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Shipping Containers for sale in Leeds West Yorkshire

Estimated Population: 443,247

The city was an agricultural market town in the Middle Ages, and received its first charter in 1207. In the Tudor period Leeds was mainly a merchant town manufacturing woollen cloths and trading with Europe via the Humber estuary. At one point nearly half of England’s total export passed through Leeds. The city’s industrial growth was catalysed by the introduction of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in 1816 and the railway in 1848.

Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the recorded history of Leeds can be traced to the 5th century when the Kingdom of Elmet was covered by the forest of “Loidis”, the origin of the name Leeds. During the Industrial Revolution, Leeds developed into a major industrial centre for the production and trade of wool, before emerging as a centre for commerce and higher education, being the location of the University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University and Leeds Trinity and All Saints. Today Leeds is one of the largest financial and legal centres outside London.

The name “Leeds” is thought to be derived from “Loidis”, a word of Celtic origin.[3] Bede wrote: “…regione quae vocatur Loidis” — region known as Loidis. This root also survives in the nearby place names of Ledston and Ledsham. Leeds was mentioned as “Ledes” in the Domesday Book of 1086, after which the name evolved into “Leedes” and finally “Leeds”.

Shipping Containers for sale in Leeds West Yorkshire