uk You do not need to make an appointment to visit a centre during opening hours, but might wish to call in advance if you're interested in a particular dog to ensure they're still available, or before making a lengthy trip. Good luck with your search ...
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We're so happy to share an update on Wonky (now named Juliette), the puppy that has captured the attention of the world over the last week! In this video, we have an interview with Juliette's vet as well as some "before and after" footage so you can see her progress. She suffers from a condition which causes her tendons to contract forcing her to walk on her joints. As you can see, she has undergone weeks of physiotherapy and has already shown considerable improvement— including being able to run around. With a good diet and continued physiotherapy, we're confident that she will make a full recovery! NOTE: We have truly been overwhelmed by the kindness and support that this sweet pup has been shown internationally. As you might imagine, the staff at our Leeds centre have been completely inundated with offers to rehome Juliette; we are confident that she will soon find the loving home which she deserves. She will rehomed close to the rehoming centre in Leeds so that she can continue her physio treatment. But if you are interested in rehoming, there are currently around 1500 dogs in our 18 centres across the UK that are looking for homes just like this lovely puppy. We recommend having a look on our website: www.dogstrust.org.uk You do not need to make an appointment to visit a centre during opening hours, but might wish to call in advance if you're interested in a particular dog to ensure they're still available, or before making a lengthy trip. Good luck with your search ...
- published: 26 Feb 2013
- views: 42548
- author: DogsTrust
Away Day - Spurs at Leeds
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- Duration: 3:50
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
Dan and Tim dig deep for a pricey trip to West Yorkshire and a city where they have (terrible) form. But with snow on the ground and Valentines just around the corner, they discover that the Cup is less about romance and more about luck. Unfortunately for Spurs - theirs has run out...
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Dan and Tim dig deep for a pricey trip to West Yorkshire and a city where they have (terrible) form. But with snow on the ground and Valentines just around the corner, they discover that the Cup is less about romance and more about luck. Unfortunately for Spurs - theirs has run out...
- published: 25 Feb 2013
- views: 5866
- author: DanTripNip
Manchester City 4-0 Leeds United official goals and highlights, FA Cup Fifth Round | FATV
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- Duration: 2:09
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
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- published: 18 Feb 2013
- views: 10611
- author: thefacup
The Who - Live at Leeds
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- Duration: 4:22
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
The Who at Leeds for their greatest live in 1970! it's the ONLY VIDEO of this concert! Fortune Teller (0:00 to 0:05) - Happy Jack (0:06 to 0:13) - I'm a Boy (0:14 to 0:33) - A Quick One While He's Away (0:34 to 2:09) - Christmas (2:10 to 3:05) - Pinball Wizard (3:06 to 3:22) - Go to The Mirror (3:22 to 3:26) - Smash The Mirror (3:27 to 3:35)- Tommy's Holliday Camp (3:36 to 3:45) - We're Not Gonna Take It (with See Me, Feel Me) (3:46 at the end)
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The Who at Leeds for their greatest live in 1970! it's the ONLY VIDEO of this concert! Fortune Teller (0:00 to 0:05) - Happy Jack (0:06 to 0:13) - I'm a Boy (0:14 to 0:33) - A Quick One While He's Away (0:34 to 2:09) - Christmas (2:10 to 3:05) - Pinball Wizard (3:06 to 3:22) - Go to The Mirror (3:22 to 3:26) - Smash The Mirror (3:27 to 3:35)- Tommy's Holliday Camp (3:36 to 3:45) - We're Not Gonna Take It (with See Me, Feel Me) (3:46 at the end)
- published: 29 Mar 2010
- views: 159565
- author: WhoFrench
Huddersfield Hooligans vs leeds hooligans 2013
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- Duration: 11:05
- Updated: 02 Mar 2013
huddersfield town cctv
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Full HD manchester city vs leeds united 4-0 goals 17/02/2013
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- Updated: 26 Feb 2013
Full HD manchester city vs leeds united 4-0 goals 17/02/2013 Full HD manchester city vs leeds united 4-0 goals 17/02/2013 Full HD manchester city vs leeds united 4-0 goals 17/02/2013 Full HD manchester city vs leeds united 4-0 goals 17/02/2013
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Full HD manchester city vs leeds united 4-0 goals 17/02/2013 Full HD manchester city vs leeds united 4-0 goals 17/02/2013 Full HD manchester city vs leeds united 4-0 goals 17/02/2013 Full HD manchester city vs leeds united 4-0 goals 17/02/2013
- published: 17 Feb 2013
- views: 33703
- author: ligabbvagoalss
BASEMENT (LAST SHOW, FULL SET) - The Well, Leeds.
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- Duration: 53:11
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
Basement. Last ever Northern show on November 16th at the Well, Leeds. Watch in HD. Buy Colourmeinkindness and don't forget about this band. My camera battery died about two thirds of the way through the set so I missed one song out. RIP Basement. Recorded by Ashley Rommelrath. Freelance videographer. Contact: asher.lloyd@hotmail.co.uk
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Basement. Last ever Northern show on November 16th at the Well, Leeds. Watch in HD. Buy Colourmeinkindness and don't forget about this band. My camera battery died about two thirds of the way through the set so I missed one song out. RIP Basement. Recorded by Ashley Rommelrath. Freelance videographer. Contact: asher.lloyd@hotmail.co.uk
- published: 18 Nov 2012
- views: 38892
- author: Asherlloyd
Paul van Dyk - 'Symmetries' feat. Austin Leeds
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- Duration: 5:43
- Updated: 27 Feb 2013
Paul van Dyk - 'Symmetries' feat. Austin Leeds Austin and I have known each other for quite a while now and I can say we're really good friends. We collaborated on 'New York City' for the last album, and that was a track that we both really liked and -- as importantly -- enjoyed making together. Austin started 'Symmetries' by producing this piece that had the drums, percussion loops and bassline and sent me this wonderful, near-complete backing track. At the start of 'Evolution's production, I assembled this kind of hybrid studio set-up which I could take into clubs. Through keyboards and effects boxes, it allowed me to work in pretty much any type of new element you can imagine to a track. I'm not sure if my audiences realized it at the time, but they were essentially interacting with the music making process of 'Evolution'. Their reactions were showing me which direction each of the tracks should take. It's a very new discipline, and it basically hazes the line between studio and club. The music made in the studio is, to the very great degree, designed for the club, so it is a very natural progression to work this way. When I did this with 'Symmetries', I had a piano hook line in my head, and when I brought Austin's backing track in, I started playing it over the top. This was the first time that the two main parts were brought together, and as it was playing I saw that other aspects were going a little too deep and the track was feeling like it should be lighter. So I ...
http://wn.com/Paul_van_Dyk_'Symmetries'_feat_Austin_Leeds
Paul van Dyk - 'Symmetries' feat. Austin Leeds Austin and I have known each other for quite a while now and I can say we're really good friends. We collaborated on 'New York City' for the last album, and that was a track that we both really liked and -- as importantly -- enjoyed making together. Austin started 'Symmetries' by producing this piece that had the drums, percussion loops and bassline and sent me this wonderful, near-complete backing track. At the start of 'Evolution's production, I assembled this kind of hybrid studio set-up which I could take into clubs. Through keyboards and effects boxes, it allowed me to work in pretty much any type of new element you can imagine to a track. I'm not sure if my audiences realized it at the time, but they were essentially interacting with the music making process of 'Evolution'. Their reactions were showing me which direction each of the tracks should take. It's a very new discipline, and it basically hazes the line between studio and club. The music made in the studio is, to the very great degree, designed for the club, so it is a very natural progression to work this way. When I did this with 'Symmetries', I had a piano hook line in my head, and when I brought Austin's backing track in, I started playing it over the top. This was the first time that the two main parts were brought together, and as it was playing I saw that other aspects were going a little too deep and the track was feeling like it should be lighter. So I ...
- published: 15 Nov 2012
- views: 33166
- author: paulvandyk
Football Fights Leeds V Millwall 2013 - Fans Going Mental - Capital One Cup
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:15
- Updated: 02 Mar 2013
This goal sent everyone mental! Filmed in a pub in Leeds. Filmed with a potato but you get the drift! Hull City Vs Leeds Utd leeds v chelsea 2012 fans leeds vs chelsea 2012 fighting chelsea fans at leeds man united smashing leeds birmingham city fans
http://wn.com/Football_Fights_Leeds_V_Millwall_2013_Fans_Going_Mental_Capital_One_Cup
This goal sent everyone mental! Filmed in a pub in Leeds. Filmed with a potato but you get the drift! Hull City Vs Leeds Utd leeds v chelsea 2012 fans leeds vs chelsea 2012 fighting chelsea fans at leeds man united smashing leeds birmingham city fans
- published: 07 Dec 2012
- views: 9976
- author: Brawnstyle2010
Trinity Leeds Harlem Shake
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:30
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
Trinity Leeds does the Harlem Shake! We thought we'd jump on the bandwagon and have a go at the Harlem Shake on site... hence the hi-vis jackets! Has anyone else had a go at doing one? Let us know what you think! www.trinityleeds.com
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Trinity Leeds does the Harlem Shake! We thought we'd jump on the bandwagon and have a go at the Harlem Shake on site... hence the hi-vis jackets! Has anyone else had a go at doing one? Let us know what you think! www.trinityleeds.com
- published: 20 Feb 2013
- views: 15665
- author: Trinity Leeds
Robbie Williams Live at Roundhay Park, Leeds, 9 Sep 06
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 111:47
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
http://wn.com/Robbie_Williams_Live_at_Roundhay_Park,_Leeds,_9_Sep_06
THE LEEDS UNI HARLEM SHAKE - brought to you by Maya Domb for Activities
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:09
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
manifesto: www.facebook.com MAYA DOMB FOR ACTIVITIES the leeds uni harlem shake (sorry Jack but we had actually already finished filming this one before yours went up, and didn't want to deprive the big issue guy of his 5 seconds of fame!) www.facebook.com/MayaDombForActivities www.twiiter.com/mayadomb4luu
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manifesto: www.facebook.com MAYA DOMB FOR ACTIVITIES the leeds uni harlem shake (sorry Jack but we had actually already finished filming this one before yours went up, and didn't want to deprive the big issue guy of his 5 seconds of fame!) www.facebook.com/MayaDombForActivities www.twiiter.com/mayadomb4luu
- published: 16 Feb 2013
- views: 11196
- author: Lewis Foster
TAB TV LEEDS - NEWS ON BOOZE - EPISODE 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:20
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
WARNING THIS VIDEO CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT. Leeds Tab Tv share student views on current affairs. Filmed and edited by Big Face Media. Written, presented and devised by Jake Warren. The Tab Leeds - www.facebook.com Big Face Media - www.facebook.com Check out other BFM videos at - vimeo.com Follow Jake - twitter.com Song - Deadmau5 Ghosts n Stuff
http://wn.com/TAB_TV_LEEDS_NEWS_ON_BOOZE_EPISODE_2
WARNING THIS VIDEO CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT. Leeds Tab Tv share student views on current affairs. Filmed and edited by Big Face Media. Written, presented and devised by Jake Warren. The Tab Leeds - www.facebook.com Big Face Media - www.facebook.com Check out other BFM videos at - vimeo.com Follow Jake - twitter.com Song - Deadmau5 Ghosts n Stuff
- published: 23 Feb 2013
- views: 6602
- author: BigFaceMedia
2013 World Club Challenge: Leeds Rhinos 14 vs Melbourne Storm 18
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 34:08
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
22/2/2013: Leeds Rhinos v Melbourne Storm at Headingley, Leeds.
http://wn.com/2013_World_Club_Challenge_Leeds_Rhinos_14_vs_Melbourne_Storm_18
22/2/2013: Leeds Rhinos v Melbourne Storm at Headingley, Leeds.
- published: 23 Feb 2013
- views: 5480
- author: WOODDDDDDDYARHINOS5
Tom Taylor - Chortle Student Comedy Award 2013 Leeds Heat
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:41
- Updated: 28 Feb 2013
Tom Taylor performing in the Leeds heat of the 2013 Chortle Student Comedy Award sponsored by ALCATEL ONE TOUCH with Universal Pictures UK
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Tom Taylor performing in the Leeds heat of the 2013 Chortle Student Comedy Award sponsored by ALCATEL ONE TOUCH with Universal Pictures UK
- published: 28 Feb 2013
- views: 19
- author: ChortleUK
The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side - Leeds Live 1982 OFFICIAL
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
www.youtube.com www.rollingstones.com www.bravadousa.com www.facebook.com twitter.com rollingstonesofficial.tumblr.com http
http://wn.com/The_Rolling_Stones_Time_Is_On_My_Side_Leeds_Live_1982_OFFICIAL
www.youtube.com www.rollingstones.com www.bravadousa.com www.facebook.com twitter.com rollingstonesofficial.tumblr.com http
- published: 14 Nov 2012
- views: 157086
- author: TheRollingStones
16FEB2013 Part1 BMFA Flyin at Trinity Hall, Horsforth, Leeds, UK
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:58
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
Ultra lights friendly fly in. Very friendly bunch of folks here at the fly-in every fortnight organised by BMFA members.
http://wn.com/16FEB2013_Part1_BMFA_Flyin_at_Trinity_Hall,_Horsforth,_Leeds,_UK
Ultra lights friendly fly in. Very friendly bunch of folks here at the fly-in every fortnight organised by BMFA members.
- published: 17 Feb 2013
- views: 14
- author: Michael Tsang
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Oldham v Leeds 15 points song + MOT
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:07
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
After a last kick goal the Leeds fans celebrate
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After a last kick goal the Leeds fans celebrate
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 43216
- author: slugger1919
LEEDS FANS AT OLDHAM
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
AMAZING SUPPORT
http://wn.com/LEEDS_FANS_AT_OLDHAM
Leeds goal v Oldham
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:15
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
last minute goal v oldham athletic
http://wn.com/Leeds_goal_v_Oldham
Leeds United (Chris Moyles) Song
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Leeds United 15 points
http://wn.com/Leeds_United_Chris_Moyles_Song
Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United (1-2)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Nottingham Forest 1 Leeds United 2.
25th August 2007.
6 more points to zero.
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Nottingham Forest 1 Leeds United 2.
25th August 2007.
6 more points to zero.
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 38716
- author: slugger1919
Leeds United V Derby County - 06/05/2007
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:28
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Last minutes of the game. as the sign in the leeds stand says.. 'WE WILL BE BACK, FOREVER LEEDS, FOREVER PROUD!'...
http://wn.com/Leeds_United_V_Derby_County_06_05_2007
Last minutes of the game. as the sign in the leeds stand says.. 'WE WILL BE BACK, FOREVER LEEDS, FOREVER PROUD!'...
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 36911
- author: slugger1919
Leeds United Vs Stoke City
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:50
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
under the leeds stand before KO
'sit down if u hate man u'
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under the leeds stand before KO
'sit down if u hate man u'
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 66353
- author: slugger1919
Leeds fans before Southampton game
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Leeds fans before Southampton game, which finished 1-0 to the Saints.
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Leeds fans before Southampton game, which finished 1-0 to the Saints.
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 25005
- author: slugger1919
Leeds Fans In Cardiff
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Leeds fans in Edwards in cardiff before the Play off final vs watford
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Leeds fans in Edwards in cardiff before the Play off final vs watford
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 27585
- author: slugger1919
Cardiff City vs Leeds United jan 2002
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:12
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Giant killing at it's best!
Footage courtesy of a bbc undercover reporter!
SAME OLD ENGLISH!!!!!
http://wn.com/Cardiff_City_vs_Leeds_United_jan_2002
Giant killing at it's best!
Footage courtesy of a bbc undercover reporter!
SAME OLD ENGLISH!!!!!
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 124061
- author: slugger1919
Top 10 Football Songs.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdiM17Jkok&feature;=user
I have done a second video which is better than this, to view it click on more videos by mattyl92, go on my profile or click the link above.
A countdown of the best football songs in the UK.
http://wn.com/Top_10_Football_Songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdiM17Jkok&feature;=user
I have done a second video which is better than this, to view it click on more videos by mattyl92, go on my profile or click the link above.
A countdown of the best football songs in the UK.
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 756987
- author: slugger1919
We Got To Zero Baby - Leeds United
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Due to un-expected popularity, the original mp3 file can be downloaded from here:
www.munzz.co.uk/files/chrismoyles.mp3
Chris Moyles celebrates Leeds getting to zero baby!
http://wn.com/We_Got_To_Zero_Baby_Leeds_United
Due to un-expected popularity, the original mp3 file can be downloaded from here:
www.munzz.co.uk/files/chrismoyles.mp3
Chris Moyles celebrates Leeds getting to zero baby!
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 53414
- author: slugger1919
Leeds United Glory Years (The Revie Years)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:15
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
My video of the mighty Leeds Utd glory years, around early 1970s.
http://wn.com/Leeds_United_Glory_Years_The_Revie_Years
My video of the mighty Leeds Utd glory years, around early 1970s.
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 45072
- author: slugger1919
Leeds United
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
excellent video for a leeds fan but every 1 watch it n comment please
http://wn.com/Leeds_United
excellent video for a leeds fan but every 1 watch it n comment please
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 26771
- author: slugger1919
leeds united collection
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Collection of goals from the past, the ending is quite emotional!.
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Collection of goals from the past, the ending is quite emotional!.
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 34348
- author: slugger1919
Leeds United Song - Chris Moyles
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Chris Moyles celebrates Leeds getting upto 0 points
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Chris Moyles celebrates Leeds getting upto 0 points
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 131832
- author: slugger1919
Leeds Fans In Peacock Before Southend Game
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:19
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Leeds fans singing in Peacock pub before Southend game.
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Leeds fans singing in Peacock pub before Southend game.
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 4358
- author: slugger1919
Forest v Leeds - Time to go!!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:57
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Leeds celebrating against Nottingham Forest after another late winner!!!
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Leeds celebrating against Nottingham Forest after another late winner!!!
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 8128
- author: slugger1919
Leeds Fans v Hartlepool Fans In Peacock
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Leeds Fans v Hartlepool Fans In Peacock
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leeds united win at forest
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
leeds fans on top form at nottingham forest after there 2-1 win. were gonna win the leage!!!
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leeds fans on top form at nottingham forest after there 2-1 win. were gonna win the leage!!!
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 2547
- author: slugger1919
Leeds fans in sing - off at Cardiff central station
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Leeds fans challenging other Leeds fans in sing - off on platform at Cardiff Central
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Leeds fans challenging other Leeds fans in sing - off on platform at Cardiff Central
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 130974
- author: slugger1919
Football Hooligans - Brighton v Leeds - 2004
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:03
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Football Casuals | Hooligan Footage | CCTV | Videos @ http://lancashirelads.com
http://wn.com/Football_Hooligans_Brighton_v_Leeds_2004
Football Casuals | Hooligan Footage | CCTV | Videos @ http://lancashirelads.com
- published: 19 Nov 2008
- views: 77080
- author: slugger1919
Millwall vs Leeds United
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Look at these millwall children!!! yes thats right, kidz trying to stir things up with leeds?!, oh dear oh dear, CMON LEEDS!
M.O.T
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Look at these millwall children!!! yes thats right, kidz trying to stir things up with leeds?!, oh dear oh dear, CMON LEEDS!
M.O.T
- published: 15 May 2009
- views: 139857
- author: slugger1919
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The Who Live At Leeds: Heaven and Hell
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Who performing Heaven and Hell at leeds in 1970. Will be posting some small faces videos in a while.
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The Who performing Heaven and Hell at leeds in 1970. Will be posting some small faces videos in a while.
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 25777
- author: DickButus
I Can't Explain - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:58
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
I Can't Explain by The Who, 1970
This is about what it is like to be young and unable to express your feelings. The guy in the song can't find a way to tell his girlfriend he loves her. The Who made their first US television appearance performing this on the ABC show Shindig. The program aired from 1964-1966 and featured many popular musicians performing their hits. The Everly Brothers, Glen Campbell, and Sonny and Cher were all frequent guests on the show.
www.songfacts.com
http://wn.com/I_Can't_Explain_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
I Can't Explain by The Who, 1970
This is about what it is like to be young and unable to express your feelings. The guy in the song can't find a way to tell his girlfriend he loves her. The Who made their first US television appearance performing this on the ABC show Shindig. The program aired from 1964-1966 and featured many popular musicians performing their hits. The Everly Brothers, Glen Campbell, and Sonny and Cher were all frequent guests on the show.
www.songfacts.com
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 175259
- author: DickButus
Fortune Teller - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:34
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Fortune Teller by The Who, live at Leeds 1970
http://wn.com/Fortune_Teller_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
The Who - Tattoo (Live At Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Music video by The Who performing Tattoo. (C) 2010 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
http://wn.com/The_Who_Tattoo_Live_At_Leeds
Music video by The Who performing Tattoo. (C) 2010 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 118021
- author: DickButus
Young Man Blues - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Young Man Blues by The Who, live at Leeds 1970
http://wn.com/Young_Man_Blues_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
Young Man Blues by The Who, live at Leeds 1970
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 267819
- author: DickButus
Substitute-The Who (Live At Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:13
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Who performing Substitute live at Leeds
http://wn.com/Substitute-The_Who_Live_At_Leeds
The Who - Live at Leeds
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Who at Leeds for their greatest live in 1970! it's the ONLY VIDEO of this concert!
Fortune Teller (0:00 to 0:05) - Happy Jack (0:06 to 0:13) - I'm a Boy (0:14 to 0:33) - A Quick One While He's Away (0:34 to 2:09) - Christmas (2:10 to 3:05) - Pinball Wizard (3:06 to 3:22) - Go to The Mirror (3:22 to 3:26) - Smash The Mirror (3:27 to 3:35)- Tommy's Holliday Camp (3:36 to 3:45) - We're Not Gonna Take It (with See Me, Feel Me) (3:46 at the end)
http://wn.com/The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
The Who at Leeds for their greatest live in 1970! it's the ONLY VIDEO of this concert!
