coord 53.800 1.549 display title region GB scale 200000 The Forest of Leeds was originally the Forest of Loidis in which what is now Leeds arose. ref name Fletcher cite book last Fletcher first J. S. title The Story of English Towns Leeds publisher Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge location London oclc 221589888 url http www.archive.org details storyoftheenglis027638mbp accessdate 2009 07 22 ref It now refers to patches of woodland throughout the metropolitan district, managed by City of Leeds Leeds City Council Leeds City Council amounting to 1200 hectares. ref name Strategy http www.leeds.gov.uk files Internet2007 2006 week24 inter 77f076b6 a57b 4be5 972e 473df96e68ae cc8443a2 5ffc 4f21 9e8c 0c54e59ac5c0.pdf Towards a Leeds Forest Strategy Leeds City Council 2006 ref These are in 55 units of various kinds of woodlands, including those of Belle Isle, Leeds Belle Isle , Gledhow , Golden Acre Park , Lotherton Hall , Meanwood Valley Trail Meanwood Valley , Middleton Park , Moortown, West Yorkshire Moortown , Roundhay Park , Temple Newsam and Woodhouse, Leeds Woodhouse Ridge . ref name ForestofLeeds http www.leeds.gov.uk fol forest.html Forest of Leeds ref References reflist External links http www.leeds.gov.uk fol forest.html Forest of Leeds Category Forests and woodlands of England Category Leeds WestYorkshire geo stub ... more details
UK . In October 1888, Le Prince filmed moving picture sequences Roundhay Garden Scene and a Leeds ... in Roundhay and of Leeds Bridge in October 1888. ... it has been claimed that a photograph of a drowned ... Le Prince LePrince Cine Camera Projector types MkII of his single lens camera to film Roundhay Garden ... , the Whitley home in Roundhay , Leeds, but they were not distributed to the general public. The following ... known as Roundhay Garden Scene , presumably the world s first motion picture. Le Prince later used ... Grange his wife s family home, in Roundhay , another at Leeds Bridge and an Accordion Player ... web 20070316205741 http www.nmpft.org.uk insight info roundhay.mov Roundhay & http www.nmpft.org.uk ... 24 frames per second frame rate frame s rate Roundhay Garden at 24.64 frame s and Leeds Bridge at 23.50frame ... speeds. According to Adolphe Le Prince, who assisted his father at Leeds, Roundhay Garden is believed ... names are used to designate the untitled films, such as Leeds Bridge or Roundhay Garden Scene . Actually ... 10912969 N03 sets 72157617402957145 here . Roundhay Garden Scene LPCCP Type 1 MkII main Roundhay Garden Scene gallery Image Leprince roundhay framescopy 1930 nmpft.png Roundhay, 1888 original frames ... RoundhayGardenScene.png Roundhay, http web.archive.org web 20070316205741 http ... The 1931 National Science Museum copy of the remaining film sequence shot in Roundhay garden ... s garden at Oakwood Grange , Roundhay on October 14, 1888. Leeds Bridge LPCCP Type 1 MkII Leeds Bridge ... home roundhay garden scene 1888.html Roundhay Garden Scene 1888 , Culture Wars by Ion Martea http .... Sarreguemines,2009 . See also List of people who have mysteriously disappeared Roundhay Garden Scene ..., Melbourne. Retrieved 2008 09 26 http www.youtube.com watch?v F1i40rnpOsA Roundhay Garden Scene ... more details
infobox historic subdivision Name Leeds HQ Leeds Government Leeds Rural District Council Origin sanitary district Leeds Rural Sanitary District Status Rural district Start 1894 End 1912 Code CodeName Replace County Borough of Leeds Motto Divisions Civil parishes DivisionsNames DivisionsMap Image Map File Leeds Rural in West Riding 1911 2.png 250px Leeds Rural District within the West Riding in 1911 Arms Civic PopulationFirst 3,210 PopulationFirstYear 1901 AreaFirst convert 3290 acre km2 AreaFirstYear 1901 DensityFirst DensityFirstYear PopulationLast 4,289 PopulationLastYear 1911 AreaLast convert 3290 acre km2 AreaLastYear 1911 DensityLast DensityLastYear Leeds was, from 1894 to 1912, a rural district in the Administrative counties of England administrative county of West Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire, West Riding , England . It comprised an area adjacent to, but not including, the City of Leeds . ref name vob cite vob url http www.visionofbritain.org.uk relationships.jsp?u id 10186500&c id 10001043 name Leeds Rural District accessdate 2009 09 16 ref It was alternatively known as the Rural District of Leeds Roundhay and Seacroft . ref name gazz LondonGazette issue 27246 startpage 6941 date 13 November 1900 accessdate 2009 09 23 ref Creation File Leeds Rural 1911 with CB copy.png thumb Parishes in the rural district left The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the Leeds Rural Sanitary District. A directly elected rural district council RDC replaced the previous rural sanitary authority, which had consisted of the poor law board of guardians guardians for the area. ref name youngs cite book last Youngs first Frederic A, Jr. title Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.2 Northern England year 1991 publisher Royal Historical Society page 790 location London isbn 0861931270 ref The district comprised the two civil parish parishes of Roundhay and Seacroft . The headquarters of the council lay outside the district at the Poo ... more details
