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England Yorkshire  Leeds

Guide to Leeds history, family history, and genealogy:' parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. Historically in Yorkshire's West Riding, the history of Leeds can be traced to the 5th century when the name referred to a wooded area of the Kingdom of Elmet. 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 center for the production and trading of wool.

Leeds is located in the valley of the River Aire in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is 190 miles (310 km) north-northwest of central London. The city center is less than twenty miles (32 km) from the Yorkshire Dales National Park which has some of the most spectacular scenery and countryside in the UK. Inner and southern areas of Leeds lie on a layer of coal measure sandstones forming the Yorkshire Coalfield. To the north parts are built on older sandstone and gritstones and to the east it extends into the magnesian limestone belt.

During the Industrial Revolution, Leeds developed into a major mill town; wool was the dominant industry but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing, and other industries were important.[6] 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 center by the mid-20th century. The main built-up area sub-division has a population of 474,632 (2011) and the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, of which it is a part, has a population of around 757,700 (2011) making it the third largest city in the United Kingdom.

Today, Leeds has the most diverse economy of all the UK's main employment centers and has seen the fastest rate of private sector jobs growth of any UK city and has the highest ratio of public to private sector jobs of all the UK's Core Cities. The city has the third largest jobs total by local authority area with 480,000 in employment and self-employment at the beginning of 2015. Leeds is also ranked as a gamma world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network;[9] and is considered the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area. Leeds is served by four universities, and has the fourth largest student population in the country and has the country's fourth largest urban economy.

Cemeteries (Civil)

 * Yell listing of Leeds Cemeteries and Crematoria


 * Killingbeck Cemetery


 * Cemetery Cottage
 * York Rd
 * Leeds, LS14 6AB


 * Leeds Corporation Cemetery and Crematorium


 * Cottingley Hall
 * Ring Rd
 * Leeds, LS11 0EU


 * Rawdon Crematorium

Leeds, LS19 6JP
 * Leeds Rd

Parishes
Leeds city proper falls under the Anglican Diocese of Leeds:


 * Address: Church House
 * 17-19 York Pl
 * Leeds LS1 2EX


 * Anglican Diocese of Leeds

Some specific Anglican churches follow:

Leeds Minster:


 * 8 St Peters House
 * Kirkgate
 * Leeds
 * LS2 7DJ

Email: contact@leedsminster.org


 * Leeds Minster

St Georges


 * Great George Street
 * Leeds,LS1 3BR

Parish Church of St. Mary's

Address:
 * Dewsbury Rd
 * Dewsbury, Leeds WF12 7JL

St. Mary's Church, Whitkirk


 * Address:
 * Selby Rd
 * Leeds LS15 0AA

St. Mary's Parish Church, Beeston


 * Address:
 * Town Street
 * Leeds LS11 8PN

St Mary the Virgin, Hunslet


 * Address:
 * Church Street
 * Hunslet, West Yorkshire, LS10 2QY

St Mary the Virgin, Beeston


 * Address:
 * Town Street
 * Beeston, West Yorkshire, LS11 8RD

St Luke's Church


 * Address:
 * Stanks Ln N
 * Swarcliffe LS14 5AS

St John the Evangelist


 * Address:
 * 23 New Briggate
 * Leeds LS2 8JD

Non Conformists
There are many other christian denominations represented in Leeds. A list of the major denominations follows:


 * Abundant Life Church
 * Baptists
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Chinese Christian Church
 * City Evangelical Church
 * Greek Orthodox
 * Jehovah's Witnesses
 * Methodist
 * Russian Orthodox
 * Seventh Day Adventist
 * Sheffield Jesus Centre

Non Christian communities include:


 * Buddhist
 * Hindu
 * Jain
 * Jewish
 * Muslim
 * Shinto
 * Sikh
 * Taoist

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The following article civil registration tells more about these records.

The address and website for the Leeds Office for Civil Registration follow:


 * Leeds Register Office
 * Leeds Town Hall
 * The Headrow
 * Leeds
 * LS1 3AD


 * Leeds Register Office


 * UK BMD Yorkshire


 * Forebears UK Yorkshire

Local Histories

 * wikipedia History of Leeds


 * History of Leeds


 * A History of Leeds by W R Burt


 * The Illustrated History of Leeds by Kevin Grady and Steven Burt

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Old Maps of Leeds


 * Map of Leeds


 * 1850 gazetteer for Leeds and Bradford


 * genuki Leeds gazetteer

Newspapers

 * The Yorkshire Evening Post


 * Leeds University Newspaper; the Gryphon


 * The Guardian

Occupations
Leeds has the most diverse economy of the all the UK's main employment centers and has seen the fastest rate of private sector jobs growth of any UK city and has the highest ratio of public to private sector jobs of all the UK's Core Cities. The city has the third largest jobs total by local authority area with 480,000 in employment and self-employment at the beginning of 2015.

Of the almost 500,000 persons in employment, 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. In 2011, the financial and services industry in Leeds was worth £2.1 billion, the 5th largest in the UK, behind London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham.

The city is also an important center for equity, venture and risk finance. Founded in Leeds, the venture capital provider, YFM Equity Partners, is now the UK's largest provider of risk capital to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Leeds also has a large and growing population in the legal profession. There are around 150 law firms operating in Leeds, employing over 6,700 people.

Leeds is the UK's third largest manufacturing center and 50% of the UK's manufacturing base is within a two-hour drive of Leeds. With around 1,800 firms and 39,000 employees, Leeds manufacturing firms account for 8.8% of total employment in the city. The largest sub-sectors are engineering, printing and publishing, food and drink, chemicals and medical technology.

Societies

 * UK Federation of Family History Societies; Yorkshire


 * The Yorkshire Group UK

Archives

 * National Archives, Leeds


 * Leeds University Archives


 * Newspapers Archive: Leeds

Web Sites

 * Leeds City Council


 * wikipedia; Leeds


 * [http://www.leeds.anglican.org/ Anglican Diocese of Leeds