Fortune Teller (0:00 to 0:05) - Happy Jack (0:06 to 0:13) - I'm a Boy (0:14 to 0:33) - A Quick One While He's Away (0:34 to 2:09) - Christmas (2:10 to 3:05) - Pinball Wizard (3:06 to 3:22) - Go to The Mirror (3:22 to 3:26) - Smash The Mirror (3:27 to 3:35)- Tommy's Holliday Camp (3:36 to 3:45) - We're Not Gonna Take It (with See Me, Feel Me) (3:46 at the end)
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 157528
- author: DickButus
The Who ~ I'm A Boy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:45
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Please Rate & Comment...
The Who sings
I'm A Boy
Live At Leeds - 1970
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The Who sings
I'm A Boy
Live At Leeds - 1970
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 6256
- author: DickButus
The Who ~ A Quick One, While He's Away
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:44
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Please Rate & Comment...
The Who sings
A Quick One, While He's Away
Live At Leeds - 1970
http://wn.com/The_Who_~_A_Quick_One,_While_He's_Away
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The Who sings
A Quick One, While He's Away
Live At Leeds - 1970
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 85096
- author: DickButus
Live @ Leeds- The Who (Summertime Blues, Shakin' All Over) Pt. 6
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
40 years ago today, one of the most exciting bands took the stage to record a live act so terrific, they had to put it on vinyl. Well, to celebrate, I've made an entire video series dedicated for the anniversary. Hope you enjoy the songs.
PS- I could NOT (unfortunately) include the song 'My Generation' in the series because the song was over 15 minutes long and Youtube did not allow it. I'm sorry again and if anyone wants that particular song, feel free to ask! Thanks again.
Track 10: Summertime Blues
"Eddie Cochran's bouncy, rhythmic guitar style influenced Pete enormously in The Who's early days and their version of 'Summertime Blues' was a highlight of the band's stage shows for many years. Pete's block chord slash style, coupled with John's rumbling bass riff, was ideal for this song of teenage angst, and Roger, weaned on Fifties rock n' roll, loved to sing it. John always supplied the bass profundo vocal line with a wry smile."
Track 11: Shakin' All Over
"The Who's 'Shakin' All Over' is a typical full frontal assault, guaranteed to rouse everyone within earshot. Everyone gets a chance to shine: Roger howls the lyrics, John tampers with the celebrated bass riff, Pete lets fly on the solos and Keith thunders in at all the right moments."
http://wn.com/Live_@_Leeds_The_Who_Summertime_Blues,_Shakin'_All_Over_Pt_6
40 years ago today, one of the most exciting bands took the stage to record a live act so terrific, they had to put it on vinyl. Well, to celebrate, I've made an entire video series dedicated for the anniversary. Hope you enjoy the songs.
PS- I could NOT (unfortunately) include the song 'My Generation' in the series because the song was over 15 minutes long and Youtube did not allow it. I'm sorry again and if anyone wants that particular song, feel free to ask! Thanks again.
Track 10: Summertime Blues
"Eddie Cochran's bouncy, rhythmic guitar style influenced Pete enormously in The Who's early days and their version of 'Summertime Blues' was a highlight of the band's stage shows for many years. Pete's block chord slash style, coupled with John's rumbling bass riff, was ideal for this song of teenage angst, and Roger, weaned on Fifties rock n' roll, loved to sing it. John always supplied the bass profundo vocal line with a wry smile."
Track 11: Shakin' All Over
"The Who's 'Shakin' All Over' is a typical full frontal assault, guaranteed to rouse everyone within earshot. Everyone gets a chance to shine: Roger howls the lyrics, John tampers with the celebrated bass riff, Pete lets fly on the solos and Keith thunders in at all the right moments."
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 16580
- author: DickButus
The Who - My generation- Live at Leeds (PART I)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Full track Parts I & II
http://wn.com/The_Who_My_generation_Live_at_Leeds_PART_I
The Who - My generation- Live at Leeds (PART II)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
full track (parts I & II)
http://wn.com/The_Who_My_generation_Live_at_Leeds_PART_II
Magic Bus-The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:54
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Magic Bus-The Who
http://wn.com/Magic_Bus-The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
Overture - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:54
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
1970
http://wn.com/Overture_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
1921 - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
1970
http://wn.com/1921_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
Amazing Journey/Sparks by The Who(Live At Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is the Live at Leeds version of the song. I couldn't find it anywhere on youtube, so I made one of my own. Enjoy. The Who will stay in our psyche's forever.
For Comedy, try my main channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ImmatureAmatuerShow
http://wn.com/Amazing_Journey_Sparks_by_The_WhoLive_At_Leeds
This is the Live at Leeds version of the song. I couldn't find it anywhere on youtube, so I made one of my own. Enjoy. The Who will stay in our psyche's forever.
For Comedy, try my main channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ImmatureAmatuerShow
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 4346
- author: DickButus
Pinball Wizard - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
1970
http://wn.com/Pinball_Wizard_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
Fiddle About - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
1970
http://wn.com/Fiddle_About_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
Tommy Can You Hear Me - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:57
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
1970
http://wn.com/Tommy_Can_You_Hear_Me_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
There's A Doctor - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
1970
http://wn.com/There's_A_Doctor_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
Go To The Mirror - The Who (Live At Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Live at Leeds 1970
http://wn.com/Go_To_The_Mirror_The_Who_Live_At_Leeds
Smash The Mirror - The Who (Live at Leeds)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:20
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
1970
http://wn.com/Smash_The_Mirror_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
Miracle Cure - The Who (Live at Leeds)
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- Duration: 0:14
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
1970
http://wn.com/Miracle_Cure_The_Who_Live_at_Leeds
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Leeds Metropolitan - Student Futures
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- Duration: 4:13
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Find out how a selection of recent graduates from Leeds Metropolitan have utilised their skills learnt whilst studying to gain a career
Music by recent graduate, Alexander Martin (BSc Music Tech)
http://wn.com/Leeds_Metropolitan_Student_Futures
Find out how a selection of recent graduates from Leeds Metropolitan have utilised their skills learnt whilst studying to gain a career
Music by recent graduate, Alexander Martin (BSc Music Tech)
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 6208
- author: LeedsMetUni
Leeds Metropolitan Living
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- Duration: 10:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Experience first hand accommodation with a difference.
We are proud to offer some of the best university accommodation in the UK.
Whether you're an undergraduate student and it's your first time away from home, or a postgraduate student with a family, we can help find the right accommodation option for you.
For more information please visit http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/accommodation#
1. Welcome - 0:00
2. Our range of Halls - 0:28
3. Halls life - 0:55
4. Accommodation guarantee - 1:51
5. Opal 1 and 2 - 2:30
6. Kirkstall Brewery - 3:35
7. 1 Mill Street - 4:13
8. Carnegie Village - 5:12
9. Life in Leeds - 6:47
10. Transport - 8:17
11. Security - 8:46
12. Residential Officer support - 9:21
13. Closing statement - 10:12
http://wn.com/Leeds_Metropolitan_Living
Experience first hand accommodation with a difference.
We are proud to offer some of the best university accommodation in the UK.
Whether you're an undergraduate student and it's your first time away from home, or a postgraduate student with a family, we can help find the right accommodation option for you.
For more information please visit http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/accommodation#
1. Welcome - 0:00
2. Our range of Halls - 0:28
3. Halls life - 0:55
4. Accommodation guarantee - 1:51
5. Opal 1 and 2 - 2:30
6. Kirkstall Brewery - 3:35
7. 1 Mill Street - 4:13
8. Carnegie Village - 5:12
9. Life in Leeds - 6:47
10. Transport - 8:17
11. Security - 8:46
12. Residential Officer support - 9:21
13. Closing statement - 10:12
- published: 24 Jul 2012
- views: 15363
- author: LeedsMetUni
Life In Leeds
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:02
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Leeds is brimming with cultural interest, from the national attractions of the Royal Armouries and the Henry Moore Institute, to local curiosities such as Lotherton Hall and Harewood House.
Leeds' thriving arts scene has everything from big name companies such as Northern Ballet and Opera North to annual festivals like Light Night.
If you are more interested in Harvey Nichols than Damien Hirst, then don't worry. Leeds, or the 'Knightsbridge of the North' as it is affectionately known, is perfect for shopaholics. With over 4.3 million square feet of retail space crammed into just five miles of streets, Leeds has one of the country's largest pedestrian retail areas.
If after your day of shopping, visiting museums and going to the theatre, you still wish to be entertained then there is arguably no better city in the country than Leeds for nightlife. The city's countless bars and nightclubs ensure that there is something to suit every taste, every night of the week.
For more information go to: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/life/index.htm
http://wn.com/Life_In_Leeds
Leeds is brimming with cultural interest, from the national attractions of the Royal Armouries and the Henry Moore Institute, to local curiosities such as Lotherton Hall and Harewood House.
Leeds' thriving arts scene has everything from big name companies such as Northern Ballet and Opera North to annual festivals like Light Night.
If you are more interested in Harvey Nichols than Damien Hirst, then don't worry. Leeds, or the 'Knightsbridge of the North' as it is affectionately known, is perfect for shopaholics. With over 4.3 million square feet of retail space crammed into just five miles of streets, Leeds has one of the country's largest pedestrian retail areas.
If after your day of shopping, visiting museums and going to the theatre, you still wish to be entertained then there is arguably no better city in the country than Leeds for nightlife. The city's countless bars and nightclubs ensure that there is something to suit every taste, every night of the week.
For more information go to: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/life/index.htm
- published: 24 Jul 2012
- views: 3374
- author: LeedsMetUni
Leeds Met Alter Egos
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Students from Leeds Metropolitan University showcase their talents both on and off the sporting field. Video produced to be shown at Leeds Rhinos home matches in the Stobart Super League
For more information please visit http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk
Music by Alistair Martland - BSc (Hons) Music Technology
http://wn.com/Leeds_Met_Alter_Egos
Students from Leeds Metropolitan University showcase their talents both on and off the sporting field. Video produced to be shown at Leeds Rhinos home matches in the Stobart Super League
For more information please visit http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk
Music by Alistair Martland - BSc (Hons) Music Technology
- published: 09 Mar 2012
- views: 2872
- author: LeedsMetUni
Graduation 2011 - Leeds Metropolitan University
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:56
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A few images from this years graduation ceremony. Well done to all who graduated!
Music by Incompetech.com
http://wn.com/Graduation_2011_Leeds_Metropolitan_University
A few images from this years graduation ceremony. Well done to all who graduated!
Music by Incompetech.com
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 6069
- author: LeedsMetUni
Student Futures - Matt Pears - MSc Sports & Exercise Science
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- Duration: 1:57
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Matt talks about is time studying at Leeds Metropolitan
http://wn.com/Student_Futures_Matt_Pears_MSc_Sports_Exercise_Science
Matt talks about is time studying at Leeds Metropolitan
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 563
- author: LeedsMetUni
Student Futures - Lauren Charnley - BA Economics for Business
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Lauren talks about her time studying at Leeds Metropolitan University
http://wn.com/Student_Futures_Lauren_Charnley_BA_Economics_for_Business
Lauren talks about her time studying at Leeds Metropolitan University
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 270
- author: LeedsMetUni
Student Futures - Angela Coupe - MSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Angela describes her time studying at Leeds Metropolitan Universty
http://wn.com/Student_Futures_Angela_Coupe_MSc_Human_Nutrition_Dietetics
Angela describes her time studying at Leeds Metropolitan Universty
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 250
- author: LeedsMetUni
Student Futures - Alaric Hellawell- PG Dip Landscape Architecture
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- Duration: 3:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Alaric talks about is time studying at Leeds Metropolitan and his career as a successful landscape architect
http://wn.com/Student_Futures_Alaric_Hellawell_PG_Dip_Landscape_Architecture
Alaric talks about is time studying at Leeds Metropolitan and his career as a successful landscape architect
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 257
- author: LeedsMetUni
My Leeds Met 2010
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Students from across the university reflect on their time at Leeds Met, leading up to this years graduation.
http://wn.com/My_Leeds_Met_2010
Students from across the university reflect on their time at Leeds Met, leading up to this years graduation.
- published: 27 Jan 2012
- views: 16333
- author: LeedsMetUni
Leeds Met Open Day Oct 2009
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Thousands of potential students and their families attended our October Open Days held at the Headingley Campus this weekend - and spirits weren't dampened despite the weather.
A packed programme was on offer for visitors, including the opportunity to see the brand new state-of-the-art Carnegie Village accommodation and Broadcasting Place facilities. Students and staff were on hand to answer any questions for those thinking of studying at Leeds Met. In addition to subject talks, campus tours and visits to student accommodation, there were also talks on the application process, financial advice and how the University can help students to find work whilst studying and after graduation. All talks were designed to answer the most commonly-asked questions of prospective students and their parents.
Leeds Met's Student Marketing Manager, Zoe Marlow, said: "I was really pleased with the number of visitors which were registered to visit us for open day. Our open days are the fun way to find out about Leeds Met and life at university where you can combine looking into your academic studies at the same time as finding out about everything else Leeds Met and the city of Leeds has to offer."
Visit Experience Leeds Met for more information.
http://wn.com/Leeds_Met_Open_Day_Oct_2009
Thousands of potential students and their families attended our October Open Days held at the Headingley Campus this weekend - and spirits weren't dampened despite the weather.
A packed programme was on offer for visitors, including the opportunity to see the brand new state-of-the-art Carnegie Village accommodation and Broadcasting Place facilities. Students and staff were on hand to answer any questions for those thinking of studying at Leeds Met. In addition to subject talks, campus tours and visits to student accommodation, there were also talks on the application process, financial advice and how the University can help students to find work whilst studying and after graduation. All talks were designed to answer the most commonly-asked questions of prospective students and their parents.
Leeds Met's Student Marketing Manager, Zoe Marlow, said: "I was really pleased with the number of visitors which were registered to visit us for open day. Our open days are the fun way to find out about Leeds Met and life at university where you can combine looking into your academic studies at the same time as finding out about everything else Leeds Met and the city of Leeds has to offer."
Visit Experience Leeds Met for more information.
- published: 26 Oct 2009
- views: 4812
- author: LeedsMetUni
Open Day Festival April 2009
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Prospective students, their families and friends, gathered at Leeds Met at the weekend for our Open Day Festival.
They were greeted by academic and administrative staff, and by current students, all of whom gave an impression of working, living and studying at the University.
The University's iconic Rose Bowl Building was the venue for this weekend's Open Day Festival, and also gave prospective students the chance to experience the building's state of the art facilities.
http://wn.com/Open_Day_Festival_April_2009
Prospective students, their families and friends, gathered at Leeds Met at the weekend for our Open Day Festival.
They were greeted by academic and administrative staff, and by current students, all of whom gave an impression of working, living and studying at the University.
The University's iconic Rose Bowl Building was the venue for this weekend's Open Day Festival, and also gave prospective students the chance to experience the building's state of the art facilities.
- published: 01 May 2009
- views: 3019
- author: LeedsMetUni
Open Day Festivals 2009
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Thinking of studying at Leeds Met? Our Open Day Festivals are the best way to find out if our university is right for you. Weve got a packed programme of events, with students and staff on hand throughout the day to answer any questions you may have. In addition to subject talks and campus tours, there's also the opportunity to visit accommodation.
How to book:
To book, simply log in to Experience Leeds Met ( https://experience.leedsmet.ac.uk/leeds/index.do ) . If you don't yet have an Experience Leeds Met account, you'll need to give us a few details via our quick registration form.
http://wn.com/Open_Day_Festivals_2009
Thinking of studying at Leeds Met? Our Open Day Festivals are the best way to find out if our university is right for you. Weve got a packed programme of events, with students and staff on hand throughout the day to answer any questions you may have. In addition to subject talks and campus tours, there's also the opportunity to visit accommodation.
How to book:
To book, simply log in to Experience Leeds Met ( https://experience.leedsmet.ac.uk/leeds/index.do ) . If you don't yet have an Experience Leeds Met account, you'll need to give us a few details via our quick registration form.
- published: 06 Mar 2009
- views: 5135
- author: LeedsMetUni
Open Day - Sept 2008
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Record numbers of prospective students and their families attended this weekend's Open Day Festivals which took place at Headingley Campus.
The festivals give students the opportunity to experience life on campus first-hand, explore the University's facilities and accommodation, including a tour of Civic Quarter, and offer them a chance to talk to existing students and staff.
Feedback from the University's previous Open Day in July 2008 included: "We have just attended the Open Day and would like to pass on our appreciation of just how impressed we all were. Our son is due to start in September. We both went to Cambridge and would certainly rank Leeds Met as an outstanding university. Well done to all involved in making the Open Day fantastic."
The Open Days follow this year's Freshers' Festival, which welcomed new students from the UK and around the world to the University.
http://wn.com/Open_Day_Sept_2008
Record numbers of prospective students and their families attended this weekend's Open Day Festivals which took place at Headingley Campus.
The festivals give students the opportunity to experience life on campus first-hand, explore the University's facilities and accommodation, including a tour of Civic Quarter, and offer them a chance to talk to existing students and staff.
Feedback from the University's previous Open Day in July 2008 included: "We have just attended the Open Day and would like to pass on our appreciation of just how impressed we all were. Our son is due to start in September. We both went to Cambridge and would certainly rank Leeds Met as an outstanding university. Well done to all involved in making the Open Day fantastic."
The Open Days follow this year's Freshers' Festival, which welcomed new students from the UK and around the world to the University.
- published: 30 Sep 2008
- views: 2603
- author: LeedsMetUni
Study at Leeds Met - UCAS Fair
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:45
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Thinking of attending a UCAS Fair? Not sure what questions to ask? Watch this guide to find out how to get the most from your day.
http://wn.com/Study_at_Leeds_Met_UCAS_Fair
Thinking of attending a UCAS Fair? Not sure what questions to ask? Watch this guide to find out how to get the most from your day.
- published: 15 Aug 2008
- views: 2257
- author: LeedsMetUni
Study at Leeds Met - School Visit
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- Duration: 2:46
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Find out what happens on a school or college visit to Leeds Met. Our School Liaison Officer arrange can arrange a bespoke visit for you and your students, including talks on subjects such as higher education, student life, student finances and completing UCAS applications.
http://wn.com/Study_at_Leeds_Met_School_Visit
Find out what happens on a school or college visit to Leeds Met. Our School Liaison Officer arrange can arrange a bespoke visit for you and your students, including talks on subjects such as higher education, student life, student finances and completing UCAS applications.
- published: 15 Aug 2008
- views: 2003
- author: LeedsMetUni
Study at Leeds Met - Why Study at Leeds Met?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Study at Leeds Met: http://bit.ly/dPM0cp.
Don't take our word for it - see what our students say about studying at Leeds Met.
http://wn.com/Study_at_Leeds_Met_Why_Study_at_Leeds_Met?
Study at Leeds Met: http://bit.ly/dPM0cp.
Don't take our word for it - see what our students say about studying at Leeds Met.
- published: 05 Nov 2008
- views: 28661
- author: LeedsMetUni
2:07
Oldham v Leeds 15 points song + MOT
After a last kick goal the Leeds fans celebrate...
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Oldham v Leeds 15 points song + MOT
After a last kick goal the Leeds fans celebrate
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 43216
- author: slugger1919
0:23
LEEDS FANS AT OLDHAM
AMAZING SUPPORT...
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
LEEDS FANS AT OLDHAM
AMAZING SUPPORT
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 67829
- author: slugger1919
1:15
Leeds goal v Oldham
last minute goal v oldham athletic...
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds goal v Oldham
last minute goal v oldham athletic
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 31467
- author: slugger1919
4:31
Leeds United (Chris Moyles) Song
Leeds United 15 points...
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds United (Chris Moyles) Song
Leeds United 15 points
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 91947
- author: slugger1919
1:23
Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United (1-2)
Nottingham Forest 1 Leeds United 2.
25th August 2007.
6 more points to zero....
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United (1-2)
Nottingham Forest 1 Leeds United 2.
25th August 2007.
6 more points to zero.
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 38716
- author: slugger1919
4:28
Leeds United V Derby County - 06/05/2007
Last minutes of the game. as the sign in the leeds stand says.. 'WE WILL BE BACK, FOREVER ...
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds United V Derby County - 06/05/2007
Last minutes of the game. as the sign in the leeds stand says.. 'WE WILL BE BACK, FOREVER LEEDS, FOREVER PROUD!'...
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 36911
- author: slugger1919
1:50
Leeds United Vs Stoke City
under the leeds stand before KO
'sit down if u hate man u'...
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds United Vs Stoke City
under the leeds stand before KO
'sit down if u hate man u'
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 66353
- author: slugger1919
1:37
Leeds fans before Southampton game
Leeds fans before Southampton game, which finished 1-0 to the Saints....
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds fans before Southampton game
Leeds fans before Southampton game, which finished 1-0 to the Saints.
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 25005
- author: slugger1919
1:06
Leeds Fans In Cardiff
Leeds fans in Edwards in cardiff before the Play off final vs watford...
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds Fans In Cardiff
Leeds fans in Edwards in cardiff before the Play off final vs watford
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 27585
- author: slugger1919
3:12
Cardiff City vs Leeds United jan 2002
Giant killing at it's best!
Footage courtesy of a bbc undercover reporter!
SAME OLD ENGLIS...
published: 10 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Cardiff City vs Leeds United jan 2002
Giant killing at it's best!
Footage courtesy of a bbc undercover reporter!
SAME OLD ENGLISH!!!!!
- published: 10 Oct 2007
- views: 124061
- author: slugger1919
4:41
Top 10 Football Songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdiM17Jkok&feature;=user
I have done a second video which i...
published: 11 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Top 10 Football Songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdiM17Jkok&feature;=user
I have done a second video which is better than this, to view it click on more videos by mattyl92, go on my profile or click the link above.
A countdown of the best football songs in the UK.