and Harehills Road which join at the junction of Roundhay Road A58 road leading to Oakwood, Leeds Oakwood ... tramway along York Road and Roundhay Road began to stimulate some growth, and by the time ... 2010 05 04 ref Amenities Image Harehillsparade.jpg thumb right 220px Harehills Parade, Roundhay Road Harehills amenities are not located within one centre but spread across the area, mainly on Roundhay .... The area s largest supermarket, Kwiksave on Roundhay Road recently closed. There is however still ... fast food shops, and Roundhay Road has been referred to as The Curry Mile . ref name crimestoppers ... of Leeds Tramway 1889.jpg thumb right 220px Construction of the former Leeds Tramway along Roundhay ... city centre , Oakwood , Roundhay , Gipton , Seacroft and Wetherby . Buses running through Harehills ... line runs along the A58 Roundhay Road, linking Harehills with Seacroft , Leeds city centre and Horsforth . The Purple line also runs along Roundhay Road linking Harehills with Seacroft , Leeds city centre and Bramley, Leeds Bramley . The Blue line runs along Roundhay Road linking Harehills with Oakwood, Leeds Oakwood , Roundhay and Leeds city centre . The Mauve line runs along Harehills Lane, linking ... mosaics. It was completed in 1894, and is on Roundhay Road, on the south side of Banstead Park. The vicar ... Green.jpg thumb right 220px The continental supermarket on the A58 road A58 Roundhay Road, was formerly ... more details
of north east Leeds , situated east of Chapel Allerton and west of Roundhay . ref name yorkshire cite news url http www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk news latest news top stories sian breckin roundhay actress stars in donkey punch 1 2800900 work Yorkshire Evening Post title Sian Breckin Roundhay ... at the Roundhay School . ref name yorkshire In order to receive an GCE Advanced Level qualification in the field of drama , Breckin continued to study at the Roundhay School until the age of 19. ref name yorkshire She stated to the Yorkshire Evening Post that the drama programme at Roundhay School significantly ... her studies at Roundhay School, Breckin went on to participate in acting workshops for one year at Stratford ... Roundhay School Notable alumni Alumni from Roundhay School East 15 Acting School Notable alumni Alumni ... 2012 cite news url http www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk news latest news top stories sian breckin roundhay actress stars in donkey punch 1 2800900 work Yorkshire Evening Post title Sian Breckin Roundhay ... at Roundhay School ... more details
of Shadwell Lane and east of Roundhay Park Lane. ref name Parish http www.visionwebsites.co.uk Contents ... Slaidhill.jpg One of the parades of Shops in Slaid Hill gallery Location grid br NSEW Wike Roundhay ... more details
Other persons Keith Smith Infobox rugby biography name Keith Smith image caption birth name Keith Smith nickname birth date 17th Nov 1952 birth place Leeds , West Riding of Yorkshire , England death date 2nd June 2006 death place Moortown, Leeds St Gemma s Hospice St. Gemma s Hospice , Leeds , England height 6 3 weight ru position Centre rugby union Inside and Outside Center ru amateuryears 1972 76 ru amateurclubs Roundhay ru amupdate 11 September 2006 ru nationalteam England national rugby union team England ru nationalyears 1974 75 ru nationalcaps 4 ru nationalpoints ru ntupdate 11 September 2006 ru clubyears ru proclubs ru clubcaps ru clubpoints ru clubupdate 11 September 2006 ru currentclub ru coachclubs East Leeds ARLFC, Easy Road. ru coachyears ru coachupdate 11 September 2006 rl position rlp CE , rlp SO rlp FE rl clubupdate 11 September 2006 rl nationalteam England national rugby league team England rl nationalyears 1979 rl nationalcaps 1 rl nationalpoints rl ntupdate 11 September 2006 rl amateuryears rl amateurclubs rl amupdate 11 September 2006 rl clubyears 1977 1979 rl proclubs Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity rl clubcaps rl clubpoints rl clubupdate 11 September 2006 rl coachupdate 11 September 2006 rl coachclubs rl coachyears rl coachupdate 11 September 2006 other occupation family spouse Diane children Craig, Gemma, Simon, Clare relatives school university Keith Smith 1952 2006 was a former England national rugby union team English List of dual code rugby internationals dual code international rugby football rugby player he excelled in playing Centre rugby union centre . He first played with Yorkshire Colts rugby then advanced to Roundhay. It was from that side that he was selected to play in the England national rugby union team English international ranks. His Roundhay d but was against local rivals West Leeds Old Boys in 1972. The last of his eventual 85 games was played was against Gosforth in 1976 for the National Cup. He eventually play ... more details
