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The Calls. The Calls is an area and street by the River Aire in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England. This district falls within the City and Hunslet ward of the City of Leeds Council. Formerly an area of industry in Leeds, it has now been regenerated with a mixture of uses: primarily offices, residential and leisure.
The road long marked the eastern edge of central Leeds, with back-to-back housing to its east. In 1857, Kirkgate Market was built, with its main frontage on Vicar Lane, and when in 1904 it was rebuilt, the opportunity was taken to widen the street. By 1909, it was regarded as one of the main shopping streets in the city. [1]
The Leylands was an area of Leeds, north of the city centre and west of Mabgate. John Cossins ' 1726 Plan of Leedes shows two fields marked Ley Lands north of Lady Lane and west of the Sheepscar Beck (also later known as Lady Beck) which correspond to the area. [1]
Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a large urban park situated on the north-east edge of the city, bordered by the suburb of Roundhay to the west, Oakwood to the south and the A6120 outer ring road to the north. It covers more than 700 acres (2.8 km 2) of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens which are owned by decree of ...
History of Leeds. J. M. W. Turner 's 1816 painting of Leeds, from Beeston Hill. At the left-hand edge is Marshall's Mill, in the centre is Trinity Church, and further to the right, through the smoke, is the tower of Leeds Parish Church, now Leeds Minster. Loidis, from which Leeds, Yorkshire derives its name, was anciently a forested area of the ...
Virginia Plain. " Virginia Plain " is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as their debut single in August 1972. Written by Roxy frontman Bryan Ferry, the song was recorded by the band in July 1972 at London's Command Studios. Backed with "The Numberer", an instrumental composed by Andy Mackay, as a single the song became a Top 10 ...
1,100,000 sq ft (102,193 m 2) No. of floors. 3. Parking. 800 spaces. Website. www.victorialeeds.co.uk. Victoria Leeds is a shopping district and leisure area in central Leeds, comprising the 1990 Victoria Quarter, an arcaded complex of restored 19th century and contemporary shopping arcades, and the 2016 Victoria Gate development.
21,561. Postcodes (total) 31,805. Statistics as at May 2020 [ 1 ] The LS postcode area, also known as the Leeds postcode area, [ 2 ] is a group of 29 postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover northern West Yorkshire (including Leeds, Wetherby, Pudsey, Otley and Ilkley) and some parts of North Yorkshire (including Tadcaster).