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 756987
- author: slugger1919
4:36
We Got To Zero Baby - Leeds United
Due to un-expected popularity, the original mp3 file can be downloaded from here:
www.munz...
published: 11 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
We Got To Zero Baby - Leeds United
Due to un-expected popularity, the original mp3 file can be downloaded from here:
www.munzz.co.uk/files/chrismoyles.mp3
Chris Moyles celebrates Leeds getting to zero baby!
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 53414
- author: slugger1919
2:15
Leeds United Glory Years (The Revie Years)
My video of the mighty Leeds Utd glory years, around early 1970s....
published: 11 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds United Glory Years (The Revie Years)
My video of the mighty Leeds Utd glory years, around early 1970s.
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 45072
- author: slugger1919
6:06
Leeds United
excellent video for a leeds fan but every 1 watch it n comment please...
published: 11 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds United
excellent video for a leeds fan but every 1 watch it n comment please
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 26771
- author: slugger1919
Vimeo results:
1:55
Birth of a Book
A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.
For the Dai...
published: 17 Mar 2012
author: Glen Milner
Birth of a Book
A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.
For the Daily Telegraph. Shot at Smith-Settle Printers, Leeds, England. The book being printed is Suzanne St Albans’ 'Mango and Mimosa' published as part of the Slightly Foxed series.
Shot, Directed & Edited by Glen Milner
2:48
Alimation
Film de / by Alexandre DUBOSC (France, 2' 48", 2011) http://alexandre-dubosc.com
D.C.P. (...
published: 17 May 2011
author: Alexandre DUBOSC
Alimation
Film de / by Alexandre DUBOSC (France, 2' 48", 2011) http://alexandre-dubosc.com
D.C.P. ( Digital Cinema Package ) encoding : http://www.cube-creative.fr
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==)Last interview : TV5 Monde, CANAL+, Télérama, etc : http://adubosc.free.fr/web2/interview.html
==)Last Exhibition : 104 Paris, Roanne, etc : http://adubosc.free.fr/blog/index.php?category/Expos
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( ma participation pour le concours Festival Annecy / Youtube 2011 )
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=753502709
Live motion film ( stroboscopique animation )
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Comment s'animer les papilles... ( Hommage au pré-cinéma, aux jeux optiques : zoetrope, praxinoscope, etc...)
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A tasty tribute to pre-cinema and optical toys (zoetrope, praxinoscope…).
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"Making OeuF" :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandre-dubosc/sets/72157626568497321/
Pictures :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandre-dubosc/sets/72157626575510171/
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Festivals ( compétition sélection ) :
- International Animation Short Marathon du Milano Film Festival (Italie)
- Croq'Anime, Paris (France)
- Animasyros International Animation Festival & Forum, Île de Syros (Grèce)
- Festival FIC, Bella Vista (Argentine) >> Mention spéciale
- AniFestROZAFA, Shkodra (Albanie)
- Tindirindis, Vilnius (Lituania)
- Festival du film d'animation Multivision, Saint-Petersbourg (Russie)
- Kinookus, Ston (Croatie)
- Anim'est, Bucharest (Roumanie)
- Eksjö Animation Festival (Suède)
- Instants Vidéo, Marseille (France)
- First Film Festival, Pékin (Chine)
- Festival international de films d'animation de Banjaluka (Bosnie Herzegovine)
- Mumia Festival du film d'animation underground, Belo-Horizonte (Brésil)
- Golden Kuker, Sofia (Bulgarie)
- Slow Motion Food Film Fest, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (Canada)
- Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (Canada)
- Festival international du film de Leeds (Grande-Bretagne)
- Tofuzi, Batumi (Géorgie)
- Festival Quintessence à Ouidah, Cotonou, Porto-Novo et Parakou ( Bénin )
- Festival des 24 Courts du Mans ( France )
- Festival international du court-métrage d’animation de Roanne ( France )
- Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children and Youth - Salt Lake City (United States)
- Festival AniFest - Teplice ( Czech Republic )
- Festival Court Bouillon de Nîmes ( France ) - prix spécial du Jury 2012
- Tabor Film Festival, Desinic (Croatie)
- Festival Off Courts 2012 de Trouville ( France )
- Sydney International Animation Festival ( Australia )
- London International Animation Festival ( Royaume-Uni )
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival - Barcelone ( ESPAGNE )
- Festival VIDEOFORMES - Clermont Ferrand ( FRANCE )
- New York International Children's Film Festival ( USA )
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Copyright ==) No commercial use without my permission
1:18
SNASK
Stopmotion film that I created for SNASK while interning with them in Stockholm.
I wrote,...
published: 25 Mar 2010
author: Mike Crozier
SNASK
Stopmotion film that I created for SNASK while interning with them in Stockholm.
I wrote, shot and edited the film myself without the use of special effects or stopmotion software.
There are 1846 photos, and it took just under 4 days to shoot.
For more information go to:
http://cargocollective.com/croz
http://yokestudio.com/
1:00
Villareal "Multiverse" National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Multiverse, light sculpture created by artist Leo Villareal, may be seen and experienced b...
published: 09 Jan 2009
author: Walter Patrick Smith, AIA LEED A
Villareal "Multiverse" National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Multiverse, light sculpture created by artist Leo Villareal, may be seen and experienced by visitors as they pass through the Concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art. Commissioned by the Gallery and on view until November 2009, the work features approximately 41,000 computer-programmed LED (light-emitting diode) nodes that run through channels along the entire 200-foot-long space.
See more work by this artist at www.villareal.net and www.bakerie.org.
Youtube results:
5:23
leeds united collection
Collection of goals from the past, the ending is quite emotional!....
published: 11 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
leeds united collection
Collection of goals from the past, the ending is quite emotional!.
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 34348
- author: slugger1919
5:26
Leeds United Song - Chris Moyles
Chris Moyles celebrates Leeds getting upto 0 points...
published: 11 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds United Song - Chris Moyles
Chris Moyles celebrates Leeds getting upto 0 points
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 131832
- author: slugger1919
1:19
Leeds Fans In Peacock Before Southend Game
Leeds fans singing in Peacock pub before Southend game....
published: 11 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Leeds Fans In Peacock Before Southend Game
Leeds fans singing in Peacock pub before Southend game.
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 4358
- author: slugger1919
0:57
Forest v Leeds - Time to go!!
Leeds celebrating against Nottingham Forest after another late winner!!!...
published: 11 Oct 2007
author: slugger1919
Forest v Leeds - Time to go!!
Leeds celebrating against Nottingham Forest after another late winner!!!
- published: 11 Oct 2007
- views: 8128
- author: slugger1919
5:06
The Who Live At Leeds: Heaven and Hell
The Who performing Heaven and Hell at leeds in 1970. Will be posting some small faces vide...
published: 12 Jan 2012
author: DickButus
The Who Live At Leeds: Heaven and Hell
The Who performing Heaven and Hell at leeds in 1970. Will be posting some small faces videos in a while.
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 25777
- author: DickButus
2:58
I Can't Explain - The Who (Live at Leeds)
I Can't Explain by The Who, 1970
This is about what it is like to be young and unable to e...
published: 12 Jan 2012
author: DickButus
I Can't Explain - The Who (Live at Leeds)
I Can't Explain by The Who, 1970
This is about what it is like to be young and unable to express your feelings. The guy in the song can't find a way to tell his girlfriend he loves her. The Who made their first US television appearance performing this on the ABC show Shindig. The program aired from 1964-1966 and featured many popular musicians performing their hits. The Everly Brothers, Glen Campbell, and Sonny and Cher were all frequent guests on the show.
www.songfacts.com
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 175259
- author: DickButus
3:09
The Who - Tattoo (Live At Leeds)
Music video by The Who performing Tattoo. (C) 2010 Polydor Ltd. (UK)...
published: 12 Jan 2012
author: DickButus
The Who - Tattoo (Live At Leeds)
Music video by The Who performing Tattoo. (C) 2010 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 118021
- author: DickButus
4:22
The Who - Live at Leeds
The Who at Leeds for their greatest live in 1970! it's the ONLY VIDEO of this concert!
...
published: 12 Jan 2012
author: DickButus
The Who - Live at Leeds
The Who at Leeds for their greatest live in 1970! it's the ONLY VIDEO of this concert!
Fortune Teller (0:00 to 0:05) - Happy Jack (0:06 to 0:13) - I'm a Boy (0:14 to 0:33) - A Quick One While He's Away (0:34 to 2:09) - Christmas (2:10 to 3:05) - Pinball Wizard (3:06 to 3:22) - Go to The Mirror (3:22 to 3:26) - Smash The Mirror (3:27 to 3:35)- Tommy's Holliday Camp (3:36 to 3:45) - We're Not Gonna Take It (with See Me, Feel Me) (3:46 at the end)
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 157528
- author: DickButus
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The Who ~ A Quick One, While He's Away
Please Rate & Comment...
The Who sings
A Quick One, While He's Away
Live At Leeds - 1970...
published: 12 Jan 2012
author: DickButus
The Who ~ A Quick One, While He's Away
Please Rate & Comment...
The Who sings
A Quick One, While He's Away
Live At Leeds - 1970
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 85096
- author: DickButus
8:01
Live @ Leeds- The Who (Summertime Blues, Shakin' All Over) Pt. 6
40 years ago today, one of the most exciting bands took the stage to record a live act so ...
published: 12 Jan 2012
author: DickButus
Live @ Leeds- The Who (Summertime Blues, Shakin' All Over) Pt. 6
40 years ago today, one of the most exciting bands took the stage to record a live act so terrific, they had to put it on vinyl. Well, to celebrate, I've made an entire video series dedicated for the anniversary. Hope you enjoy the songs.
PS- I could NOT (unfortunately) include the song 'My Generation' in the series because the song was over 15 minutes long and Youtube did not allow it. I'm sorry again and if anyone wants that particular song, feel free to ask! Thanks again.
Track 10: Summertime Blues
"Eddie Cochran's bouncy, rhythmic guitar style influenced Pete enormously in The Who's early days and their version of 'Summertime Blues' was a highlight of the band's stage shows for many years. Pete's block chord slash style, coupled with John's rumbling bass riff, was ideal for this song of teenage angst, and Roger, weaned on Fifties rock n' roll, loved to sing it. John always supplied the bass profundo vocal line with a wry smile."
Track 11: Shakin' All Over
"The Who's 'Shakin' All Over' is a typical full frontal assault, guaranteed to rouse everyone within earshot. Everyone gets a chance to shine: Roger howls the lyrics, John tampers with the celebrated bass riff, Pete lets fly on the solos and Keith thunders in at all the right moments."
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 16580
- author: DickButus
Vimeo results:
1:55
Birth of a Book
A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.
For the Dai...
published: 17 Mar 2012
author: Glen Milner
Birth of a Book
A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.
For the Daily Telegraph. Shot at Smith-Settle Printers, Leeds, England. The book being printed is Suzanne St Albans’ 'Mango and Mimosa' published as part of the Slightly Foxed series.
Shot, Directed & Edited by Glen Milner
2:48
Alimation
Film de / by Alexandre DUBOSC (France, 2' 48", 2011) http://alexandre-dubosc.com
D.C.P. (...
published: 17 May 2011
author: Alexandre DUBOSC
Alimation
Film de / by Alexandre DUBOSC (France, 2' 48", 2011) http://alexandre-dubosc.com
D.C.P. ( Digital Cinema Package ) encoding : http://www.cube-creative.fr
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==)Last interview : TV5 Monde, CANAL+, Télérama, etc : http://adubosc.free.fr/web2/interview.html
==)Last Exhibition : 104 Paris, Roanne, etc : http://adubosc.free.fr/blog/index.php?category/Expos
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( ma participation pour le concours Festival Annecy / Youtube 2011 )
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=753502709
Live motion film ( stroboscopique animation )
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Comment s'animer les papilles... ( Hommage au pré-cinéma, aux jeux optiques : zoetrope, praxinoscope, etc...)
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A tasty tribute to pre-cinema and optical toys (zoetrope, praxinoscope…).
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"Making OeuF" :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandre-dubosc/sets/72157626568497321/
Pictures :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandre-dubosc/sets/72157626575510171/
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Festivals ( compétition sélection ) :
- International Animation Short Marathon du Milano Film Festival (Italie)
- Croq'Anime, Paris (France)
- Animasyros International Animation Festival & Forum, Île de Syros (Grèce)
- Festival FIC, Bella Vista (Argentine) >> Mention spéciale
- AniFestROZAFA, Shkodra (Albanie)
- Tindirindis, Vilnius (Lituania)
- Festival du film d'animation Multivision, Saint-Petersbourg (Russie)
- Kinookus, Ston (Croatie)
- Anim'est, Bucharest (Roumanie)
- Eksjö Animation Festival (Suède)
- Instants Vidéo, Marseille (France)
- First Film Festival, Pékin (Chine)
- Festival international de films d'animation de Banjaluka (Bosnie Herzegovine)
- Mumia Festival du film d'animation underground, Belo-Horizonte (Brésil)
- Golden Kuker, Sofia (Bulgarie)
- Slow Motion Food Film Fest, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (Canada)
- Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (Canada)
- Festival international du film de Leeds (Grande-Bretagne)
- Tofuzi, Batumi (Géorgie)
- Festival Quintessence à Ouidah, Cotonou, Porto-Novo et Parakou ( Bénin )
- Festival des 24 Courts du Mans ( France )
- Festival international du court-métrage d’animation de Roanne ( France )
- Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children and Youth - Salt Lake City (United States)
- Festival AniFest - Teplice ( Czech Republic )
- Festival Court Bouillon de Nîmes ( France ) - prix spécial du Jury 2012
- Tabor Film Festival, Desinic (Croatie)
- Festival Off Courts 2012 de Trouville ( France )
- Sydney International Animation Festival ( Australia )
- London International Animation Festival ( Royaume-Uni )
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival - Barcelone ( ESPAGNE )
- Festival VIDEOFORMES - Clermont Ferrand ( FRANCE )
- New York International Children's Film Festival ( USA )
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Copyright ==) No commercial use without my permission
1:18
SNASK
Stopmotion film that I created for SNASK while interning with them in Stockholm.
I wrote,...
published: 25 Mar 2010
author: Mike Crozier
SNASK
Stopmotion film that I created for SNASK while interning with them in Stockholm.
I wrote, shot and edited the film myself without the use of special effects or stopmotion software.
There are 1846 photos, and it took just under 4 days to shoot.
For more information go to:
http://cargocollective.com/croz
http://yokestudio.com/
1:00
Villareal "Multiverse" National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Multiverse, light sculpture created by artist Leo Villareal, may be seen and experienced b...
published: 09 Jan 2009
author: Walter Patrick Smith, AIA LEED A
Villareal "Multiverse" National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Multiverse, light sculpture created by artist Leo Villareal, may be seen and experienced by visitors as they pass through the Concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art. Commissioned by the Gallery and on view until November 2009, the work features approximately 41,000 computer-programmed LED (light-emitting diode) nodes that run through channels along the entire 200-foot-long space.
See more work by this artist at www.villareal.net and www.bakerie.org.
Youtube results:
7:39
Amazing Journey/Sparks by The Who(Live At Leeds)
This is the Live at Leeds version of the song. I couldn't find it anywhere on youtube, so ...
published: 12 Jan 2012
author: DickButus
Amazing Journey/Sparks by The Who(Live At Leeds)
This is the Live at Leeds version of the song. I couldn't find it anywhere on youtube, so I made one of my own. Enjoy. The Who will stay in our psyche's forever.
For Comedy, try my main channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ImmatureAmatuerShow
- published: 12 Jan 2012
- views: 4346
- author: DickButus
4:13
Leeds Metropolitan - Student Futures
Find out how a selection of recent graduates from Leeds Metropolitan have utilised their s...
published: 11 Jan 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
Leeds Metropolitan - Student Futures
Find out how a selection of recent graduates from Leeds Metropolitan have utilised their skills learnt whilst studying to gain a career
Music by recent graduate, Alexander Martin (BSc Music Tech)
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 6208
- author: LeedsMetUni
10:53
Leeds Metropolitan Living
Experience first hand accommodation with a difference.
We are proud to offer some of the ...
published: 24 Jul 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
Leeds Metropolitan Living
Experience first hand accommodation with a difference.
We are proud to offer some of the best university accommodation in the UK.
Whether you're an undergraduate student and it's your first time away from home, or a postgraduate student with a family, we can help find the right accommodation option for you.
For more information please visit http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/accommodation#
1. Welcome - 0:00
2. Our range of Halls - 0:28
3. Halls life - 0:55
4. Accommodation guarantee - 1:51
5. Opal 1 and 2 - 2:30
6. Kirkstall Brewery - 3:35
7. 1 Mill Street - 4:13
8. Carnegie Village - 5:12
9. Life in Leeds - 6:47
10. Transport - 8:17
11. Security - 8:46
12. Residential Officer support - 9:21
13. Closing statement - 10:12
- published: 24 Jul 2012
- views: 15363
- author: LeedsMetUni
2:02
Life In Leeds
Leeds is brimming with cultural interest, from the national attractions of the Royal Armou...
published: 24 Jul 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
Life In Leeds
Leeds is brimming with cultural interest, from the national attractions of the Royal Armouries and the Henry Moore Institute, to local curiosities such as Lotherton Hall and Harewood House.
Leeds' thriving arts scene has everything from big name companies such as Northern Ballet and Opera North to annual festivals like Light Night.
If you are more interested in Harvey Nichols than Damien Hirst, then don't worry. Leeds, or the 'Knightsbridge of the North' as it is affectionately known, is perfect for shopaholics. With over 4.3 million square feet of retail space crammed into just five miles of streets, Leeds has one of the country's largest pedestrian retail areas.
If after your day of shopping, visiting museums and going to the theatre, you still wish to be entertained then there is arguably no better city in the country than Leeds for nightlife. The city's countless bars and nightclubs ensure that there is something to suit every taste, every night of the week.
For more information go to: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/life/index.htm
- published: 24 Jul 2012
- views: 3374
- author: LeedsMetUni
0:31
Leeds Met Alter Egos
Students from Leeds Metropolitan University showcase their talents both on and off the spo...
published: 09 Mar 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
Leeds Met Alter Egos
Students from Leeds Metropolitan University showcase their talents both on and off the sporting field. Video produced to be shown at Leeds Rhinos home matches in the Stobart Super League
For more information please visit http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk
Music by Alistair Martland - BSc (Hons) Music Technology
- published: 09 Mar 2012
- views: 2872
- author: LeedsMetUni
2:56
Graduation 2011 - Leeds Metropolitan University
A few images from this years graduation ceremony. Well done to all who graduated!
Music b...
published: 11 Jan 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
Graduation 2011 - Leeds Metropolitan University
A few images from this years graduation ceremony. Well done to all who graduated!
Music by Incompetech.com
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 6069
- author: LeedsMetUni
1:57
Student Futures - Matt Pears - MSc Sports & Exercise Science
Matt talks about is time studying at Leeds Metropolitan...
published: 11 Jan 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
Student Futures - Matt Pears - MSc Sports & Exercise Science
Matt talks about is time studying at Leeds Metropolitan
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 563
- author: LeedsMetUni
2:51
Student Futures - Lauren Charnley - BA Economics for Business
Lauren talks about her time studying at Leeds Metropolitan University...
published: 11 Jan 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
Student Futures - Lauren Charnley - BA Economics for Business
Lauren talks about her time studying at Leeds Metropolitan University
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 270
- author: LeedsMetUni
2:24
Student Futures - Angela Coupe - MSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics
Angela describes her time studying at Leeds Metropolitan Universty...
published: 11 Jan 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
Student Futures - Angela Coupe - MSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics
Angela describes her time studying at Leeds Metropolitan Universty
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 250
- author: LeedsMetUni
3:09
Student Futures - Alaric Hellawell- PG Dip Landscape Architecture
Alaric talks about is time studying at Leeds Metropolitan and his career as a successful l...
published: 11 Jan 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
Student Futures - Alaric Hellawell- PG Dip Landscape Architecture
Alaric talks about is time studying at Leeds Metropolitan and his career as a successful landscape architect
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 257
- author: LeedsMetUni
4:04
My Leeds Met 2010
Students from across the university reflect on their time at Leeds Met, leading up to this...
published: 27 Jan 2012
author: LeedsMetUni
My Leeds Met 2010
Students from across the university reflect on their time at Leeds Met, leading up to this years graduation.
- published: 27 Jan 2012
- views: 16333
- author: LeedsMetUni
3:01
Leeds Met Open Day Oct 2009
Thousands of potential students and their families attended our October Open Days held at ...
published: 26 Oct 2009
author: LeedsMetUni
Leeds Met Open Day Oct 2009
Thousands of potential students and their families attended our October Open Days held at the Headingley Campus this weekend - and spirits weren't dampened despite the weather.
A packed programme was on offer for visitors, including the opportunity to see the brand new state-of-the-art Carnegie Village accommodation and Broadcasting Place facilities. Students and staff were on hand to answer any questions for those thinking of studying at Leeds Met. In addition to subject talks, campus tours and visits to student accommodation, there were also talks on the application process, financial advice and how the University can help students to find work whilst studying and after graduation. All talks were designed to answer the most commonly-asked questions of prospective students and their parents.
Leeds Met's Student Marketing Manager, Zoe Marlow, said: "I was really pleased with the number of visitors which were registered to visit us for open day. Our open days are the fun way to find out about Leeds Met and life at university where you can combine looking into your academic studies at the same time as finding out about everything else Leeds Met and the city of Leeds has to offer."
Visit Experience Leeds Met for more information.
- published: 26 Oct 2009
- views: 4812
- author: LeedsMetUni
2:41
Open Day Festival April 2009
Prospective students, their families and friends, gathered at Leeds Met at the weekend for...
published: 01 May 2009
author: LeedsMetUni
Open Day Festival April 2009
Prospective students, their families and friends, gathered at Leeds Met at the weekend for our Open Day Festival.
They were greeted by academic and administrative staff, and by current students, all of whom gave an impression of working, living and studying at the University.
