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Based in West Yorkshire, Leeds boasts a thriving
city centre and excellent night life.
Leeds
is located on the River
Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is
the urban core and administrative centre of the
wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds.
The county borough of Leeds was awarded city
status in 1893, but in 1974 this status was
transferred to the larger new metropolitan
borough named "City of Leeds". Thus Leeds,
although commonly referred to as a "city", does
not have this legal status unless the wider area
is being discussed.
Historically
a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the
recorded history of Leeds can be traced to the
5th century when the Kingdom of Elmet was
covered by the forest of "Loidis", the origin of
the name Leeds. During the Industrial
Revolution, Leeds developed into a major
industrial centre for the production and trade
of wool, before emerging as a centre for
commerce and higher education, being the
location of the
University of Leeds,
Leeds Metropolitan University and Leeds Trinity
and All Saints. Today the city is one of the
largest financial and legal centres outside
London.
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