* The Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education, at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, is named after him.

Although it has been known for a while that the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara flow into each other in an example of a density flow, findings of a study by the University of Leeds in August 2010 reveal that there is in fact an underwater channel of high density water flowing across the floor of the Bosphorus ( caused by the difference in density of the two seas ), which would be the sixth largest river on Earth if it were to be on land.

His elder brother Jack, who was also in the World Cup-winning team, is a former defender for Leeds United and manager.

Mail armour provided an effective defence against slashing blows by an edged weapon and penetration by thrusting and piercing weapons ; in fact a study conducted at the Royal Armouries at Leeds concluded that " it is almost impossible to penetrate using any conventional medieval weapon " Generally speaking, mail's resistance to weapons is determined by four factors: linkage type ( riveted, butted, or welded ), material used ( iron versus bronze or steel ), weave density ( a tighter weave needs a thinner weapon to surpass ), and ring thickness ( generally ranging from 18 to 14 gauge in most examples ).

The second experimental film, Roundhay Garden Scene, filmed by Louis Le Prince on October 14, 1888 in Roundhay, Leeds, England, is now known as the earliest surviving motion picture.

* 1977 – The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she is the first victim who is not a prostitute.

No. 2 is in the collections of Leeds Museums and Galleries, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Halliday ) ( born 13 April 1925, Leeds, Yorkshire, England ) is a British linguist who developed the internationally influential systemic functional linguistic model of language.

The Bingley Arms, Leeds, is claimed to date to 905 AD.

The world's oldest working railway, built in 1758, is the Middleton Railway in Leeds.

In the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, at 71 Vicar Lane, is a retail clothing store operated by Hugo Boss.

There is a village in West Yorkshire called Robin Hood, on the A61 between Leeds and Wakefield and close to Rothwell and Lofthouse.

This is true, for instance, of many departments in the United Kingdom, including the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter, and the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds.

The Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds is one such organisation.

** 16-year-old shop assistant Jayne Macdonald is murdered by the Yorkshire Ripper in Leeds, England.

** Leeds Bradford International Airport is opened as Leeds and Bradford Municipal Aerodrome in England.

The motorway is set to be expanded over the next few years to provide an unbroken motorway link with London and Leeds.

* January 3 – The first science fiction convention is held in Leeds, England.

* February 14 – The iconic live album The Who: Live at Leeds is recorded.

One of the largest in Britain, and the only surviving example, is the Mary Gordon which was built on the Thames for Leeds City Council for use on the Roundhay Park Lake.

The correspondence file relating to the Powell portrait bust is held as part of the Thornhill Papers ( 2006: 56 ) in the archive of the Henry Moore Foundation's Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and the terracotta remains in the collection of the artist.

* King Edward VI of England founds 35 grammar schools by royal charter, including Shrewsbury ; Leeds Grammar School is also established.

Brooks was born in Beverly Hills, California, the son of Thelma Leeds ( née Goodman ), a singer and actress, and Harry Einstein, a radio comedian who performed on Eddie Cantor's radio program and was known as Parkyakarkus.

Leeds was also known as Madison, Mill Village, and in Native American the area was known as Pasqoecq.

Formerly known as Bennington, Leeds was formed due to flooding in the neighboring town of Harrisburg.

A church is recorded in The Domesday Survey ( 1086 ) as belonging to the manor of Gipton and Colton, and as Whitkirk is the only known medieval church in these area of Leeds, it is reasonable to assume that it is Whitkirk church that is being referred to, in which case it must have a late Anglo-Saxon origin at least.

When first constructed it was known as the New Union Workhouse and Infirmary for the Hunslet Union, On being taken over by the Leeds Public Assistance Committee in 1934 it was renamed St George ’ s Hospital.

Most especially on Leeds Road ( locally known as ' Millionaire's Row ') and Farrer Lane.

The most popular watering hole in the area is located at the Leeds end of the village: the Greyhound Pub, an old-world pub restaurant known for its collection of toby jugs.

In 1758 the Brandlings had built a wooden wagonway to carry coal into Leeds, using horse-drawn vehicles, now known as the Middleton Railway.

The Leeds University Business School is housed in the renovated 19th-century buildings ( known as the Maurice Keyworth Building ), which used to belong to Leeds Grammar School on the Western side of the University of Leeds campus.

Leeds made its last known cylinders in 1903, in brown wax.

There is reason to believe it may have been the river now known as Cock Beck in the ancient kingdom of Elmet, which passes Pendas Fields, Leeds, before joining the River Wharfe ( which eventually feeds into the Humber ).

In the 19th century, Skipton emerged as a small mill town connected to the major cities by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and its branch Thanet Canal, ( known locally as ' Springs branch Canal '), but during the 20th century Skipton's economy shifted to tourism, aided by its historic architecture and proximity to the Yorkshire Dales.

Farmers is a mid-range national chain of stores ( originally a mail-order firm known as Laidlaw Leeds founded in 1909 ).

* Jersey Devil, also known as the Leeds Devil, legendary creature said to inhabit southern New Jersey, USA

It was based at Leeds in northern England, and was known as ENO North.

In 1792 William Sutton, the landlord of the Black Bull Inn in Churchtown ( now the Hesketh Arms ) and known to locals as " The Old Duke ", realised the importance of the newly-created canal systems across the UK and set up a bathing house in the virtually uninhabited dunes at South Hawse by the seaside just four miles ( 6 km ) away from the newly constructed Leeds and Liverpool Canal and two miles south-west of Churchtown.

Originally, the section of the M62 west of Manchester was intended to be a separate motorway linking Liverpool with Salford, but a continuous motorway between Leeds and Liverpool was deemed to be more feasible, known as the M52.

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, KG ( 20 February 1632 – 26 July 1712 ), English statesman ( commonly known as Lord Danby and of Carmarthen when he was a prominent political figure ), served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III of England.

It was formerly known as the Leeds — Exeter Trunk Road, when this description also included the A61.

Rail routes run north – south through Loughborough along the route known as the Midland Main Line, going south to Bedford, Luton and London ; and north to Lincoln, Sheffield, Leeds and York.