The University's iconic Rose Bowl Building was the venue for this weekend's Open Day Festival, and also gave prospective students the chance to experience the building's state of the art facilities.
- published: 01 May 2009
- views: 3019
- author: LeedsMetUni
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Open Day Festivals 2009
Thinking of studying at Leeds Met? Our Open Day Festivals are the best way to find out if ...
published: 06 Mar 2009
author: LeedsMetUni
Open Day Festivals 2009
Thinking of studying at Leeds Met? Our Open Day Festivals are the best way to find out if our university is right for you. Weve got a packed programme of events, with students and staff on hand throughout the day to answer any questions you may have. In addition to subject talks and campus tours, there's also the opportunity to visit accommodation.
How to book:
To book, simply log in to Experience Leeds Met ( https://experience.leedsmet.ac.uk/leeds/index.do ) . If you don't yet have an Experience Leeds Met account, you'll need to give us a few details via our quick registration form.
- published: 06 Mar 2009
- views: 5135
- author: LeedsMetUni
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Open Day - Sept 2008
Record numbers of prospective students and their families attended this weekend's Open Day...
published: 30 Sep 2008
author: LeedsMetUni
Open Day - Sept 2008
Record numbers of prospective students and their families attended this weekend's Open Day Festivals which took place at Headingley Campus.
The festivals give students the opportunity to experience life on campus first-hand, explore the University's facilities and accommodation, including a tour of Civic Quarter, and offer them a chance to talk to existing students and staff.
Feedback from the University's previous Open Day in July 2008 included: "We have just attended the Open Day and would like to pass on our appreciation of just how impressed we all were. Our son is due to start in September. We both went to Cambridge and would certainly rank Leeds Met as an outstanding university. Well done to all involved in making the Open Day fantastic."
The Open Days follow this year's Freshers' Festival, which welcomed new students from the UK and around the world to the University.
- published: 30 Sep 2008
- views: 2603
- author: LeedsMetUni
Vimeo results:
1:55
Birth of a Book
A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.
For the Dai...
published: 17 Mar 2012
author: Glen Milner
Birth of a Book
A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.
For the Daily Telegraph. Shot at Smith-Settle Printers, Leeds, England. The book being printed is Suzanne St Albans’ 'Mango and Mimosa' published as part of the Slightly Foxed series.
Shot, Directed & Edited by Glen Milner
2:48
Alimation
Film de / by Alexandre DUBOSC (France, 2' 48", 2011) http://alexandre-dubosc.com
D.C.P. (...
published: 17 May 2011
author: Alexandre DUBOSC
Alimation
Film de / by Alexandre DUBOSC (France, 2' 48", 2011) http://alexandre-dubosc.com
D.C.P. ( Digital Cinema Package ) encoding : http://www.cube-creative.fr
-------------
==)Last interview : TV5 Monde, CANAL+, Télérama, etc : http://adubosc.free.fr/web2/interview.html
==)Last Exhibition : 104 Paris, Roanne, etc : http://adubosc.free.fr/blog/index.php?category/Expos
-------------
( ma participation pour le concours Festival Annecy / Youtube 2011 )
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=753502709
Live motion film ( stroboscopique animation )
-------------------------------------
Comment s'animer les papilles... ( Hommage au pré-cinéma, aux jeux optiques : zoetrope, praxinoscope, etc...)
-------------------------------------
A tasty tribute to pre-cinema and optical toys (zoetrope, praxinoscope…).
-------------------------------------
"Making OeuF" :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandre-dubosc/sets/72157626568497321/
Pictures :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandre-dubosc/sets/72157626575510171/
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Festivals ( compétition sélection ) :
- International Animation Short Marathon du Milano Film Festival (Italie)
- Croq'Anime, Paris (France)
- Animasyros International Animation Festival & Forum, Île de Syros (Grèce)
- Festival FIC, Bella Vista (Argentine) >> Mention spéciale
- AniFestROZAFA, Shkodra (Albanie)
- Tindirindis, Vilnius (Lituania)
- Festival du film d'animation Multivision, Saint-Petersbourg (Russie)
- Kinookus, Ston (Croatie)
- Anim'est, Bucharest (Roumanie)
- Eksjö Animation Festival (Suède)
- Instants Vidéo, Marseille (France)
- First Film Festival, Pékin (Chine)
- Festival international de films d'animation de Banjaluka (Bosnie Herzegovine)
- Mumia Festival du film d'animation underground, Belo-Horizonte (Brésil)
- Golden Kuker, Sofia (Bulgarie)
- Slow Motion Food Film Fest, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (Canada)
- Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (Canada)
- Festival international du film de Leeds (Grande-Bretagne)
- Tofuzi, Batumi (Géorgie)
- Festival Quintessence à Ouidah, Cotonou, Porto-Novo et Parakou ( Bénin )
- Festival des 24 Courts du Mans ( France )
- Festival international du court-métrage d’animation de Roanne ( France )
- Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children and Youth - Salt Lake City (United States)
- Festival AniFest - Teplice ( Czech Republic )
- Festival Court Bouillon de Nîmes ( France ) - prix spécial du Jury 2012
- Tabor Film Festival, Desinic (Croatie)
- Festival Off Courts 2012 de Trouville ( France )
- Sydney International Animation Festival ( Australia )
- London International Animation Festival ( Royaume-Uni )
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival - Barcelone ( ESPAGNE )
- Festival VIDEOFORMES - Clermont Ferrand ( FRANCE )
- New York International Children's Film Festival ( USA )
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Copyright ==) No commercial use without my permission
1:18
SNASK
Stopmotion film that I created for SNASK while interning with them in Stockholm.
I wrote,...
published: 25 Mar 2010
author: Mike Crozier
SNASK
Stopmotion film that I created for SNASK while interning with them in Stockholm.
I wrote, shot and edited the film myself without the use of special effects or stopmotion software.
There are 1846 photos, and it took just under 4 days to shoot.
For more information go to:
http://cargocollective.com/croz
http://yokestudio.com/
1:00
Villareal "Multiverse" National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Multiverse, light sculpture created by artist Leo Villareal, may be seen and experienced b...
published: 09 Jan 2009
author: Walter Patrick Smith, AIA LEED A
Villareal "Multiverse" National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Multiverse, light sculpture created by artist Leo Villareal, may be seen and experienced by visitors as they pass through the Concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art. Commissioned by the Gallery and on view until November 2009, the work features approximately 41,000 computer-programmed LED (light-emitting diode) nodes that run through channels along the entire 200-foot-long space.
See more work by this artist at www.villareal.net and www.bakerie.org.
Youtube results:
1:45
Study at Leeds Met - UCAS Fair
Thinking of attending a UCAS Fair? Not sure what questions to ask? Watch this guide to fin...
published: 15 Aug 2008
author: LeedsMetUni
Study at Leeds Met - UCAS Fair
Thinking of attending a UCAS Fair? Not sure what questions to ask? Watch this guide to find out how to get the most from your day.
- published: 15 Aug 2008
- views: 2257
- author: LeedsMetUni
2:46
Study at Leeds Met - School Visit
Find out what happens on a school or college visit to Leeds Met. Our School Liaison Office...
published: 15 Aug 2008
author: LeedsMetUni
Study at Leeds Met - School Visit
Find out what happens on a school or college visit to Leeds Met. Our School Liaison Officer arrange can arrange a bespoke visit for you and your students, including talks on subjects such as higher education, student life, student finances and completing UCAS applications.
- published: 15 Aug 2008
- views: 2003
- author: LeedsMetUni
6:27
Study at Leeds Met - Why Study at Leeds Met?
Study at Leeds Met: http://bit.ly/dPM0cp.
Don't take our word for it - see what our stude...
published: 05 Nov 2008
author: LeedsMetUni
Study at Leeds Met - Why Study at Leeds Met?
Study at Leeds Met: http://bit.ly/dPM0cp.
Don't take our word for it - see what our students say about studying at Leeds Met.
- published: 05 Nov 2008
- views: 28661
- author: LeedsMetUni
photo: AP / Michael Sohn
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Pope Benedict pledged his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his successor Thursday, then left the Vatican as the first Roman Catholic Church leader to resign in 600 years. Benedict flew from the Vatican by helicopter to the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo near Rome, several hours before his eight-year papacy was to end officially at 8 p.m., local time (1900 UTC) ... Peter's Square after he left ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
photo: White House / Pete Souza
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Bierkeller Leeds, Leeds Sun 17th March 2013. An acoustic open mic experience with a relaxed and fun attitude!. Date. Sunday 17th March 2013. Venue. Bierkeller Leeds ». Location. Leeds ». Doors ... Short url ... Drinks Deals. Jagermeister £2 ... Find more events on Sunday 17th March 2013 in Leeds ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
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02 Mar 2013
Musiquarium, Leeds Sat 9th March 2013. Futurephunk will be a series of new Electronic Dance music events in 2013 to be held in Leeds @Musiquarium starting with very special guest Cari Lekebusch !. Date. Saturday 9th March 2013. Venue. Musiquarium ». Location. Leeds ». Doors ... Short url ... @ Musiquarium Leeds saturday 9th march ... The Musiquarium unit 8-14 wyther lane Leeds LS5 3BT ... 18 ... Find more events on Saturday 9th March 2013 in Leeds....(size: 2.4Kb)
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02 Mar 2013
No. 1 Leeds, Leeds Sat 2nd March 2013. Footprints is a touring exhibition created and supported by The Photographic Angle. For more information see www.thephotographicangle.co.uk. Date. Saturday 2nd March 2013. Venue. No. 1 Leeds » ... Leeds » ... Find more events on Saturday 2nd March 2013 in Leeds ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
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02 Mar 2013
Armley Mills Leeds, Leeds Sat 2nd March 2013. Ghost Hunting Event with Compass Paranormal Events. Use our equipment and take part in experiments to see if there really is life after death!. Date. Saturday 2nd March 2013. Venue. Armley Mills Leeds ». Location. Leeds ». Doors. 8.00pm til 2.00am (last entry 7.45pm). Short url. http.//www.skiddle.com/events/11789752/ ... Groups. ... 18 ... £49 ... Find more events on Saturday 2nd March 2013 in Leeds ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)
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02 Mar 2013
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02 Mar 2013
The Arch Cafe, Leeds Sat 2nd March 2013. Book title. Worth Their Weight In Blood Genre. Science Fiction Author. Carole Jahme Publisher. Mira Publishing House CiC Date. 2nd March 2013 Time. 12 -. Date. Saturday 2nd March 2013 ... Leeds » ... Find more events on Saturday 2nd March 2013 in Leeds ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
Seattle Post
02 Mar 2013
Green Lake Residence Designed by Coates Design Architects Now Showcases Rising Trends in Home Design. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) March 01, 2013 ... Their 3,320 SF home features top trends for spring and summer of 2013, including ... Recent achievements include the first LEED Platinum residence outside the Seattle City limits, the LEED Silver Bainbridge Island Kid’s Discovery Museum, and the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, targeted for LEED Gold....(size: 2.7Kb)
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02 Mar 2013
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York Press
02 Mar 2013
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Skiddle
02 Mar 2013
The Parkrow Bar And Brasserie, Leeds Sat 2nd March 2013. Learn, make and of course sample our wide range of cocktails in a private cocktail class!. Date. Saturday 2nd March 2013. Venue. The Parkrow Bar And Brasserie ». Location. Leeds ». Doors. 11.00am til 4.00am (last entry 1.00am). Short url. http.//www.skiddle.com/events/11820958/ ... Perfect for birthdays, hen do's and socials! ... Find more events on Saturday 2nd March 2013 in Leeds ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)
This article is about the city of Leeds in England. For the administrative district, see City of Leeds. For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation).
| Leeds | |||
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| City of Leeds | |||
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| Motto: "Pro rege et lege" "For king and the law" | |||
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| Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 1°32′57″W / 53.79972°N 1.54917°W / 53.79972; -1.54917 | |||
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | ||
| Constituent country | England | ||
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Ceremonial county | West Yorkshire | ||
| Admin HQ | Leeds city centre | ||
| Borough Charter | 1207 | ||
| Town Charter | 1626 | ||
| City status | 1893 | ||
| City of Leeds Met. District created | 1974 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Metropolitan borough, City | ||
| • Governing body | Leeds City Council | ||
| • Lord Mayor | Cllr James McKenna (L) | ||
| • Leader of the Council | Cllr Keith Wakefield (L) | ||
| • Chief Executive | Tom Riordan | ||
| • MPs: | Stuart Andrew (C) Ed Balls (L) |
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 213 sq mi (551.72 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 33–1,115 ft (10–340 m) | ||
| Population (2010 est.) | |||
| • Total | 798,800 (Ranked 2nd) | ||
| • Density | 3,574/sq mi (1,380/km2) | ||
| • Ethnicity (2001 census)[1] |
89.1% White 5.4% Asian or Asian British 2.0% Black or Black British 1.7% Mixed Race 1.8% Chinese and other |
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| Demonym | Loiner/Leodensian | ||
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) | ||
| Postcode | LS,part of WF and also part of BD. | ||
| Area code(s) | 0113 (urban core) 01924 (Wakefield nos) 01937 (Wetherby/ Boston Spa) 01943 (Guiseley/ Otley) 01977 (Pontefract nos) |
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| ISO 3166-2 | GB-LDS | ||
| ONS code | 00DA | ||
| NUTS 3 | UKE42 | ||
| OS grid reference | SE296338 | ||
| Euro. Parlt. Const. | Yorkshire & the Humber | ||
| Website | www.leeds.gov.uk | ||
Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 1°32′57″W / 53.79972°N 1.54917°W / 53.79972; -1.54917 Leeds (i/ˈliːdz/) is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.[2] In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247,[3] while the entire city has a population of 798,800 (2011 est.),[4] making it the 24th-most populous city in the European Union
Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area,[5][6][7] which at the 2001 census had a population of 1.5 million,[8] and the Leeds-Bradford Metropolitan Area, of which Leeds is the integral part, had a population of around 2.3 million, making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom.[9] In addition, the Leeds city region, an economic area with Leeds at its core, had a population of 2.9 million.[10] Leeds is the UK's largest centre for business, legal, and financial services outside London,[11][12][13][14][15] and its office market is the best in Europe for value.[16] Leeds is considered a Gamma World City, alongside cities such as Phoenix, St. Petersburg and Valencia.[17]
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds can trace its recorded history to the 5th century when the Kingdom of Elmet was covered by the forest of "Loidis", the origin of the name Leeds. The name has been applied to many administrative entities over the centuries. It changed from being the appellation of a small manorial borough, in the 13th century, through several incarnations, to being the name attached to the present metropolitan borough. In the 17th and 18th centuries Leeds became a major centre for the production and trading of wool. Then, during the Industrial Revolution, Leeds developed into a major industrial centre; wool was still the dominant industry but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing, and other industries were important.[18] From being a compact market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century Leeds expanded and absorbed the surrounding villages to become a populous urban centre by the mid-20th century.
Public transport, rail and road communications networks in the region are focused on Leeds and there are a number of twinning arrangements with towns and cities in other countries. Its assigned role in the Leeds City Region partnership recognises the city's importance to regional economic development.
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History[link]
Main article: History of Leeds
Toponymy[link]
The name Leeds derives from "Loidis", the name given to a forest covering most of the Brythonic kingdom of Elmet, which existed during the 5th century into the early 7th century.[19] Bede states in the fourteenth chapter of his Historia ecclesiastica, in a discussion of an altar surviving from a church erected by Edwin of Northumbria, that it is located in "...regione quae vocatur Loidis", the region known as Loidis. An inhabitant of Leeds is locally known as a Loiner, a word of uncertain origin.[20]
Economic development[link]
Leeds developed as a market town in the Middle Ages as part of the local agricultural economy. Prior to the Industrial Revolution it had become a co-ordination centre for the making of woollen cloth; with white broadcloth being traded at the Leeds White Cloth Hall.[21] Leeds was handling one sixth of England's export trade in 1770.[22] Growth, initially in textiles, was accelerated by the building of the Aire and Calder Navigation in 1699 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in 1816.[23] The railway network constructed around Leeds, starting with the Leeds and Selby Railway in 1834, provided improved communications with national markets and, significantly for its development, an east-west connection with Manchester and the ports of Liverpool and Hull giving improved access to international markets.[24] Alongside technological advances and industrial expansion, Leeds retained an interest in trading in agricultural commodities, with the Corn Exchange opening in 1864.
Marshall's Mill was one of the first of the many factories that were to be constructed in Leeds from around 1790.[25] In the early years the most significant of the factories were woollen finishing and flax mills; diversifying by 1914 to printing, engineering, chemicals and clothing manufacture.[26] Decline in manufacturing during the 1930s was temporarily reversed by a switch to producing military uniforms and munitions during World War II. However, by the 1970s the clothing industry was in irreversible decline, facing cheap foreign competition.[27] The contemporary economy of Leeds has been shaped by Leeds City Council having the vision of building a '24 hour European city' and a 'capital of the north'.[28] It has developed from the decay of the post-industrial era to become a telephone banking centre, connected to the electronic infrastructure of the modern global economy.[28] There has been growth in the corporate and legal sectors[29] and increased local affluence has led to an expanding retail sector, including the luxury goods market.[30] In 2011 it was announced that Leeds will become an enterprise zone, which will help small businesses in the region to increase economic growth.[31][32]
Local government[link]
Main article: History of local government in Yorkshire
| 1881 | 160,109 |
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| 1891 | 177,523 |
| 1901 | 177,920 |
| 1911 | 259,394 |
| 1921 | 269,665 |
| 1931 | 482,809 |
| 1941 | war # |
| 1951 | 505,219 |
| 1961 | 510,676 |
| # no census was held due to war | |
| source: UK census[33] | |
Leeds was a manor and township in the large ancient parish of Leeds St Peter, in the Skyrack wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[34] The Borough of Leeds was created in 1207, when Maurice Paynel, lord of the manor, granted a charter to a small area within the manor, close to the river crossing, in what is now the city centre. Four centuries later, the inhabitants of Leeds petitioned Charles I for a charter of incorporation, which was granted in 1626. The new charter incorporated the entire parish, including all eleven townships, as the Borough of Leeds and withdrew the earlier charter. Improvement commissioners were set up in 1755 for paving, lighting, and cleansing of the main streets, including Briggate; with further powers added in 1790 to improve the water supply.[35]
The borough corporation was reformed under the provisions of Municipal Corporations Act 1835. Leeds Borough Police force was formed in 1836 and Leeds Town Hall was completed by the corporation in 1858. In 1866 Leeds, and each of the other townships in the borough, became a civil parish. The borough became a county borough in 1889, giving it independence from the newly formed West Riding County Council and it gained city status in 1893. In 1904 the Leeds parish absorbed Beeston, Chapel Allerton, Farnley, Headingley cum Burley and Potternewton from within the borough. In the twentieth century the county borough initiated a series of significant territorial expansions, growing from 21,593 acres (87.38 km2) in 1911 to 40,612 acres (164.35 km2) in 1961.[36] In 1912 the parish and county borough of Leeds absorbed Leeds Rural District, consisting of the parishes of Roundhay and Seacroft; and Shadwell, which had been part of Wetherby Rural District. On 1 April 1925 the parish of Leeds was expanded to cover the whole borough.[34]
The county borough was abolished on 1 April 1974 and its former area was combined with that of the municipal boroughs of Morley and Pudsey; the urban districts of Aireborough, Horsforth, Otley, Garforth and Rothwell; and parts of the rural districts of Tadcaster, Wetherby and Wharfedale.[37] This area was used to form a new metropolitan district in the county of West Yorkshire; it gained both borough and city status and is known as the City of Leeds. Initially, local government services were provided by Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire County Council. However, the county council was abolished in 1986 and the city council absorbed its functions, with some powers passing to organisations such as the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority. From 1988 two run-down and derelict areas close to the city centre were designated for regeneration and formed the area of responsibility of Leeds Development Corporation, outside the planning remit of the city council.[38] Planning powers were restored to the local authority in 1995 when the development corporation was wound up.
Suburban growth[link]
File:Quarry Hill Flats1.jpg
Quarry Hill flats
In 1801, 42% of the population of Leeds lived outside the township, in the wider borough. Cholera outbreaks in 1832 and 1849 caused the borough authorities to address the problems of drainage, sanitation and water supply. Water was originally pumped from the River Wharfe, but by 1860 it was too heavily polluted to be usable. Following the Leeds Waterworks Act of 1867 three reservoirs were built at Lindley Wood, Swinsty and Fewston, to the north of Leeds.[39] Residential growth occurred in Holbeck and Hunslet from 1801 to 1851, but, as these townships became industrialised new areas were favoured for middle class housing.[40] Land to the south of the river was henceforth developed, primarily for industry and secondarily for back-to-back workers' dwellings. The Leeds Improvement Act 1866 sought to improve the quality of working class housing by restricting the number of homes that could be built in a single terrace.[41] Holbeck and Leeds formed a continuous built-up area by 1858, with Hunslet nearly meeting them.[42] In the latter half of the nineteenth century, population growth in Hunslet, Armley and Wortley outstripped that of Leeds itself. When pollution became a problem, the wealthier residents left the small industrial conurbation to live in the northerly villages of Headingley, Potternewton and Chapel Allerton; this led to a 50% increase in the population of Headingley and Burley from 1851 to 1861. The middle class flight from the industrial areas also led to development beyond the borough at Roundhay and Adel.[42] The introduction of the electric tramway led to intensification of development in Headingley and Potternewton and expansion outside the borough into Roundhay.[43]
Two private gas supply companies were taken over by the corporation in 1870 and this new municipal supply was used to provide street lighting and cheaper gas to homes. From the early 1880s the Yorkshire House-to-House Electricity Company supplied electricity to Leeds until it was also purchased by Leeds Corporation and became a municipal supply.[44]
Slum clearance and rebuilding began in Leeds in the Inter-war period when over 18,000 houses were built by the council on 24 estates in places like Cross Gates, Middleton, Gipton, Belle Isle and Halton Moor. The slums of Quarry Hill were replaced by the innovative Quarry Hill flats, which were demolished in 1975. Another 36,000 houses were built by private sector builders, creating the suburbs of Gledhow, Moortown, Alwoodley, Roundhay, Colton, Whitkirk, Oakwood, Weetwood and Adel. After 1949 a further 30,000 sub-standard houses were demolished by the council to be replaced by a total of 151 medium-rise and high-rise blocks of council flats in estates like Seacroft, Armley Heights, Tinshill and Brackenwood.[45]
Recently, Leeds has seen great local expenditure on regenerating the city, attracting in investments and flagship projects,[46] as found in Leeds city centre. Many buildings have already been built, boasting luxurious penthouse apartments,[47] very close to the city centre.