October 2011. ref Roundhay , ref http www.leodis.net display.aspx?resourceIdentifier 2003103 65673465 ... original tram poles remaining in Roundhay were actually lighting standards in a bus park. There is an old ... more details
Guardian1923 where Louis Le Prince filmed the Roundhay Garden Scene in 1888, credited as the first motion picture. ref name IMDB http www.imdb.com title tt0392728 plotsummary Internet Movie Database Roundhay ... Mayor of Leeds, opens the National Rose Show at Roundhay Park 15 July 1920 Persondata Metadata see ... more details
Infobox church name City Evangelical Church pushpin map England pushpin label position Bottom pushpin map alt CEC Leeds pushpin mapsize 175 latd 53 latm 46 lats 50.937 latNS N longd 1 longm 33 longs 33.9708 longEW W coordinates Coord 53.7807 1.5594 region GB type landmark display title osgraw SE 291 317 location country England denomination Evangelical previous denomination churchmanship Evangelicalism Evangelical membership attendance website http www.cecleeds.co.uk www.cecleeds.co.uk status Church building Church functional status Active heritage designation designated date architect architectural type Chapel style groundbreaking completed date construction cost closed date demolished date pastor Michael Luerhmann logo logosize logolink logoalt Orphan date February 2009 City Evangelical Church is an independent evangelicalism evangelical church in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England . The church is affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches . History The church was formed in 1957 under the name Cottingley Free Church . In recent years, the church has grown and has helped to replant Batley Evangelical Church and also started a new Church planting church plant in Roundhay , north Leeds. http www.roundhayevangelicalchurch.com about Location The church is located in Beeston, West Yorkshire Beeston , quite near to Elland Road Elland Road football stadium and the M621 motorway . Services The main church services are held on Sundays at 10.45am and 6.30pm. External links http www.cecleeds.co.uk Church website http citylife.cecleeds.co.uk CityLife news and updates from City http twitter.com cityleeds City on Twitter http www.cecleeds.co.uk index.php?f aboutus&act aboutus&abid 6 Beliefs http www.placeopedia.com ?16097 Location on Placeopedia Category Churches in Leeds Category Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches Category Religious organizations established in 1957 Category Protestant congregations established in the 20th century Category Evange ... more details
In the early to mid 1990s the Heineken Brewery sponsored a number of free live music festivals each year in the United Kingdom. Taking place in venues such as Avenham Park ref name Preston cite journal title Entertainment, Rock Jazz journal The Guardian The Guide publisher Guardian Media Group issue June 4 10, 1994 page 6 ref in Preston, Lancashire Preston and Roundhay Park in Leeds , the Heineken Music Festival featured Britpop acts such as Oasis band Oasis , Pulp band Pulp , Manic Street Preachers , Blur band Blur , Inspiral Carpets , The Boo Radleys and Catatonia . Also long established bands including The Stranglers , Jools Holland , The Pogues , Saw Doctors , Tom Robinson Band and Mike The Mechanics . In total there were thirty events over six years, all of four days duration. The last event was in Leeds in July 1995, which attracted 110,000 fans on the Saturday, and 300,000 over four days after which Heineken withdrew their sponsorship. Various events still continue under different names. 1994 In 1994 there were six free festivals taking place at various locations in the United Kingdom featuring the following artists col begin col 2 Preston, Lancashire Preston 9 12 June Inspiral Carpets ref name Preston The Boo Radleys Oasis band Oasis Shed Seven ref name Preston The Christians band The Christians Sister Sledge Back to the Planet Baby Chaos ref name Preston Gateshead 23 26 June The Pogues The Stranglers Tom Robinson Jools Holland Toyah Willcox Toyah Nine Below Zero col 2 Leeds 7 10 July The Saw Doctors The Stranglers The Wedding Present Chumbawamba Kingmaker band Kingmaker Elastica Back to the Planet Siouxsie and the Banshees Buzzcocks Mike The Mechanics The Pogues Nottingham 21 24 July Blur band Blur Plymouth 4 7 August Portsmouth 18 21 August col end References Reflist Category Music festivals in the United Kingdom ... more details
