History of Leeds
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Author_W R Mitchell
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Leeds
local history
Phillimore
West Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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- ISBN 9781860771309
- Weight: 660g
- Dimensions: 185 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 06 Oct 2000
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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One of the fastest growing cities in Europe, Leeds has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a hamlet of thatched buildings at a crossing point of the River Aire. The Cistercians of Kirkstall helped its growth; then the market town of Tudor times became, in succession, the world capital of the woollen cloth industry, the home of Victorian ‘high-tech’ industry and, more recently, a major financial centre. This book tells the story of the people of Leeds and its transformations over the past millennium, in an entertaining and enthusiastic style.
The late W.R. MITCHELL MBE D.Litt, was an authority on his native Yorkshire whose history and topography he studied for over fifty years. Born in Skipton, he began a career in journalism with the Craven Herald & Pioneer in 1943 and was invited in 1948 by Harry Scott, founder of The Dalesman, to join him on the magazine, which he subsequently edited for many years until he retired in 1988. He was the author of well over a hundred books about Yorkshire and the Lake District, including the bestseller The Story of the Yorkshire Dales.