Geography[link]
At 53°47′59″N 1°32′57″W / 53.79972°N 1.54917°W / 53.79972; -1.54917 (53.799°, −1.549°), and 190 miles (310 km) north-northwest of central London, the central area of Leeds is located on the River Aire in a narrow section of the Aire Valley, which is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city centre lies at about 206 feet (63 m) above sea level while the district ranges from 1,115 feet (340 m) in the far west on the slopes of Ilkley Moor to about 33 feet (10 m) where the rivers Aire and Wharfe cross the eastern boundary. The centre of Leeds is part of a continuously built-up area extending to Pudsey, Bramley, Horsforth, Alwoodley, Seacroft, Middleton and Morley.[48] Leeds has the second highest population of any local authority district in the UK (after Birmingham), and the second greatest area of any English metropolitan district (after Doncaster), extending 15 miles (24 km) from east to west, and 13 miles (21 km) from north to south. The northern boundary follows the River Wharfe for several miles but crosses the river to include the section of Otley which lies north of the river. Over 65% of the Leeds district is green belt land and the city centre is less than twenty miles (32 km) from the Yorkshire Dales National Park,[49] which offers some of the most spectacular scenery and countryside in the UK.[50] Inner and southern areas of Leeds lie on a layer of coal measure sandstones. To the north parts are built on older sand and gritstones and to the east it extends into the magnesian limestone belt.[25][51] The land use in the central areas of Leeds is overwhelmingly urban.[48]
Attempts to define the exact geographic meaning of Leeds lead to a variety of concepts of its extent, varying by context; they include the area of the city centre, the urban sprawl, the administrative boundaries, and the functional region.[52]
| “ | Leeds is much more a generalised concept place name in inverted commas, it is the city, but it is also the commuter villages and the region as well. | ” |
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Leeds city centre is contained within the Leeds Inner Ring Road, formed from parts of the A58 road, A61 road, A64 road, A643 road and the M621 motorway. Briggate, the principal north-south shopping street, is pedestrianised and Queen Victoria Street, a part of the Victoria Quarter, is enclosed under a glass roof. Millennium Square is a significant urban focal point. The Leeds postcode area covers most of the City of Leeds[53] and is almost entirely made up of the Leeds post town.[54] Otley, Wetherby, Tadcaster, Pudsey and Ilkley are separate post towns within the postcode area.[54] Aside from the built up area of Leeds itself, there are a number of suburbs and exurbs within the district.
Climate[link]
Leeds has a climate that is oceanic, greatly influenced by the Atlantic and the Pennines. Summers are usually mild, with moderate rainfall, while winters are chilly, cloudy with occasional snow and frost. Spring and autumn are mild but snow and frost are not unheard of in either season
July is the warmest month, with a mean temperature of 16 °C (61 °F), while the coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of 3 °C (37 °F). Temperatures above 30 °C and below −10 °C are not very common but can happen occasionally. Temperatures at Leeds Bradford Airport fell to −12.6 °C (9.3 °F) in December 2010[55] and reached 31.8 °C (89.2 °F) at Leeds city centre in August 2003.[56] The record temperature for Leeds is 34.4 °C (94 °F) during the early August 1990 heatwave.
Being located on the eastern side of the Pennines, Leeds is amongst the driest cities in the United Kingdom, with an annual rainfall of 660 mm (25.98 in). Snowfall is common, but increases with altitude. Most snow falls in the months of December, January and February but can also fall in November, March and April. Frost is common, and usually occurs from November until April but can occur in October, June and September. Fog mainly occurs in autumn and winter, and Leeds can be susceptible to fog from the North Sea, especially during spells of easterly winds.
Though extreme weather in Leeds is relatively rare, thunderstorms, blizzards, gale force winds and even tornadoes have struck the city. The last reported tornado occurred on 14 September 2006, causing trees to uproot and signal failures at Leeds City railway station.[57]
| Climate data for Leeds | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
12.58 (54.64) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
13 (55) |
9.8 (49.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
8.76 (47.76) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
2.9 (37.2) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.93 (40.88) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 61 (2.4) |
45 (1.77) |
52 (2.05) |
48 (1.89) |
54 (2.13) |
54 (2.13) |
51 (2.01) |
65 (2.56) |
57 (2.24) |
55 (2.17) |
57 (2.24) |
61 (2.4) |
660 (25.98) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 17.5 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 15.1 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 172.3 |
| Source: [58] | |||||||||||||
Demography[link]
Urban subdivision[link]
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| 2001 UK Census |
Leeds USD |
Leeds district |
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| Population | 443,247 | 715,402 | 1,499,465 | 49,138,831 |
| White | 88.4% | 91.9% | 85.5% | 90.9% |
| Asian | 6.4% | 4.5% | 11.2% | 4.6% |
| Black | 2.2% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 2.3% |
| Source: Office for National Statistics[59][60] | ||||
At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, the Leeds urban subdivision occupied an area of 109 square kilometres (42 sq mi) and had a population of 443,247; making it the fourth most populous urban subdivision within England and the fifth largest within the United Kingdom. The population density was 4,066 inhabitants per square kilometre (10,530 /sq mi), slightly higher than the rest of the West Yorkshire Urban Area. It accounts for 20% of the area and 62% of the population of the City of Leeds. The population of the urban subdivision had a 100 to 93.1 female–male ratio.[61] Of those over 16 years old, 39.4% were single (never married) and 35.4% married for the first time.[62] The urban subdivision's 188,890 households included 35% one-person, 27.9% married couples living together, 8.8% were co-habiting couples, and 5.7% single parents with their children. Leeds is the largest component of the West Yorkshire Urban Area[48] and is counted by Eurostat as part of the Leeds-Bradford Larger Urban Zone. The Leeds travel to work area in 2001 included all of the City of Leeds, a northern strip of the City of Bradford, the eastern part of Kirklees, and a section of southern North Yorkshire; it occupies 751 square kilometres (290 sq mi).
Metropolitan district[link]
As of the 2001 UK census, the district had a total population of 715,402.[63] Of the 301,614 households in Leeds, 33.3% were married couples living together, 31.6% were one-person households, 9.0% were co-habiting couples and 9.8% were lone parents, following a similar trend to the rest of England.[64] The population density was 1,967 /km2 (5,090 /sq mi)[64] and for every 100 females, there were 93.5 males.
The majority of people in Leeds identify themselves as Christian.[65] The proportion of Muslims (3.0% of the population) is average for the country.[65] Leeds has the third-largest Jewish community in the United Kingdom, after those of London and Manchester. The areas of Alwoodley and Moortown contain sizeable Jewish populations.[66] 16.8% of Leeds residents in the 2001 census declared themselves as having "no religion", which is broadly in line with the figure for the whole of the UK (also 8.1% "religion not stated"). The crime rate in Leeds is well above the national average, like many other English major cities.[67][68] In July 2006, the think tank Reform calculated rates of crime for different offences and has related this to populations of major urban areas (defined as towns over 100,000 population). Leeds was 11th in this rating (excluding London boroughs, 23rd including London boroughs).[69] The table below details the population of the current area of the district since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data.
| Population growth in City of Leeds since 1801 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 |
| Population | 94,421 | 108,459 | 137,476 | 183,015 | 222,189 | 249,992 | 311,197 | 372,402 | 433,607 | 503,493 | 552,479 | 606,250 | 625,854 | 646,119 | 668,667 | 692,003 | 715,260 | 739,401 | 696,732 | 716,760 | 715,404 |
| % change | – | +14.87 | +26.75 | +33.13 | +21.40 | +12.51 | +24.48 | +19.67 | +16.44 | +16.12 | +9.73 | +9.73 | +3.23 | +3.24 | +3.49 | +3.49 | +3.36 | +3.38 | −5.77 | +2.87 | −0.19 |
| Source: Vision of Britain[70] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Government[link]
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City of Leeds is the local government district covering Leeds and the local authority is Leeds City Council. The council is composed of 99 councillors, three for each of the city's wards. Elections are held three years out of four, on the first Thursday of May. One third of the councillors are elected, for a four year term, in each election. In 2004 all seats were up for election due to boundary changes. The council is currently controlled by Labour. West Yorkshire does not have a county council, so Leeds City Council is the primary provider of local government services for the city. The district is in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and consists of an unparished area and 31 civil parishes. These are the lowest tier of local government[71] and absorb some limited functions from Leeds City Council in their areas. The councils of Horsforth, Morley, Otley and Wetherby are town councils.[72] There are 27 other civil parishes in the district.
The district is represented by eight MPs, for the constituencies of Elmet and Rothwell (Alec Shelbrooke, Conservative); Leeds Central (Hilary Benn, Labour); Leeds East (George Mudie, Labour); Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton, Labour); Leeds North West (Greg Mulholland, Lib Dem); Leeds West (Rachel Reeves, Labour); Morley and Outwood (constituency shared with City of Wakefield) (Ed Balls, Labour); and Pudsey (Stuart Andrew, Conservative). Leeds is within the Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency, which is represented by two Conservative, one Labour, one UKIP, one Liberal Democrat and one BNP MEPs. The voting figures for Leeds in the European Parliament election in June 2009 were: Conservative 22.6%, Labour 21.4%, UKIP 15.9%, Lib Dem 13.8%, BNP 10.0%, Green 9.4%.[73]
Economy[link]
Main article: Economy of Leeds
Leeds has a diverse economy with employment in the service sector now far exceeding that in the traditional manufacturing industries. In 2002, 401,000 employees were registered in the Leeds district. Of these 24.7% were in public administration, education and health, 23.9% were in banking, finance and insurance and 21.4% were in distribution, hotels and restaurants. It is in the banking, finance and insurance sectors that Leeds differs most from the financial structure of the region and the nation.[74] The city is the location of one of the largest financial centres in England outside London.[11][15][75][76][77][78] Tertiary industries such as retail, call centres, offices and media have contributed to a high rate of economic growth. The city also hosts the only subsidiary office of the Bank of England in the UK. In 2006 GVA for city was recorded at £16.3 billion,[79] with the entire Leeds City Region generating an economy of £46 billion.[80]
Office developments, also traditionally located in the inner area, have expanded south of the River Aire and total 11,000,000 square feet (1,000,000 m2) of space.[81] In the period from 1999 to 2008 £2.5bn of property development was undertaken in central Leeds; of which £711m has been offices, £265m retail, £389m leisure and £794m housing. Manufacturing and distribution uses accounts for £26m of new property development in the period. There are 130,100 jobs in the city centre, accounting for 31% of all jobs in the wider district. In 2007, 47,500 jobs were in finance and business, 42,300 in public services, and 19,500 in retail and distribution. 43% of finance sector jobs in the district are contained in Leeds city centre and 44% of those employed in the city centre live more than nine kilometres away.[81] Tourism is important to the Leeds economy, in 2009 Leeds was the 8th most visited city in England by UK visitors.[82] and the 13th most visited city by overseas visitors.[83]
In January 2011, Leeds was named as one of five "cities to watch" in a report published by Centre for Cities.[84] The report shows that the average resident in Leeds earns £471 per week,[85] seventeenth nationally, 30.9% of Leeds residents had NVQ4+ high level qualifications,[86] fifteenth nationally, and Leeds' employment rate stands at 70.4% in 2010, twenty-fifth nationally, but was the only major city, along with Bristol, to have an employment rate at or above the national average.[87] It also shows that Leeds will be the least affected major city by welfare cuts in 2014/2015, with welfare cuts of -£125 per capita predicted, compared to -£192 in Liverpool and -£175 in Glasgow.[88] Yet despite the affluence of Leeds, much of the city retains a strongly working class tradition, and the economic progress of recent decades has also been accompanied by poverty: much of inner city Leeds remains deprived, with areas like Gipton, Middleton, Belle-Isle, Harehills, Burmantofts, Bramley, Armley, Kirkstall and Seacroft containing streets and areas of council housing that are among the poorest and most deprived areas in the whole of the UK.
Shopping[link]
The extensive retail area of Leeds is identified as the principal regional shopping centre for the whole of the Yorkshire and the Humber region and approximately 3.2 million people live within its catchment area.[81] There are a number of indoor shopping centres in the middle of the city, including the Merrion Centre, Leeds Shopping Plaza, St John's Centre, Headrow Centre, the Victoria Quarter, The Light and the Corn Exchange and Trinity Leeds to open in 2013[89]. In total there are approximately 1,000 retail stores, with a combined floorspace of 2,264,100 square feet (210,340 m2).[81]
The city centre has a large pedestrian zone. Briggate is the main street where one can find many well known British stores like Marks & Spencer, House of Fraser, Debenhams, Topshop, Costa Coffee and Harvey Nichols (Which is also part of the Victoria Quarter). There is also a large international presence in Leeds with stores such as H&M, Zara, Gap, American Apparel, Urban Outfitters, Foot Locker, L'Occitane en Provence, McDonald's and Starbucks. Some of these companies even have multiple stores within the city centre and the city as a whole. The Victoria Quarter is the finest area for shopping in town. It includes old buildings and two great dramatic passages that contain more than 70 stores such as Louis Vuitton, Vivienne Westwood, Nicholas Deakin, Space NK, Paul Smith, Diesel and Harvey Nichols. To the south of Leeds, just over the border into Kirklees district, lies the region's only IKEA store, next to Birstall Shopping Park which includes a Showcase Cinema and some casual and fast-food restaurants. In the Churwell area of Leeds is the White Rose Shopping Centre. Opening in 1997, the centre has at least 100 stores including Debenhams, Marks & Spencer, Topshop/Topman, River Island, Disney Store, Monsoon Accessorize, New Look, Primark and Sainsbury's. Although the centre is nowhere near as big as other out of town [shopping mall|shopping malls] like the Trafford Centre or Meadowhall in nearby Yorkshire city Sheffield, it remains popular with international chains, for example H&M, Zara, Springfield, Nando's and McDonald's. Of the 40,000 people who work in retailing in Leeds 75% work in places which are not located in the city centre. There are additional shopping centres located in the many villages that became part of the county borough and in the towns that were incorporated in the City of Leeds in 1974.[90]
As of 2012, a large shopping and leisure complex called Trinity Leeds is under construction. It is planned to cover the old Burton Arcades and the existing Leeds Shopping Plaza with its main entrance from Briggate.[91] On completion, Trinity Leeds will contain approximately 120 internationally recognised retail and leisure units, including; Cult, Hollister, Mango, Topshop, Topman, H&M, Next and River Island, and will catapult Leeds from 7th to 4th place in the UK retail rankings (3rd in England).[92] Furthermore, D&D London will be adding two roof top restaurants in Trinity Leeds to its portfolio of acclaimed eateries in London, Paris, New York, Copenhagen and Tokyo.[93]
Landmarks[link]
Leeds displays a variety of natural and built landmarks. Natural landmarks include such diverse sites as the gritstone outcrop of Otley chevin and the Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve. The city's parks at Roundhay and Temple Newsam have long been owned and maintained by the council for the benefit of ratepayers and among the open spaces in the centre of Leeds are Millennium Square, Leeds City Square, Park Square and Victoria Gardens. This last is the site of the central city war memorial: there are 42 other war memorials in the suburbs, towns and villages in the district.[94]
The built environment embraces edifices of civic pride like Morley Town Hall and the trio of buildings in Leeds, Leeds Town Hall, Corn Exchange and Leeds City Museum by the architect Cuthbert Brodrick. The two startlingly white buildings on the Leeds skyline are the Parkinson building of Leeds University and the Civic Hall, with golden owls adorning the tops of its twin spires.[95] Armley Mills, Tower Works, with its campanile-inspired towers, and the Egyptian-style Temple Works hark back to the city's industrial past, while the site and ruins of Kirkstall Abbey display the beauty and grandeur of Cistercian architecture. Notable churches are Leeds Parish Church, St George's Church and Leeds Cathedral, in the city centre, and the Church of St John the Baptist, Adel and Bardsey Parish Church in quieter locations. Notable non-conformist chapels include the Salem Chapel, dating back to 1791 and notably the birthplace of Leeds United Football Club in 1919.[96][97]
The 112 metres (367 ft) tower of Bridgewater Place, also known as The Dalek, is part of a major office and residential development and the region's tallest building; it can be seen for miles around.[98] Among other tower blocks the 37-storey Sky Plaza to the north of the city centre stands on higher ground so that its 106 metres (348 ft) is higher than Bridgewater Place.
Elland Road (football) and Headingley Stadium (cricket and rugby) are well known to sports enthusiasts and the White Rose Centre is a well known retail outlet.
Transport[link]
Main article: Transport in Leeds
Leeds is the starting-point of the A62, A63, A64, A65 and A660 roads, and is also situated on the A58 and A61. The M1 and M62 intersect to its south and the A1(M) passes to the east. Leeds is one of the principal hubs of the northern motorway network. Additionally, there is an urban motorway network; the radial M621 takes traffic into central Leeds from the M62 and M1. There is an Inner Ring Road with part motorway status and an Outer Ring Road. Part of the city centre[99] is pedestrianised, and is encircled by the clockwise-only Loop Road.
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Public transport in the Leeds area is coordinated and developed by West Yorkshire Metro,[100] with service information provided by Leeds City Council[101] and West Yorkshire Metro. The primary means of public transportation in Leeds are the bus services. The main provider is First Leeds and Arriva Yorkshire serves routes to the south of the city. Leeds City bus station is at Dyer Street and is used by bus services to towns and cities in Yorkshire, plus a small number of local services. Adjacent to it is the coach station for National Express coach services. Buses out of the city are mainly provided by FirstBus and Arriva Yorkshire. Harrogate & District provides a service to Harrogate and Ripon. Keighley & District provides a service to Shipley, Bingley and Keighley. The Yorkshire Coastliner service runs from Leeds to Bridlington, Filey, Scarborough and Whitby via York and Malton. Stagecoach provides a service to Hull via Goole.
From Leeds railway station at New Station Street, MetroTrains operated by Northern Rail run to Leeds' suburbs and onwards to all parts of Leeds City Region. The station is one of the busiest in England outside London, with over 900 trains and 50,000 passengers passing through every day.[102] It provides national and international connections as well as services to local and regional destinations. The station itself has 17 platforms, making it the largest in England outside London.[103]
Leeds Bradford International Airport is located in Yeadon, about 10 miles (16 km) to the north-west of the city centre, and has both charter and scheduled flights to destinations within Europe plus Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey and the USA. There are connections to the rest of the world via London Gatwick Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.There is a direct rail service from Leeds to Manchester Airport. Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is 40 miles (64 km) south-east of Leeds. Leeds has connections by road, rail and coach to Hull, only an hour away, from where it is possible to travel to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge by ferry services run by P&O Ferries.
Walking[link]
The Leeds Country Way is a waymarked circular walk of 62 miles (100 km) through the rural outskirts of the city, never more than 7 miles (11 km) from City Square. The Meanwood Valley Trail leads from Woodhouse Moor along Meanwood Beck to Golden Acre Park. The Leeds extension of the Dales Way follows the Meanwood Valley Trail before it branches off to head towards Ilkley and Windermere. Leeds is on the northern section of the Trans Pennine Trail for walkers and cyclists, and the towpath of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is another popular walking route. The White Rose Way walking trail to Scarborough begins at City Square. In addition, there are many parks and public footpaths in both the urban and rural parts of Leeds, and the Ramblers' Association, YHA and other walking organisations offer sociable walks. The Ramblers' Association publish various booklets of walks in and around Leeds.[104]
Education[link]
Schools[link]
At the time of the 2001 census Leeds had a population of 183,000 young people aged 0–19 of whom 110,000 were attending local authority schools.[105] In 2008 Education Leeds, a non-profit company owned by Leeds City Council, provided for 220 primary schools, 39 secondary schools and 6 special inclusive learning centres.[106] Under the government Building Schools for the Future initiative, Leeds secured £260m, to transform 13 secondary schools into high achieving, e-confident, inclusive schools. The first three of these schools at Allerton High School, Pudsey Grangefield School and Rodillian School, were opened in September 2008.[107] Because Leeds has a falling birth rate, the council has come under pressure in recent years to reduce the number of school places resulting in the merger and closure of some schools. The city's oldest and largest private school is the Grammar School at Leeds, which was legally re-created in 2005 following the merger of Leeds Grammar School, established 1552, and Leeds Girls' High School, established 1857. Other independent schools in Leeds include faith schools serving the Jewish[108] and Muslim[109] communities.