Zsiga Pankotia or Pankotai ref name NatArc http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk catalogue displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN 6&CATID 7979102&j 1 ref was a 31 year old Hungary Hungarian born murder er who was hanged on the 29 June 1961 at Armley Gaol, Leeds , West Yorkshire , now Leeds HM Prison HMP Leeds ref http www.capitalpunishmentuk.org hanged2.html English & Welsh executions 1932 1964 Bot generated title ref . He was hanged by Harry Allen executioner Harry Allen for the murder of Jack Eli Myers ref name NatArc in a house burglary in the city s affluent Roundhay district. Under the Homicide Act 1957 , Pankotia could be sentenced to hang because he had murdered Myers during a robbery which was considered an exceptional circumstance, therefore hanging was an option open to the judiciary . He was the last man to be hanged at Armley Gaol. ref http www.sheffieldforum.co.uk showthread.php?t 302458&page 3 Sheffield Forum Has there ever been a prison in Sheffield? Page 3 Bot generated title ref Pankotia was tried, convicted and sentenced at Leeds Crown Court and did not appeal against the decision. The hanging had been the first in Leeds since 1959. References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pankotia, Zsiga ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1930 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1961 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pankotia, Zsiga Category 1930 births Category 1961 deaths Category Murder in 1961 Category People executed for murder Category People executed by hanging Category 20th century executions by the United Kingdom Category Hungarian people executed abroad Category People executed by England and Wales ... more details
image Spenfield.jpg thumb right Spenfield House, 1875 77 George Corson 1829 1910 was a Scotland Scottish architect active in Leeds , West Yorkshire , England . He was born in Dumfries , where he was articled to Walter Newall before moving to Leeds in 1849 to work with his brother William Reid Corson who was working there with Edward La Trobe Bateman . His brother left Leeds in 1860, leaving Corson in charge of the practice. ref cite web url http www.codexgeo.co.uk dsa architect full.php?id M003959 title Dictionary of Scottish Architects accessdate 2008 01 23 ref Corson was responsible for many buildings in Leeds including ref cite book last Wrathmell first Susan coauthors John Minnis title Leeds series Pevsner architectural guides year 2005 publisher Yale U.P. isbn 0300107366 pages chapter quote ref ref the Grand Theatre Leeds Grand Theatre 1877 78 , with his assistant James Robinson Watson Grade II listed building listed the municipal buildings 1878 1884 Grade II listed, now housing the Leeds Central Library an extension 1891 92 to George Gilbert Scott s Grade I listed Leeds General Infirmary many large houses in Headingley including the Grade II listed Spenfield Corson won a competition for the landscaping of Roundhay Park in 1873, and in 1874 designed the layout and many of the buildings of Lawnswood cemetery, where he himself was buried in 1910. References reflist External links IoE 466101 Grand Theatre, Grade II IoE 465680 Municipal buildings, Grade II IoE 465138 Leeds General Infirmary, Grade I IoE 466224 Spenfield, Grade II IoE 466207 Lawnswood cemetery chapels, Grade II Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Corson, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1829 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1910 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Corson, George Category Scottish architects Category People from Dumfries Category 1829 births Category 1910 deaths Scotland artist stub UK architect stub ... more details
Yorkshire RU while at Roundhay, and represented Rugby League War of the Roses Yorkshire RL while at Keighley ... union for Roundhay RFC, switching code to rugby league, he signed for Keighley in December 1953, signing ... more details
Infobox road country GBR type A route 58 image Harehillsparade.jpg image notes Harehills Parade, A58, Roundhay Road, Harehills , Leeds towards Wetherby . length mi 75 direction a West terminus a Prescot direction b East terminus b Wetherby junction destinations St Helens, Merseyside St Helens br Bolton br Bury br Rochdale br Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax br Leeds 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, Merseyside St Helens , Ashton in Makerfield , Hindley, Greater Manchester Hindley , Westhoughton , Bolton , Bury , Heywood, Greater Manchester Heywood , Rochdale and Littleborough, Greater Manchester Littleborough then over the Pennines into West Yorkshire . The road then goes through Ripponden , Sowerby Bridge to Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax and onwards to Leeds via the villages of Hipperholme , Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire 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, West Yorkshire Bardsey and Collingham, West Yorkshire 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, Leeds 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. Gallery gallery Image Micklethwaite.jpg The Terminus of the road in Micklethwaite, Wetherby Micklethwaite , Wetherby , West Yorkshire . Image Easterly Road.jpg The A58 Easterly Road separating Oakwood, Leeds Oakwood ... more details
Preece P.S. Preece Coventry 10 Caps K. Smith Roundhay 4 Caps Peter Squires P.J. Squires Harrogate ... Richmond 10 Caps Alan Old A.G.B. Old Middlesbrough 12 Caps I.N. Orum Roundhay No Caps Rugby union positions ... more details
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