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The Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society (YAHS), formerly known as the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, is a learned society and registered charity [1] founded in 1863. It is dedicated to the study of the archaeology , history and people of the three Ridings of the historic county of Yorkshire .
William White (1837), "History of Leeds", History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of the West-Riding of Yorkshire, with the City of York and Port of Hull, Sheffield: W. White "Leeds", Leigh's New Pocket Road-Book of England and Wales (7th ed.), London: Leigh and Son, 1839
The Thoresby Society: The Leeds Historical Society is the historical society for the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding district. It was founded in 1889 and named after the historian of Leeds, Ralph Thoresby (1658–1725).
The history of local government in Yorkshire is both unique and complex, largely due to its size, being the largest historic English county. [47] After an extended period of little change, it was subject to a number of significant reforms of local government structures in the 20th century, some of which were controversial. [ 48 ]
The Leeds Jewish Welfare Board has provided aid since 1878. [56] The Leeds Jewish Housing Association has 500 homes. [57] The Leeds Jewish Institute was founded in 1896, and the Jewish Young Men's Association by 1901. [18] [58] The Leeds Jewish Representative Council has been active since 1938. [59] The first Leeds Jewish trade union dates from ...
She was Principal Lecturer of Politics and Social History at Leeds Polytechnic, later Leeds Metropolitan University and now Leeds Beckett University. [1] She was active in local Leeds societies, including the West Yorkshire Group of The Victorian Society , the Ford-Maguire Society, the Thoresby Society , the Leeds Philosophical and Literary ...
Memorial to Caedmon Caedmon / ˈ k æ d m ɒ n / is the earliest English poet whose name is known. An Anglo-Saxon herdsman attached to the double monastery of Streonæshalch (Whitby Abbey) during the abbacy of St. Hilda (657–680), he was originally ignorant of "the art of song" but according to Bede learned to compose one night in the course of a dream.
Leeds Anti-Slavery Association; Leeds City Police; Leeds Civic Trust; Leeds Convention; Leeds Revolutionary Feminist Group; ... West Yorkshire Hoard; History of Wetherby