Further and higher education[link]
Further education in Leeds is provided by Leeds City College (formed by a merger in 2009 and having over 60,000 students), Leeds College of Building and Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College. The city has two universities: the University of Leeds – which received its charter in 1904 having developed from the Yorkshire College which was founded in 1874 and the Leeds School of Medicine of 1831, and Leeds Metropolitan University became a university in 1992 but can trace its roots to the Mechanics' Institute of 1824. The University of Leeds has a total of about 31,000 students, of which 21,500 are full-time or sandwich undergraduate degree students,[110] Leeds Metropolitan University has a total of 52,000 students of which 12,000 are full time or sandwich undergraduate degree students and 2,100 full time or sandwich HND students.[111] Other higher education establishments are:Leeds Trinity University College with just under 3,000 students,[112] Leeds College of Art, Leeds College of Music and Northern School of Contemporary Dance. The city was voted the Best UK University Destination by a survey in The Independent newspaper.[113] The combined totals of learners give Leeds one of the largest student populations in the country with over 250,000 students.[114]
Culture[link]
See also: Culture of Leeds
Media[link]
Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd, owned by Johnston Press plc, is based in the city, and produces a daily morning broadsheet, the Yorkshire Post, and an evening paper, the Yorkshire Evening Post (YEP). The YEP has a website which includes a series of community pages which focus on specific areas of the city.[115] The Wetherby News covers mainly areas within the north eastern sector of the district, and the Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, published in Ilkley, covers the north west, both appearing weekly. Both of the universities have student newspapers, the weekly Leeds Student from the University of Leeds and the monthly The Met from Leeds Metropolitan University. The Leeds Guide is a fortnightly listings magazine, established in 1997. Free publications include the Leeds Weekly News, produced by Yorkshire Post Newspapers in four geographic versions and distributed to households in the main urban area of the city,[116] and the regional version of Metro which is distributed on buses and at railway stations.
Regional television and radio stations have bases in the city; BBC Television and ITV both have regional studios and broadcasting centres in Leeds. ITV Yorkshire, formerly Yorkshire Television, broadcasts from the Leeds Studios on Kirkstall Road. There are a number of independent film production companies, including the not-for-profit cooperative Leeds Animation Workshop, founded in 1978; community video producers Vera Media and several small commercial production companies. BBC Radio Leeds, Radio Aire, Magic 828, Capital Yorkshire, Real Radio and Yorkshire Radio broadcast from the city. LSRfm.com, is based in Leeds University Union, and regularly hosts outside broadcasts around the city. Many communities within Leeds now have their own local radio stations, such as East Leeds FM and Tempo FM for Wetherby and the surrounding areas. Leeds also has its own privately owned television station: Leeds Television is run by volunteers and supported by professionals in the media industry.[citation needed]
Museums[link]
A new Leeds City Museum opened in 2008[117] in Millennium Square. Abbey House Museum is housed in the former gatehouse of Kirkstall Abbey, and includes walk-through Victorian streets and galleries describing the history of the abbey, childhood, and Victorian Leeds. Armley Mills Industrial Museum is housed in what was once the world's largest woollen mill,[118] and includes industrial machinery and railway locomotives. This museum also shows the first known moving pictures in the world which were taken in the city, by Louis Le Prince, of a Roundhay Garden Scene and of Leeds Bridge in 1888. Thwaite Mills Watermill Museum is a fully restored 1820s water-powered mill on the River Aire to the east of the city centre. The Thackray Museum is a museum of the history of medicine, featuring topics such as Victorian public health, pre-anaesthesia surgery, and safety in childbirth. It is housed in a former workhouse next to St James's Hospital. The Royal Armouries Museum opened in 1996 in a dramatic modern building when this part of the national collection was transferred from the Tower of London. Leeds Art Gallery reopened in June 2007 after a major renovation, and houses important collections of traditional and contemporary British art. Smaller museums in Leeds include Otley Museum, Horsforth Village Museum,[119] the University of Leeds Textile Archive (ULITA),[120] and the museum at Fulneck Moravian Settlement.
Music, theatre and dance[link]
Main articles: Music in Leeds and List of bands originating in Leeds
Leeds is home to the Grand Theatre where Opera North is based, this establishment seats 1,500 people and has recently undergone a £31.5m refurbishment. The City Varieties Music Hall, which hosted performances by Charlie Chaplin and Harry Houdini and was also the venue of the BBC television programme The Good Old Days, and West Yorkshire Playhouse.[121][122][123]
Leeds is also home to Phoenix Dance Theatre, who were formed in the Harehills area of the city in 1981, and Northern Ballet Theatre.[124] In autumn 2010 the two companies moved into a purpose-built dance centre which is the largest space for dance outside of London. It is also the only space for dance to house a national classical and a national contemporary dance company alongside each another.[125]
Construction of the Leeds Arena[126] is currently under way in the city centre. Due for completion in 2013, the 13,500 seater stadium will become the city's number one venue for live music, indoor sports and many other events. Concerts are currently held at the O2 Academy, Elland Road and at both universities. Roundhay Park in north Leeds has seen some of the world's biggest artists including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Robbie Williams among others.
Popular musical acts originating from Leeds include The Pigeon Detectives, The Wedding Present, Soft Cell, The Sunshine Underground, The Sisters of Mercy, Hadouken!, Kaiser Chiefs, Corinne Bailey Rae, Gang of Four, The Rhythm Sisters, Utah Saints and Melanie B of the Spice Girls.[127][128][129][130][131][132]
Carnivals and festivals[link]
Leeds Carnival is Western Europe's oldest West Indian Carnival, and the UK's second largest after Notting Hill Carnival.[133][134] It attracts around 100,000 people over 3 days to the streets of Chapeltown and Harehills. There is a large procession that finishes at Potternewton Park, where there are stalls, entertainment and refreshments. The Leeds Festival, featuring some of the biggest names in rock and indie music, takes place every year in Bramham Park. The Leeds Asian Festival, formerly the Leeds Mela, is held in Roundhay Park.[135] The Otley Folk Festival (patron: Nic Jones),[136] Walking Festival,[137] Carnival[138] and Victorian Christmas Fayre[139] are annual events. Light Night Leeds takes place each October,[140] and many venues in the city are open to the public for Heritage Open Days in September.[141] The Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, established in 1963 by Fanny Waterman and Marion Stein, has been held in the city every three years since 1963 and has launched the careers of many major concert pianists. The Leeds International Concert Season, which includes orchestral and choral concerts in Leeds Town Hall and other events, is the largest local authority music programme in the UK.[142]
The Leeds International Film Festival is the largest film festival in England outside London[143] and shows films from around the world. It incorporates the highly successful Leeds Young People's Film Festival, which features exciting and innovative films made both for and by children and young people.[144] Garforth is host to the fortnight long festival The Garforth Arts Festival which has been an annual event since 2005. Leeds Festival Fringe is a week long music festival created in 2010 to showcase local talent in the week prior to Leeds Festival.
Nightlife[link]
Main article: Nightlife in Leeds
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Leeds has one of the largest student populations in the country (over 200,000[145]), and is therefore one of the UK's hotspots for night-life. There are a large number of pubs, bars, nightclubs and restaurants, as well as a multitude of venues for live music. The full range of music tastes is catered for in Leeds. It includes the original home of the club nights Back 2 Basics and Speedqueen.[146] Morley was the location of techno club The Orbit.[147] Leeds has number of large 'super-clubs' and there is a selection of independent clubs such as Club Mission and Mint Club, which is consistently ranked as one of the world's best clubs by DJ Magazine.[148]
Leeds has a well established gay nightlife scene. The Bridge Inn and The New Penny, both on Call Lane, have long been gay night spots.[149]
Towards Millennium Square and the Civic or Northern Quarter, is a growing entertainment district providing for both students and weekend visitors. The square has many bars and restaurants and a large outdoor screen mounted on the side of the Civic Theatre. Millennium Square is a venue for large seasonal events such as a Christmas market, gigs and concerts, citywide parties and the Rhythms of the City Festival. It is adjacent to the Mandela Gardens, which were opened by Nelson Mandela in 2001. A number of public art features, fountains, a canal and greenery can be found here as an oasis amongst the city centre excitement.
Yorkshire has a great history of real ale,[150] but several bars near the railway station are fusing traditional beers with a modern bar. Popular bars such as this include The Hop, The Cross Keys and The Brewery Tap.
Sports[link]
Main articles: Sport in Leeds and Football in Leeds
The city has teams representing all the major national sports. Leeds United A.F.C. is the city's main football club. Leeds Rhinos (Rugby League), Leeds Carnegie (Rugby Union) and Yorkshire County Cricket Club are also based in the city.
Leeds United was formed in 1919 and plays at the 40,000 capacity Elland Road stadium in Beeston. The team plays in The Championship but has been English league champions three times and has FA Cup, Football League Cup and UEFA Cup honours to its name.
Leeds Rhinos are the most successful rugby league team in Leeds. In 2009 they became first club to be Super League champions three seasons running, giving them their fourth Super League title.[151] They play their home games at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium. Hunslet Hawks, based at the John Charles Centre for Sport play in Co-Operative Championship One. Bramley Buffaloes and Leeds Akkies are members of the Rugby League Conference.
Leeds Carnegie, formerly known as Leeds Tykes, are the foremost rugby union team in Leeds and they play at Headingley Carnegie Stadium. They play in the RFU Championship having been relegated from The Guinness Premiership at the end of the 2010–11 season. Otley R.U.F.C. are a rugby union club based to the north of the city and compete in National League 2 North, whilst Morley R.F.C., located in Morley currently play in National Division Three North.
Leeds United L.F.C. are the best-placed women's football team in Leeds, competing at the highest level in England, the FA Women's Premier League National Division. Leeds City Athletic Club competes in the British Athletics League and UK Women's League as well as the Northern Athletics League.
The city has a wealth of sports facilities including the Elland Road football stadium, a host stadium during the 1996 European Football Championship; the Headingley Carnegie Stadiums, adjacent stadia world famous for both cricket and rugby league and the John Charles Centre for Sport with an Olympic sized pool in its Aquatics Centre[152] and includes a multi-use stadium. Other facilities include the Leeds Wall (climbing) and Yeadon Tarn sailing centre. In 1929 the first Ryder Cup of Golf to be held on British soil was competed for at the Moortown Golf club in Leeds and Wetherby has a National Hunt racecourse.[153] In the period 1928 to 1939 speedway racing was staged in Leeds on a track at the greyhound stadium known as Fullerton Park, adjacent to Elland Road. The track entered a team in the 1931 Northern league.
Leeds teams[link]
| Club | League | Venue | Location | Established | Top flight championships |
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| Leeds United AFC | Football League Championship Football | Elland Road Stadium | Beeston, Leeds | 1919 | 3 |
| Leeds Rhinos | Super League Rugby League | Headingley Stadium | Headingley, Leeds | 1870 | 8 |
| Hunslet Hawks | Championship One Rugby League | John Charles Centre for Sport | Hunslet, Leeds. | 1883 | 2 |
| Leeds Carnegie | RFU Championship Rugby Union | Headingley Stadium | Headingley, Leeds | 1991 | 0 |
| Yorkshire County Cricket Club | County Championship Cricket | Headingley Stadium | Headingley, Leeds | 1863 | 31 |
Religion[link]
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The majority of people in Leeds identify themselves as Christian.[65] Leeds does not have a Church of England Cathedral because Leeds is part of the Anglican Diocese of Ripon and Leeds and the Cathedral for this Diocese is in Ripon; the Bishop's residence has been in Leeds since 2008. The most important Anglican church is the Leeds Parish Church, although St. George's has the largest congregation by far.[citation needed] Leeds has a Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds. Many other Christian denominations and new religious movements are established in Leeds, including Assembly of God, Baptist, Christian Scientist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("LDS Church", see also Mormon), Community of Christ, Greek Orthodox, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Army, Lutheran, Methodist, Nazarene, Newfrontiers network, Pentecostal, Salvation Army, Seventh-Day Adventist, Society of Friends ("Quakers"), Unitarian, United Reformed, Vineyard, Wesleyan Church, an ecumenical Chinese church, and several independent churches.[154][155]
The proportion of Muslims in Leeds is average for the country.[65] Mosques can be found throughout the city, serving Muslim communities in Chapeltown, Harehills, Hyde Park and parts of Beeston. The largest mosque is Leeds Grand Mosque in Hyde Park. The Sikh community is represented by Gurudwaras (Temples) spread across the city, the largest being in Chapeltown. There is also a colourful religious annual procession, called the Nagar Kirtan, into Millennium Square in the city centre around 13–14 April to celebrate Baisakhi – the Sikh New Year and the birth of the religion. It is estimated that around 3,000 Sikhs in Leeds take part in this annual event.
Leeds has the third-largest Jewish community in the United Kingdom, after those of London and Greater Manchester. The areas of Alwoodley and Moortown contain sizeable Jewish populations.[66] There are eight active synagogues in Leeds.[156] The small Hindu community in Leeds has a temple (mandir) at Hyde Park.[157] The temple has all the major Hindu deities and is dedicated to the Lord Mahavira of the Jains.[158] Various Buddhist traditions are represented in Leeds,[159] including: Soka Gakkai, Theravada, Tibetan, Triratna Buddhist Community and Zen. The Buddhist community (sangha) comes together to celebrate the major festival of Wesak in May. There is also a community of the Bahai Faith in Leeds.[160]
Public services[link]
Water supply and sewerage in Leeds is provided by Yorkshire Water, part of the Kelda Group. Prior to 1973 it had been provided by the Leeds Corporation. Leeds City Council has a target of 11MW of renewable energy from onshore wind by 2010 and an aspirational target of 75MW by 2020. There are currently no operational wind farms in Leeds.[161]
The area is policed by the West Yorkshire Police. The force has eight divisions, three of which cover Leeds: AA "North West Leeds Division" covering north and west Leeds with a station at Weetwood; BA "North East Leeds Division", covering north east Leeds with stations at Stainbeck near Chapel Allerton and Killingbeck; CA "City and Holbeck Division" covering central and south Leeds with stations at Millgarth (city centre) and Holbeck. Fire and rescue services are provided by the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. The fire stations in Leeds are: Cookridge, Gipton, Hunslet, Swarcliffe, Moortown, and the "Leeds" fire station (near city centre, on Kirkstall Road).
Health services are provided by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds Primary Care Trust[162] and Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust[163][164] which provides mental health services. Leeds General Infirmary ("LGI") is a listed building with more recent additions and is in the city centre. St James's University Hospital, Leeds, known locally as "Jimmy's"[165][166] is to the north east of the city centre and is the largest teaching hospital in Europe. Other NHS hospitals are Chapel Allerton Hospital, Seacroft Hospital, Wharfedale Hospital in Otley, and Leeds Dental Institute. The new NHS Leeds Website provides information on NHS services in Leeds.[167]
West Yorkshire Joint Services provides analytical, archaeological, archives, ecology, materials testing and trading standards services in Leeds and the other four districts of West Yorkshire. It was created following the abolition of the county council in 1986 and expanded in 1997, and is funded by the five district councils, pro rata to their population. The Leeds site of the archives service is in the former public library at Sheepscar, Leeds.[168]
Leeds City Council is responsible for over 50 public libraries across the whole city, including 5 mobile libraries. The main Central Library is located on the Headrow in the city centre.
Twin towns[link]
The City has several twinning or partnership arrangements:
The city also has "strong contacts" with the following cities "for the purposes of ongoing projects":[171]
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Awards and Recognition[link]
Leeds has received much critical acclaim as a city in recent years. Listed below are a number of awards granted to the city by leading publications;
- The UK's Favourite City, 2003 (Condé Nast Traveller magazine Reader's Awards)[179]
- Britain's Best City for Business, 2003 (OMIS Research)[180]
- Best UK University Destination (The Independent)[181]
- The UK's best shopping destination, 2006 (Rough Guide to Britain)[182]
- Number One City for Clubbing (Mixmag Music Dance Awards)[183]
- The UK's most female friendly city, 2006 (Future Laboratories 'Tigra Town' Research)[184]
- Best Place in Britain to Live (Urban Behaviours survey, Henley Management College)[185]
- Visitor city of the year (The Good Britain Guide)[186]
See also[link]
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| Born | August 25, 1930 Toronto, Canada |
| Died | April 16, 2003(2003-04-16) (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, United States |
Graham Jarvis (August 25, 1930 – April 16, 2003) was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s.
Born in Toronto, Jarvis attended Williams College before moving to New York to pursue a career in theater. Jarvis appeared on such television programs as Naked City, Route 66, N.Y.P.D., All in the Family, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, M*A*S*H, Mork & Mindy, Starsky and Hutch, Cagney and Lacey, Fame, Married... with Children, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X Files, ER, and Six Feet Under. He also played character roles in many films. His last major part was as "Charles Jackson", father of Annie Jackson Camden in the Warner Brothers TV drama 7th Heaven, a role that he filled until his death.
Jarvis acted in the role of Elliot Sinclair in the Journeyman Project trio of video games and was also the narrator in the first American production of The Rocky Horror Show at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, playing alongside Meat Loaf and Tim Curry.
He lived in Los Angeles with his wife Joanna Jarvis, and two sons Alex and Matt. Jarvis was also the uncle of former AIMR President Peter Jarvis. In 2003, he died from multiple myeloma. He was interred at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park in Westlake Village, California.
Selected Filmography[link]
- Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
- Alice's Restaurant (1969)
- The Out-of-Towners (1970)
- Cold Turkey (1971)
- Prophecy (1979)
- Silkwood (1983)
- Tough Guys (1986)
- Misery (1990)
- Last of the Dogmen (1995)
External links[link]
- Graham Jarvis at Find a Grave
- Graham Jarvis at the Internet Movie Database
- Graham Jarvis at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
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This article is about the DJ. For the American historian, see Paul Van Dyke.
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| Birth name | Matthias Paul[1] |
| Born | (1971-12-16) 16 December 1971 (age 40) |
| Origin | Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany |
| Genres | Electronic dance music Trance |
| Occupations | Musician, record producer, DJ |
| Instruments | Keyboards, mixer, synthesizer, Turntables |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Armada Music, Vandit Records Ultra Records Deviant Records MFS (1992-1998) |
| Associated acts | see Co-production section of Paul van Dyk discography. |
| Website | paulvandyk.com |
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk (born (1971-12-16)16 December 1971) is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer. One of the first true Superstar DJs, Paul van Dyk was one of the first artists to receive a Grammy nomination in the newly added category of Best Dance/Electronic album for his 2004 release Reflections. He was named the World's No. 1 DJ in both 2005 and 2006, something less than a handful of DJs have ever achieved.[2] Paul van Dyk is the only DJ to hold a spot in the World's Top 10 DJs since 1998. He is also the first DJ to be named No. 1 by Mixmag in 2005. As of 2007, he has sold over 4.5 million albums worldwide.[3]
A trance producer starting in the early 1990s, Paul quickly achieved popularity with his remix of "Love Stimulation" by Humate under the record label MFS in 1993, and with his hit single, "For an Angel", but in recent times he no longer likes to describe his music as trance, but rather simply as electronic dance music.
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History[link]
Early life and musical beginning[link]
Paul van Dyk grew up in East Berlin in a single parent household;[4] his father left him and his mother when he was four years old.[4] While living there, he worked as a broadcast technician[5] and began training to become a carpenter.[4] Paul van Dyk claims his musical education came from radio.[6] Because where he grew up there were no record stores at which to buy music, he kept in touch with the world beyond the Berlin Wall by secretly listening to the popular but forbidden Western radio stations RIAS (Radio in the American Sector) and SFB and mixtapes occasionally smuggled into the country and copied among school friends.[7]
Shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, van Dyk and his mother were given permission to leave East Germany and moved to Hamburg to live with his aunt.[7] In 1990, van Dyk moved back to Berlin. His first appearance as a DJ was in the Tresor in March 1991.[8] After several more dates, he was given the chance to perform at Juergen Kramer's Dubmission parties in the Turbine club, together with the young resident DJ Kid Paul. The shows were called Paul vs. Paul. His mixing style drew the attention of Cosmic Baby[citation needed] and the two collaborated as The Visions of Shiva. Their single "Perfect Day" was released by the Berlin independent label MFS (Masterminded For Success) Records, run by English ex-patriat producer Mark Reeder and manager Torsten Jurk.
In February 1993, van Dyk and Kid Paul hosted an installment of the weekly three-hour "HR3 Clubnight" radio show, performing for a nationwide audience on German radio. The second and final Visions of Shiva single "How Much Can You Take?" was released, and van Dyk and Cosmic went their separate musical ways. By late summer, Paul released his first DJ-mix compilation "X-Mix-1 - the MFS Trip" and remixed Humate's trance hymn "Love Stimulation".
1994–2007[link]
In 1994, Paul released The Green Valley EP, Pump This Party and Emergency 911. Meanwhile, MFS acquired many remixes for Paul. MFS label owner Mark Reeder's close friendship with artists such as New Order gave Paul the opportunity to mix the track "Spooky" from the Republic album. Persuaded by Reeder, he finally recorded his debut LP 45 RPM with Johnny Klimek and VOOV. Reeder also compiled the album's running order and design, and chose the album's title as a reflection of the 45 rpm speed typical for dance vinyl.
Mark Reeder compiled Seven Ways, which established Paul van Dyk as a trance pioneer and was Paul van Dyk's first real success in Britain. Reeder had successfully convinced his old friend Rob Deacon (formerly of Volume) to license the album for the UK and his new Deviant label. Seven Ways was voted the #1 album by readers of DJ Magazine.
In early 1997, Paul van Dyk began collaborating with U.S. music producer BT. Together, they produced tracks such as Flaming June, Forbidden Fruit and Namistai (1999). The singles "Forbidden Fruit" and "Beautiful Place" did not cause a great impact at first but, with the release of Seven Ways and "Words" appearing at the height of the British superclub phenomenon, van Dyk's own material began to attract attention. "By the time they realised I was a German, it was too late!" van Dyk said. Van Dyk also remixed a well known early-90s track, Age of Love in 1997.[9]
In 1998, 45 RPM was re-released in the UK and in the US. To mark the event, and in homage to the defunct E-Werk, Paul released a remix of "For An Angel". Van Dyk took up a residency at Sheffield's Gatecrasher and declared himself anti-drugs, which led to home-made "No E, Pure PvD" T-shirts, also a sly note to journalists that his surname contained no "E". In 1998, Paul remixed British trance duo, Binary Finary's famous "1998" single, which was a successful version that took Binary Finary to the top of the German Dance charts.[10]
In mid-1998, Van Dyk left MFS Records and took a controlling share in the new label Vandit Records. In 2000, Paul flexed his skills with his melodic, dancefloor-friendly Out There And Back, which included the hit single "Tell Me Why (The Riddle)", a collaboration with Saint Etienne. It also included the European hit We Are Alive, a remixed version of the Jennifer Brown song Alive. His first mix album The Politics of Dancing (2001) was followed by a world tour and a DVD release Global (2003) and the Mexican film "Zurdo", for which van Dyk composed the soundtrack and won a Mexican Oscar for his work.
Reflections (2003) derived from van Dyk’s trips to India, was a more melancholy affair, and includes the single "Nothing But You", a collaboration with Hemmstock & Jennings. It was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Electronic Album. The mix album The Politics of Dancing 2 (2005) was preceded by a single "The Other Side," featuring Wayne Jackson; a song dedicated to the victims, and their families, of the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that struck Thailand on 26 December 2004. His original productions from Reflections have been synced into major motion pictures such as Into the Blue, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, television’s Entertainment Tonight and MTV’s Cribs, and international ad campaigns for Motorola, HBO, Land Rover, Ski Vail and most recently for Jeep.
[edit] 2007–2010: In Between
Paul van Dyk released his fifth studio album, In Between, worldwide on 14 August 2007. The album, which he created over a three-year period, debuted at number #115 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Billboard's Top Electronic Albums and #1 on the Top Heatseekers. The album also reached #16 on the Mexican Albums Chart and #5 on the Mexican International Chart. The album was released accompanied by a special edition limited to two thousand copies which included a mixed version of the full album, along with an eight-track bonus CD and an eight-page photo anthology.[11]
The album was produced primarily by Paul van Dyk himself, and features a wide range of collaborators including David Byrne of Talking Heads, Jessica Sutta of the Pussycat Dolls, Ashley Tomberlin from Luminary, Alex M.O.R.P.H, Lo Fi Sugar, Rea Garvey of Reamonn, Ryan Merchant and Wayne Jackson. It also features a vocal sample from Ben Lost from Probspot's "Blows My Mind" on the song "Another Sunday". In June 2007, Paul van Dyk embarked on the worldwide "In Between Tour" to promote the album.[12]
On New Year's Eve 2008/2009 Paul played Barra Beach to over 1 million people in Rio de Janero.[citation needed]
His work with EA Games has resulted in mulitple releases featuring his music on Mirror's Edge and Grand Slam Tennis out in 2009. Paul van Dyk has also remixed Batman's "Dark Knight Theme" written by Hanz Zimmer which helped the album win best soundtrack in a motion picture Grammy which Paul van Dyk shares with his fellow collaborators. He has also remixed Depeche Mode’s "Martyr", Justin Timberlake’s "What Goes Around" and Britney Spears' "Gimme More".
Paul van Dyk hosts a show on Radio Fritz every Saturday at 20:00 GMT.
In May 2008, Paul van Dyk set up a remix competition with digital download network Beatport.com, inviting aspiring producers to remix his single 'Far Away' which appeared on his 2007 album 'In Between'. Paul has appeared as one of the DJs at Trance Energy 2009.
It was revealed by Paul van Dyk that his record label Vandit would be merging with Armin Van Buuren's Armada Music.[citation needed]
[edit] 2012–present: Evolution
The sixth studio album by Paul van Dyk, entitled Evolution was released on 3 April 2012. The track "Eternity" was made in collaboration with Adam Young, known for Owl City.[13][14] Evolution also features producers Arty, Austin Leeds, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Tyler Michaud, and Ummet Ozcan. The album features vocals from Johnny McDaid of Fieldwork, Sarah Howells and various other artists.[citation needed]
Politics[link]
Since 2001, Paul van Dyk has taken an interest in politics. His creation of The Politics of Dancing compilation was inspired by electronic dance music's universal acclaim by different people around the world. "Palestinians are dancing with Israelis. Lebanese people are dancing with Israelis – without war, without anything in their minds other than treating each other respectfully", said van Dyk in 2006.[15] He also has called EDM "...a political and diplomatic tool that could be used."[15] Having grown up with little freedom, his musical career has helped him voice his opinions about politics. He opposes the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan. He describes himself as anti-war and has advertised this while performing, by wearing a shirt reading "Make peace, not war".[15]
He has helped fight poverty by supporting social programs to help disadvantaged people in India, New York, and Berlin.[16] He also participated in Rock the Vote in 2004 and 2008; he and Bono being the only non-American artists to join the campaign encouraging young people to vote.[16]
Trivia[link]
- Paul van Dyk never flies in a plane of type McDonnell Douglas.[17]
- He has the second largest Miles & More account (the frequent flyer program of Lufthansa).[citation needed]
Discography[link]
Main article: Paul van Dyk discography
Studio albums[link]
- 1994: 45 RPM
- 1996: Seven Ways
- 2000: Out There and Back
- 2003: Reflections
- 2007: In Between
- 2012: Evolution
TV shows[link]
- 2003: What's New, Scooby-Doo
Soundtracks[link]
- 2003: Zurdo
- 2004: One Perfect Day
- 2005: The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants
- 2005: Into The Blue
- 2008: The Dark Knight
Video games[link]
- 1999: Wipeout 3
- 2003: FIFA Football 2004
- 2004: Need For Speed: Underground 2
- 2008: Mirror's Edge
- 2009: Grand Slam Tennis
- 2009: DJ Hero
- 2010: DJ Hero 2
- 2011: Test Drive Unlimited 2
- 2012: Grand Slam Tennis 2
Awards[link]
- 1999 DJ Mag Music Maker[18]
- 1999 Best International DJ
- 1999 Best International Award
- 1999 Man Of The Year By Mixmag
- 1999 Leader Of The Trance Nation
- 2003 Best European DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2003)
- 2003 Best Trance Track Paul van Dyk - Nothing But You
- 2003 Nominated Grammy Award For His Album: Reflections
- 2004 America’s Favorite DJ
- 2004 Best International DJ
- 2004 Best Event
- 2004 Best Music In A Commercial (Motorola)
- 2004 Ariel (Mexican Oscar For Best Original Score In Zurdo)
- 2004 Best Music Maker By DJ Magazine
- 2004 Big Winner At The Dancestar Awards
- 2005 WMC 2005 Best Track House Progressive/Trance: Nothing But You (Paul van Dyk)
- 2005 WMC 2005 Best International DJ
- 2005 America’s Favorite DJ
- 2005 Best DJ For Dance/Electronic Album For His Original Album: Reflections
- 2005 The International Dance Music Award (IDMA) For Best Euro DJ.
- 2005 DJ Mag No 1 DJ
- 2005 Mixmag's 1st No 1 DJ
- 2005 Best Produer Trance Awards
- 2005 Best Global DJ Trance Awards
- 2006 Best Global DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)
- 2006 Best Record Label: VANDIT
- 2006 Best Producer (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)
- 2006 Best Global DJ, Best NuNRG/Euro Track
- 2006 DJ Mag No 1 DJ
- 2006 Best Global DJ Trance Awards
- 2006 Best Producer
- 2006 Best Mix Compilation For The Politics of Dancing 2
- 2006 Cross Of Merit From The City Of Berlin
- 2006 Best HI NRG / Euro Track For "The Other Side" (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)
- 2006 B.Z.-Kulturpreis 2006
- 2007 Best Ortofon European DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2007)
- 2007 Best DJ By Trance Awards
- 2007 Best Producer By Trance Awards
- 2007 Best Label VANDIT By Trance Awards
- 2007 Best Remixer By Trance Awards
- 2007 Best Live Act By Trance Awards
- 2007 Best Resident By Trance Awards
- 2007 Best Club Night CREAM, Ibiza By Trance Awards
- 2007 Best Album In Between By Trance Awards
- 2007 Best Radio Show VONYC By Trance Awards
- 2007 Best Website By Trance Awards
- His Regular 6 Hour Set At “Gatecrasher” Was Voted As The "Second Best Club Night Ever"
- Best International DJ By Musik Berlin, Zürich, Amsterdam, Londres, Paris, Milan, NY
- 2008 Best International DJ By The Ministry Of Sound
- 2008 Best International Producer By The Ministry Of Sound
- 2008 Shared Grammy For The Dark Knight Which Won (Best Soundtrack In A Motion Picture)
- 2008 Best DJ By Trance Awards
- 2008 Best Producer By Trance Awards
- 2008 Best Label "Vandit" By Trance Awards
- 2009 Best International DJ By The Ministry Of Sound
- 2009 Best International Producer By The Ministry Of Sound
- 2009 Best Track "Home" (Paul van Dyk Club Mix) By The Ministry Of Sound
- 2009 Best DJ National Paul van Dyk By Raveline Poll 2009
- 2009 Best Album 2009 "VOLUME" In The Raveline Poll 2009
- 2009 Best Trance Label National "VANDIT Records" In The Raveline Poll 2009
- 2009 Best trance DJ By Trance Awards
- 2009 Best Producer By Trance Awards
- 2009 Best Trance Track "Paul van Dyk Feat Johnny McDaid – Home" By Trance Awards 2009
- 2010 Best Full Length DJ Mix - "VONYC Sessions 09" By IDMA
- 2010 Best DJ National Paul van Dyk By Raveline Poll 2010
- 2011 Longest Running DJ In Top 10 Of DJ's Mag Top 100 DJ's (13 Year's)
References[link]
- ^ "Paul's entry on the ASCAP database". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1573369&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ "Top 100 DJ's - 5. Paul van Dyl". djmag.com. http://www.djmag.com/top100/detail/1188. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ Dose.Clubzone.com.
- ^ a b c "Paul Van Dyk Biography.". musicianguide. 2000. http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003161/Paul-Van-Dyk.html. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ Club4it.com
- ^ Beat Factor - In Between Paul van Dyk.30 November 2007 Beat Factor: Your history is pretty similar to the Romanians history, before the fall of the communist regime. Do you have any memories that marked you from that time? (He makes best party ever in 2007 in Macedonia) Paul Van Dyk: Yes, of course, there are a lot of memories that I still have; probably in respect with music. It was probably the same in Romania, we didn’t have any record stores, we couldn’t actually buy any magazines and read anything about our favorite artists. So my musical education came from the radio, so that’s something special, I believe.
- ^ a b "Ministry of Sound London - Paul van Dyk.". ministryofsoundlondon. 21 January 2009. http://club.ministryofsound.com/club/djs/paulvandyk. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ "The DJ list - PVD.". thedjlist. 2005. http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/PAUL_VAN_DYK/. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ^ Age Of Love
- ^ Binary Finary.thedjlist.com.
- ^ "Special limited edition of Paul van Dyk's 'In Between' at Central Park performances". side-line.com. http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=24446_0_2_0_C. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
- ^ "Paul's next Gigs:". paulvandyk.com. http://www.paulvandyk.com/low/gigs.asp. Retrieved 20 March 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Twitter / Owl City: So stoked for the new @pau". Twitter.com. http://twitter.com/owlcity/statuses/172947070209110016. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- ^ Up for Discussion (2009-09-14). "Exclusive: Paul van Dyk Sets New Album, Video Series for 2012". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/news/exclusive-paul-van-dyk-sets-new-album-video-1005670552.story#/news/exclusive-paul-van-dyk-sets-new-album-video-1005670552.story. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- ^ a b c "The politics of PVD". ibizavoice. 2006. http://www.ibiza-voice.com/news/news.php?id=882. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Paul van Dyk's 'Politics of Dancing 2' : Live at Central Park August 20th". Top40Charts. 18 August 2005. http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=16625&string=Shiloh. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Interview with MAX Magazine (German):". http://www.max.de/pop-kultur/musik/paul-van-dyk/101747,1,article,Ueberflieger.html.
- ^ "DJ Mag's Best Music Maker 1999". http://www.outlar.com/artist.php?id=28.
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| Robbie Williams | |
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 Williams performing as part of the Progress Live tour in May 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert Peter Williams |
| Born | (1974-02-13) 13 February 1974 (age 38) Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
| Genres | Pop rock, soft rock, dance |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, vocal coach, record producer, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, synthesiser, drums, piano, violin, harmonica, marimba |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Universal (2011–present) Virgin (2009–2010) Chrysalis (1996-2008) |
| Associated acts | Take That |
| Website | robbiewilliams.com |
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams[1] (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That.
Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams left the group in 1995 to launch his solo career. On 15 July 2010, it was announced he had rejoined Take That and that the group intended to release a new album in November 2010[2][3] which became the second fastest-selling album of all-time in UK chart history[4] and the fastest-selling record of the century.[5]
Williams has sold over 70 million records worldwide, which ranks him among the best-selling music artists worldwide.[6] He is the best-selling British solo artist in the United Kingdom and the best selling non-Latino artist in Latin America. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom. He has also been honoured with seventeen BRIT Awards—more than any other artist—and seven ECHO Awards. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted as the "Greatest Artist of the 1990s."
Life and career[link]
1974–89: Early life[link]
Williams was born to Peter and Janet Williams in Stoke-on-Trent on 13 February 1974. His parents ran a pub called the Red Lion in the town of Burslem, before his father became the licensee at the Port Vale F.C. Social Club - this led to Williams' lifelong affinity for the team.[7] Williams attended Mill Hill Primary School in Stoke-on-Trent[8] then St Margaret Ward Roman Catholic School in Tunstall,[9] and also attended dance school UKDDF in Tunstall.[citation needed] He participated in several school plays, and his biggest role was that of the Artful Dodger in a production of Oliver!.
1990–95: Take That[link]
Main article: Take That
In 1990, the sixteen year old Williams was the youngest member to join Take That. According to the documentary Take That: For the Record, his mother read an advertisement seeking members for a new boy band and suggested that he try out for the group. He met fellow member Mark Owen on the day of his audition/interview with Nigel Martin-Smith. During the heights of the band's popularity, Williams was known as the extrovert and practical joker of the band. Although the majority of the band's material was written and performed by Gary Barlow, Williams did perform lead vocals on their first Top Ten hit "Could It Be Magic", "I Found Heaven", and "Everything Changes". However, he had conflicts with Martin-Smith over the restrictive rules for Take That members, and he began drinking more alcohol and dabbling in cocaine.
In July 1995, Williams's drug abuse had escalated to the point of his having a near drug overdose the night before the group was scheduled to perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards. According to the documentary For the Record, he stated that he was unhappy with his musical ideas not being taken seriously by lead singer Barlow and Nigel Martin-Smith, because his desire to explore hip hop and rap conflicted with the band's usual ballads. Barlow explained in interviews that Williams had given up trying to offer creative input and merely did as he was told. As well as Williams's friction with the management of the band, Jason Orange had problems with his increasingly belligerent behaviour, his lack of interest in performing, and his frequent habit of missing the band's rehearsals.
Both Orange and Barlow confronted Martin-Smith about the internal conflict, because they did not want him dropping out while touring and before any possible future touring of America, which never took place. During one of the last rehearsals before the tour commenced, the group confronted Williams about his attitude and stated they wanted to do the tour without him. He agreed to quit the band and left; it would be the last time for twelve years that they were all together. Despite the departure of Williams, Take That completed their Nobody Else Tour as a four-piece band. They later disbanded on 13 February 1996, Williams's 22nd birthday.
Shortly afterwards, Williams was photographed by the press partying with the members of Oasis at Glastonbury Festival. Following his departure, he became the subject of talk shows and newspapers as he acknowledged his plans to become a solo singer, and he was spotted partying with George Michael in France. However, a clause in his Take That contract prohibited him from releasing any material until after the group was officially dissolved, and he was later sued by Martin-Smith and forced to pay $200,000 in commission. After various legal battles over his right to a solo career, Williams was victorious in getting released from his contract with BMG. On 27 June 1996, Williams formally announced that he had signed with Chrysalis Records.
[edit] 1996–98: Life Thru a Lens and I've Been Expecting You
After leaving Take That, Williams launched his solo career starting off in 1996 by covering George Michael's "Freedom", the single reached number two in the UK Singles Chart.[10]
Recordings for Williams's first album began at London's Maison Rouge studios in March 1996. Shortly after his introduction to Guy Chambers, Williams released "Old Before I Die" which would be the first single taken from his début album. The single reached number two on the UK Charts;[10] however, it was largely ignored on international charts.
His debut album, Life Thru a Lens, was released in September 1997. The album launched with his first live solo gig at the Élysée Montmartre theatre in Paris, France. The album debuted at number eleven of the UK Album Charts.
Williams released what would be the fourth single taken from his album. "Angels" became Williams' best-seller in the United Kingdom.[11] The song, apart from becoming a hit around Europe and Latin America, caused sales of his album to skyrocket. The album remained inside the British top ten for forty weeks and spent 218 weeks there altogether, making it the 58th best selling album in UK history with sales of over 2.4 million.[12] The album eventually managed to sell over three million copies in Europe.[13]
Williams and Chambers started writing the second album in Jamaica in early 1998. The first single, "Millennium", became Williams' first solo number one single in the United Kingdom.[14] It also became a top twenty hit in many European countries, Latin America and Australia.[15]
When the album I've Been Expecting You was released in late October 1998, it débuted at number one in the UK Albums Chart.[14] The album received more attention outside the United Kingdom, leaving its mark in the European and Latin American markets with hits such as "No Regrets", a collaboration with The Pet Shop Boys' singer Neil Tennant and The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon.
A cover of a track from World Party's album, Egyptology, became Williams' second number one hit in the UK.[14] Williams finished the year with a European Tour late in 1999.
The album I've Been Expecting You sold almost 3 million copies in the UK and was certified 10x Platinum by the BPI.[16] In Europe, the album sold over 4 million copies.[17]
[edit] 1999–2001: Sing When You're Winning and Swing When You're Winning
In 1999, Williams was signed to Capitol Records in the United States, a part of EMI. He embarked on a US promotional tour and released his first U.S. and Canadian single, "Millennium". The album The Ego Has Landed was released in July 1999 in the United States and Canada.
In the middle of promotion and the tours in 1999, Williams began work on his third studio album. This time he had finally found his inner confidence.[18]
The first single taken from the album was "Rock DJ", a song inspired by Williams's UNICEF mentor, the late Ian Dury. The video showed Williams in an attempt to get noticed by a group of females, first stripping and then tearing chunks of skin and muscle from his body, and caused controversy in the United Kingdom and many other countries. The video was edited by Top of the Pops for its graphic content and many other channels followed suit.[19] The song became an instant hit, reaching number one in the UK (becoming his third number one single as a solo artist) and New Zealand. The song went on to win "Best Song of 2000" at the MTV Europe Music Awards, "Best Single of the Year" at the BRIT Awards and an MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects.
When the album, Sing When You're Winning was released in August 2000, it topped the charts in many different countries.[20] In the UK the album was certified 2x Platinum on its first week of release.[21]
After the success of his third album, Williams wanted to take another musical direction. He took two weeks off from his tour to record what would be his fourth studio album, a big band album.[22] Born from his life-long love for Frank Sinatra – combined with the success of the track "Have You Met Miss Jones?" that he recorded for the film Bridget Jones' Diary in early 2001 – the album was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.
Williams took the chance to duet with his long-time friend Jonathan Wilkes, Little Voice star Jane Horrocks, Saturday Night Live star Jon Lovitz, Rupert Everett and actress Nicole Kidman. The first single released from the album was a duet with Kidman, on "Somethin' Stupid". Originally a hit for Frank and Nancy Sinatra, the song became Williams' fifth number one hit in the UK.[23] It eventually went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2001.[24]
When the album Swing When You're Winning (in reference to his 2000 studio album Sing When You're Winning) was released in late 2001, it became an instant hit in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Austria, Germany and Switzerland.[25]
"Beyond the Sea" was featured over the credits of the film Finding Nemo in 2003 and was also released on the film's soundtrack CD.
A DVD called Robbie Williams Live at the Albert Hall was released in December of that year. So far, it has become one of the best selling music DVDs in Europe, being certified 6x Platinum in the United Kingdom[26] and 2x Platinum in Germany.[27]
[edit] 2002–05: Escapology and Intensive Care
In 2002, Williams signed a record-breaking £80 million contract with EMI.[28] The contract included a number of provisos, including the label ceding greater creative control to the artist and a commitment to breaking Williams into the US market. So far it is the biggest music deal in British history. The deal was brokered by Ingenious Media, a leading UK corporate finance advisory business.[29]
Williams began working on what would be his fifth studio album, spending a year in the recording studio. The album heralded a new era for Williams. He had taken a more active role in the making of this album, giving an indication of his growing confidence in the studio. "One Fine Day", "Nan's Song", and "Come Undone" were the first songs that Williams wrote without the input of Guy Chambers. Most of the songs were recorded in Los Angeles.[29]
The album's first single, "Feel", written by Williams and Chambers, was recorded as a demo. When they started working on the album and were trying to re-record the vocals, Williams felt unsatisfied with it, so he decided to include the demo version and then release it as the first single.[30] When the single was released in late 2002, it became Williams' biggest international hit, going number one in countries like The Netherlands and Italy, as well as reaching the top ten in almost every single European country.[31]
When Williams' fifth studio album, Escapology, was released in late 2002, it hit number one in at least 10 countries around the world. In the United States, however, it failed to make such an impact.
Due to the controversial video for the album's second single, "Come Undone", it was heavily censored by MTV Networks Europe for depicting a debauched (but fully clothed) Williams having three-way sex with two women. The video was about some young people having a party and it showed footage of fights, drug taking and alcohol abuse. It also showed unsettling images of insects and reptiles. The uncensored version of the video was released on DVD single in Europe and was also included on the Enhanced CD Single.[32] BBC Radio 2 also banned the song for its explicit content.[33] At that time, it was confirmed that Williams and Guy Chambers were to officially split up.[32]
Escapology sold almost 2 million copies by the end of 2003 in the United Kingdom.[34]
In October 2003, Williams released his first live album, Live at Knebworth.
In October 2004, Williams released, Greatest Hits, a retrospective of his career, and also, to reveal the new tracks he had been working on with the then-new collaborator, Stephen Duffy.[35] "Radio", the compilation's first single, debuted at number one in the UK Singles Chart[14] (becoming Williams' sixth number-one hit). When the compilation was later released it debuted at number one in the UK[14] and was the best selling album of the year in the UK[36] and Europe.[37]
Eight years after the release of "Angels", in February 2005 the British public voted it as the "Best Single of the Past Twenty-Five Years" at the 2005 BRIT Awards.[38]
After touring Latin America in late 2004 for the promotion Greatest Hits, Williams started working on his sixth studio album. Recorded at his house in the Hollywood Hills, the album was co-written by Stephen Duffy over the course of 24 months.[39]
The track "Ghosts" was inspired by the Human League's "Louise", about a man who breaks off a relationship with his partner and realises he still has strong feelings for her.[39]
The album Intensive Care was launched in Berlin on 9 October. It became a smash hit around the world.
In November 2005, Williams took home the MTV Europe Music Award for 'Best Male', but also, entered in The Guinness Book of World Records when he announced his World Tour for 2006, selling 1.6 million tickets in one single day.[40] But after the success, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange, and Howard Donald had agreed to reunite in Notting Hill, west London, for a preview screening of a documentary about Take That. The documentary screened on ITV1 on 16 November 2005. Unfortunately, according to a source quoted by The Sunday Mirror, "Robbie announced he wasn't coming. The rest of the band were gutted but felt the show had to go on."[41]
Williams kicked off his Close Encounters World Tour in South Africa in April 2006, when he finished his European leg of the tour. 2.5 million people had seen the show,[42] and after touring Latin America and Australia the numbers went up to 3 million.
[edit] 2006–09: Rudebox and Reality Killed the Video Star
Williams released his much anticipated dance/electro album, Rudebox, on 23 October 2006. It featured collaborations with the Pet Shop Boys, William Orbit, Soul Mekanik, Joey Negro, Mark Ronson, Chris Grierson, The Orr Boys. It received mixed reviews: Allmusic gave it a four star rating, the NME 8 out of 10, and Music Week and MOJO were equally positive,[43] but it received much weaker reviews from some of the British press.
The first single, "Rudebox", was premièred on radio by Scott Mills on his show on BBC Radio 1. The event caused some controversy, as the record label's embargo date was broken, although Williams himself later backed the presenter for doing so. More controversy followed due to the first single's radical change of direction when compared to his older releases. British newspaper The Sun named the song "The Worst Song Ever".[44] However, Victoria Newton stated that there were sure-fire hits on the album.[45]
The album sold 2x Platinum in Europe with sales of over 2 million making it the fastest platinum-selling album of 2006.[46] The album finished at number eighteen in the list of 2006's best selling albums worldwide. Neil Tennant claimed the album had sold 4.5 million copies by early 2007.[47]
To promote his album, Williams commissioned a series of short films.[48] Goodbye to the Normals was directed by Jim Field Smith and features "Burslem Normals" by Robbie Williams.
On 4 October 2007, Williams made a guest appearance at Mark Ronson's concert in Los Angeles, performing The Charlatans' "The Only One I Know", which features on Ronson's album Version.
Rumours of a new studio album co-written with Guy Chambers surfaced in early 2007, along with known commitments required by Williams to his EMI contract. British singer-songwriter Laura Critchley commented that she had sung vocals for three songs, and said that it would not be released until 2009.[49]
On 16 January 2008 UK tabloid The Sun announced that Williams had been working on some songs with The Blockheads member Chaz Jankel. The article went on to state that the reunion with Chambers hadn't worked out and that the material that Williams is working on with Jankel will form the basis of his next studio album.[50] However, although it had been confirmed on the Blockheads' official site that Jankel was writing with Williams, the rumour that Chambers was no longer working with him was not official. In late August 2008, Williams' friend Callum Blue commented that he was still working on the album.[51]
In February 2009, it was confirmed that Williams had written material with Guy Chambers and Mark Ronson. A spokesman said that Williams was planning to begin the recording sessions in March and that the new album would be released in late 2009. This will probably be the last Williams album released by EMI.[52] On his official website, Williams confirmed that he was working with producer Trevor Horn on his new album, which would eventually be titled Reality Killed the Video Star,[53] a reference to the song "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Horn's former band The Buggles. The album was released on 9 November 2009 in the United Kingdom.[54]
On 11 October 2009 Williams published a 12-track compilation album, titled Songbook, as a free CD for the newspaper The Mail on Sunday. The CD is a one-off album of some of his biggest hits - including several rare live performances.[55] That same evening, Williams made his "comeback" on The X Factor results show, performing his new single "Bodies" for the first time live.[56]
On 20 October 2009 Williams opened the BBC Electric Proms at the London RoundHouse.[57] It was his first live concert for 3 years[58] and was broadcast across 200 cinemas worldwide.[59] Accompanied by a string section, horn section, full band and producer Trevor Horn, Williams performed several new tracks from Reality Killed the Video Star and older tracks.
Reality Killed the Video Star was previewed in the UK on the Spotify music streaming service on 6 November 2009, and official released on 9 November.[60] In a high profile chart battle, Williams' album was pitted against X Factor 2008 runners-up JLS who released their debut album the same day. JLS beat Williams to the number one spot by 1500 sales. The album was also released in the United States (Williams' first album to be released there since 2002's Escapology).
In late November 2009, Williams traveled to Australia to perform at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009.
[edit] 2010–2011: In and Out of Consciousness and reunion with Take That
In October 2010 Williams released his second greatest hits album, In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990–2010, to celebrate 20 years as a performing artist.[61] A single, "Shame", was also released, which was written and sung by Williams and Barlow.[61]
On 15 July 2010, Williams announced he was returning to Take That. A joint statement between Williams and the group said "The rumours are true... Take That: the original lineup, have written and recorded a new album, to be called, Progress for release later this year," read the band's statement. "Following months of speculation Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams confirmed they have been recording a new studio album as a five-piece, which they will release in November."[62]
On 26 August 2010, it was announced Williams would become a guest vocal coach on the ninth series of German reality television show Popstars: Girls forever to teach candidates for a girl group.[63]
On 20 September 2010, Williams released his second book called "You Know Me" in collaboration with Chris Heath. The book features a collection of photographs of Williams from the past 20 years of his career and discussion of them by Williams as transcribed by Heath.[64]
In October, Media Control named Williams the most successful album-artist of the millennium due to the fact that he had spent No. 1 on the German Albums Chart for 38 weeks since 2000. He also reached that chart's Top Ten 135 times.[65]
2011-present: Move to Universal and ninth studio album[link]
In June 2011 Robbie Williams revealed that he has been working with Gary Barlow on a new solo album, that will be produced by Barlow.[66] Williams confirmed on his official site that he will be doing a new duet.[67][citation needed]
Williams launched a radio show titled Radio Rudebox on 6 October 2011 where he played music and interviewed Gary Barlow.[68]
On 21 October 2011 Williams announced that he had signed with Universal Music, following his departure from his previous record label EMI in 2010. He said in a statement, "I'm really thrilled to be joining the Universal family at what I think is the most exciting time in my career." The singer's forthcoming ninth studio album is set to be released during the autumn of 2012.[69]
Other projects[link]
Reunion of Take That[link]
Williams announced in December 2008 that he was planning to relocate to the UK prior to releasing his eighth studio album in late-2009, and a possible reunion with Take That. Photos also showed Williams with his new tattoo of the Take That logo on his right arm, in tribute to his former bandmates.[70] Williams bought a £7 million home in the village of Compton Bassett, Wiltshire.
On 27 March 2009, Williams stated he felt ready to re-join Take That. He said: "I'm in regular contact with them, even Gaz, and it's looking more likely by the week. The lads all seem up for it and some people think it's a done deal. I think it would be fun."[71] Williams was eager to re-join the band on their The Circus Live tour, but these plans never materialised. In September 2009, Williams was reported to be working in New York with Take That, however these rumours were never confirmed.[72]
While it was rumoured that Williams would reunite with Take That on 12 November 2009 for a Children In Need charity concert at The Royal Albert Hall, they merely greeted each other warmly on stage between performances. However, both did join with the other acts in the final song of the evening, with Williams putting his arm around Gary Barlow and singing "Hey Jude". Williams subsequently implied in an interview that a proper reunion was still a distinct possibility. On 15 February 2010, The Sun printed an interview with Williams, stating that he and Take That had been sighted going to an Los Angeles studio together.[73]
It was announced on 15 July that Williams had rejoined Take That. In November 2010 the Take That album Progress was released, becoming the fastest selling album since 2000 and the second fastest selling album in UK history. Williams explained that the long-standing friction between himself and Gary has been resolved, and how close they now were.[74]
The band also announced the Progress Live tour which would travel across the UK, including a record breaking 8 nights at Wembley Stadium in London,[75] then continue across Europe. The tour was the fastest selling in UK history with ticket hotlines and websites crashing under the demand.[75]
Collaborations[link]
One of his most famous collaborations was on the song "Kids", a duet with Australian pop star Kylie Minogue. The single peaked at number 2 on the UK singles charts in 2000. Williams also collaborated with Australian film star Nicole Kidman on a cover of Frank and Nancy Sinatra's "Somethin' Stupid". The single reached number 1 on the UK singles chart in 2001. His single "No Regrets" featured Neil Tennant, and Neil Hannon on backing vocals.
In 2002, Williams appeared on the track "My Culture" on the 1 Giant Leap album, alongside rapper Maxi Jazz (which features lyrics from the hidden track "Hello Sir" from Life Thru a Lens). Williams also features on a double CD titled Concrete which was released on the same day as Rudebox. The CD features a concert recorded for the BBC featuring the Pet Shop Boys and Williams singing their classic hit "Jealousy". Their joint effort, "She's Madonna", was released as a single in March 2007. On 13 August 2007, a Dean Martin duets album was released, on which Williams sings "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone". Most recently it was announced that Williams has recorded what is going to be Mexican singer Thalía's first single from her upcoming English-language album.
In 2010 he announced that he was to release "Shame", a duet with Take That lead singer songwriter Gary Barlow as the first single from his greatest hits collection In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990–2010 which was certified silver in the UK and charted in 19 countries worldwide.
Video game[link]
Williams features in his own karaoke video game, We Sing Robbie Williams which was released on 12 November 2010 by Nordic Games.
Achievements[link]
It has been claimed that Williams has sold more albums in the UK than any other British solo artist in history and has won more BRIT Awards than any other artist to date.[76] His album sales stands at over 57 million worldwide.[77][78][79] Williams was entered in The Guinness Book of World Records when, after he announced his World Tour for 2006, 1.6 million tickets were sold in one single day.[80]
He has been presented many awards, including seventeen BRIT[81] and seven ECHO awards.[82] In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame, after being voted as the Greatest artist of the 1990s.[83]
Williams appears in the list of the all-time Top 100 biggest selling albums in the United Kingdom six times.[36]
In October 2009 it was announced that he would receive the Outstanding Contribution To British Music award at the 2010 BRIT Awards.[84]
In September 2010 Williams switched on the Blackpool illuminations, stating that it was one of the greatest honours he'd ever achieved.[85]
Personal life[link]
Since 2006, Williams has spent most of his time in Los Angeles, California.[86] Williams moved back to the UK in 2009 when he bought an £8.5 million mansion in Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, nearby to close friend Jonathan Wilkes who lives in Swindon. Williams sold the mansion a year later to move back to Los Angeles.[citation needed]
Williams has reportedly battled mental illness, obesity, self-esteem issues, alcoholism, and substance abuse throughout his life.[87][88] He once discussed how his friend Elton John booked him into a clinic to cope with his drug use that emerged from the depression he was experiencing while still in Take That.[88] He entered a rehabilitation centre in Tucson for his addiction to the prescription pills Xanax, Seroxat/Paxil, Vicodin, and the energy drink Lucozade in February 2007[89] Williams used to smoke up to 60 cigarettes a day; he gave up in 2009 for his girlfriend Ayda Field.
Williams has a strong interest in UFOs and related paranormal phenomena, and has pursued this interest during his 2007–08 sabbatical.[90] His interest in the subject led to him taking part in a documentary for BBC Radio 4 with Jon Ronson. The documentary followed them to a UFO convention in Nevada. During an interview with Joss Stone on The Jeremy Kyle Show in 2008, Williams revealed that while out of his head on dispirin he has seen UFOs three times.[91] Williams said his first UFO sighting was when he was a child in Britain while he spotted his second in Beverly Hills, and added that the third sighting was just after he had written a song about alien contact.[91]
On 30 November 2009, Williams' hairdresser Aaron Vickers was found dead in woodland near to Williams' then home in Wiltshire. Vickers first met Williams in Los Angeles after being introduced by their mutual friend Jonathan Wilkes. When Williams bought the £8.5 million mansion in early 2009, Vickers lived at the estate for some months but had recently moved back in with his mother who lives nearby. Vickers was last seen by his boyfriend at 1am on 30 November, and his body was found hanged in the woods the following morning.[92][93]
Relationships[link]
Since May 2006, Williams has been in a relationship with the Turkish American actress Ayda Field.[94] They have reportedly been together for almost five years.[95] Despite several break up stories in the press[96][97][98] Williams and Field have been spotted together many times.[99][100][101] On 29 January 2008 they were pictured on vacation together at Mammoth Ski Resort in California, accompanied by Max Beesley.[102][103][104] She was featured in a UFO documentary that Williams did for BBC Radio 4 in April[105] and took part in a field investigation he did in Trout Lake, Washington in August 2008.[106]
On 8 November 2008, Williams was spotted with Field at football match at the Emirates Stadium home of Arsenal, where he was also seen with Gary Barlow accompanied by his two oldest children, and Williams's longtime friend Jonathan Wilkes.[107] The couple has been living together in a mansion in Wiltshire since the beginning of 2009 according to The Sun.[108] In October 2009, Field appeared in the video of Williams comeback single Bodies. Williams has been referring to Field as his "wife" in recent interviews.[109]
In November 2009, Williams announced to Jonathan Ross that he was 'in love' with Field.[110] On 26 November 2009, Williams proposed to Ayda Field live on the Australian radio channel 2dayfm in an interview on the Kyle and Jackie O Show.[111] However, it was later revealed by Williams' manager that it was "done as a joke following suggestions it was a stunt which was set up prior to the radio show." His spokesman confirmed: 'He did say it, but he did it in a jocular manner. They are not engaged.'[112] A few days later Williams himself denied the engagement, using his official blog to say "Hey all. We are not engaged. Rob.".[113][114] On 7 August 2010, Williams and Field married at his home in Los Angeles.[115] On 30 March 2012 Williams announced that he and his wife, Ayda, would become parents for the first time.[116]
Sexuality[link]
Williams won a libel case against MGN and Northern & Shell in December 2005 relating to articles which had reported he was a closet homosexual.[117] In the libel action that resulted from this, Williams accepted substantial damages, and the publishers accepted that the stories were untrue. His counsel, Tom Shields QC, told the court, "Mr Williams is not, and has never been, homosexual." Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell called for any damages paid out from the libel case to be donated to gay charities, claiming Williams' legal actions had created the impression that it is "bad to be gay."[118] Williams responded that he was not bothered about being labelled as a gay man, and he would have taken the same action had it been regarding a heterosexual relationship. In 2008, Williams's friend, actor Max Beesley, rejected claims that Williams was gay. Beesley said, "Some of the stuff written about him is enough to make me mad, the rumours about him being gay, for example. Not true. I've never met anybody less gay in my life!"[119]
Wealth[link]
In 2009, the Sunday Times Rich List claimed he was worth over £130 million.[120] In 2011 his wealth was estimated at £90 million.[121]
Williams is a lifelong supporter of Port Vale, based in his home town of Stoke-on-Trent. In February 2006 he bought £240,000 worth of shares in the club, making him the majority shareholder.[122] He also has a restaurant at Vale Park named in his honour.[123]
Health[link]
He revealed in 2011 he had been battling a lethargy caused by a type of hormone imbalance called a Andropause for a number of years and thought at first it was a return of his depression.[124][125]
Charity[link]
Williams has set up a charity in his home town entitled Give It Sum, its goal being to "improve local conditions and strengthen community life by giving money to those who are disadvantaged."[87][126]
Williams, with the help of friend Jonathan Wilkes, has organised charity football matches called Soccer Aid to raise money for UNICEF UK. A mixture of celebrities and professional football players have played Soccer Aid matches in 2006, 2008 and 2010 at Old Trafford in Manchester and Wembley Stadium in London.[127]
Williams has been the Patron of the children's charity the Donna Louise Trust based in his home town of Stoke-on-Trent, for the last 8 years. The charity offers respite and palliative care to terminally ill and life-limited children who are not expected to live past the age of 16.[128]
Awards[link]
Main article: List of Robbie Williams' Awards
Williams has won various awards with some of his more recognised accolades being the BRIT awards. He has won 17 BRIT awards which also include the BRITs he won with Take That making him the most successful artist in BRIT history. He has also won 8 Echo Awards from the German music industry.[82][129]
Discography[link]
Main article: Robbie Williams discography
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Tours[link]
- The Show Off Must Go On (October–November 1997)
- The Ego Has Landed (May–June 1998)
- One More for the Rogue Tour / For a Few Dollars More... Tour (1998–99)
- Robbie Williams North American Tours (1999)
- The Sermon on the Mount Tour (2000–01)
- Weddings, Barmitzvahs & Stadiums Tour / Sing When You're Pacific Rimming Tour (2001)
- Weekends of Mass Distraction Tour / Cock of Justice/Aussie Typo Tour (2003)
- Close Encounters Tour (2006)
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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. He wrote about 100 plays during his career, including Our American Cousin (1858), famous as the play which was being performed in the presence of American President Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated in 1865.
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Biography[link]
Taylor was born into a wealthy family at Bishopwearmouth, present day Sunderland, in north-east England. His father owned a brewery. After attending school at the Grange in Sunderland, and studying for two sessions at the University of Glasgow, he became a student of Cambridge University's Trinity College in 1837. In 1840 he received a B.A. with honors in both classics and mathematics, and a Master's degree in 1843.[1][2]
Taylor began his working life as a journalist. Soon after moving to London, he wrote for the Morning Chronicle and the Daily News. He was on the staff of Punch magazine until 1874, when he succeeded Charles William Shirley Brooks as editor. He was also was an art critic for The Times and The Graphic.[3]
At the same time, for two years, he was a professor of English literature at University College, London. He was accepted as a lawyer of Middle Temple in November 1846, and practised the northern circuit until he became assistant secretary of the Board of Health in 1850. On the reconstruction of the Board in 1854 he was made Secretary, and on its abolition his services were transferred to a department of the Home Office, retiring on a pension in 1876.[3]
Taylor also wrote about painters, editing the Autobiography of B. R. Haydon (1853), the Autobiography and Correspondence of C. R. Leslie, R.A. (1860), and writing Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1865). He also edited Pen Sketches from a Vanished Hand, selected from papers of Mortimer Collins.
He died at his home in Battersea, London, in 1880 at the age of 62.
Theatre[link]
Acting and stage direction[link]
From an early age, Taylor had shown a predilection for theatre and performed dramas with a number of children in a loft over a brewer's stable.[3]
During 1842, Taylor, together with his Cambridge friends Frederick Ponsonby (Earl of Bessborough), Charles G. Taylor and William Bolland, formed the Old Stagers, which is recognised as the oldest amateur drama society still performing. The Old Stagers were invited to perform at the Canterbury Theatre during the Canterbury Cricket Week. Taylor performed, under his nom de theatre "J. Noakes, Esq", with the Old Stagers for more than 20 years. He was usually also Stage Manager and wrote many epilogues at the end of the Canterbury Cricket Week. He and the Old Stagers also performed in Royal Leamington Spa in 1852, and at the Theatre Royal during the I Zingari Cricket Week of 1853. Most of the Old Stagers played cricket for I Zingari during the day and performed on the stage in the evening, but there is no evidence to suggest that Taylor played cricket.[citation needed]
Playwriting[link]
Four of Taylor's burlesques were produced at the Lyceum Theatre in London in 1844. His first success was To Parents and Guardians, produced at the Lyceum in 1845.[3] Taylor eventually produced about 100 plays, although many were adaptations from the French or collaborations with other playwrights, notably Charles Reade. Some of his plots were adapted from the novels of Charles Dickens or others.[4] Many of Taylor's plays were extremely popular, and his stated intention was to construct popular plays. The best of them include Masks and Faces (1852, with Reade), Plot and Passion (1853), Still Waters Run Deep (1855), and The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1863), and Arkwright’s Wife (1873).[2] He also wrote a series of historical dramas (many in blank verse, including The Fool’s Revenge (1869), 'Twixt Axe and Crown (1870), Jeanne d'arc (1871), Lady Clancarty (1874) and Anne Boleyn (1875).[4] In 1871, Taylor supplied the words to Arthur Sullivan's dramatic cantata, On Shore and Sea.
Taylor's plays are mostly forgotten today, although several survived into the 20th century. His most famous play is Our American Cousin, remembered mostly for its association with Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Selected bibliography[link]
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Revival of The Ticket-of-Leave Man, starring Nellie Farren
- Masks and Faces (1852)
- Plot and Passion (1853)
- Still Waters Run Deep (1855)
- Victims (1857)
- Our American Cousin (1858)
- The Contested Election (1859)
- The Overland Route (1860)
- The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1863)
- Mary Warner (1869)
- The Fool's Revenge (1869)
- 'Twixt Axe and Crown (1870)
- Joan of Arc (1871)
- Arkwright’s Wife (1873)
- Lady Clancarty (1874)
- Anne Boleyn (1875)
Notes[link]
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Taylor, Tom". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ a b Profile of Taylor at the Turney site.
- ^ a b c d Information from the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ a b "Tom Taylor", The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21) (Volume XIII. The Victorian Age, Part One. VIII. Nineteenth-Century Drama, § 10
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- Lacy's Acting Edition of Victorian Plays
- NY Times obituary
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| Date of birth | 19 October 1817 |
| Place of birth | |
| Date of death | 12 July 1880 |
| Place of death | |
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