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Leeds Leasing

Did You Know?

Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire. In 2011, it had an estimated population of 757,800, making it the third-largest city in the United Kingdom.

From the invention of the mouse trap to sheep grazing on rooftops and museums that hold the world’s largest animal armour, Leeds has many stories to tell. And even if you’ve lived here all your life, you probably haven’t heard them all.

Leeds was first mentioned in Anglo-Saxon times when it was called Loidis. By the time the settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was then spelt Ledes.

The most expensive piece of furniture ever sold in Britain was designed by Thomas Chippendale. The Leeds born cabinetmaker’s Harrington Commode was sold for an incredible £3.8 million at Sotheby’s in 2010.

Leeds originated as an Anglo-Saxon town on the north bank of the river Aire. It grew as a local market centre and which was incorporated in 1626. The completion in 1816 of the Leeds Canal also stimulated Leeds growth, and after 1848 the railway made the city a major centre of Railway Train engineering.

Hippos once walked the same streets we do now and we have the proof. In 1984, during the construction of the Armley Gyratory, the bones of an ancient hippo believed to date back around 130,000 years were discovered in Leeds.

The oldest airworthy aircraft in the UK was made here in Leeds. Designed by Robert Blackburn in 1912 for Cyril Foggin, the Blackburn Monoplane Type ‘D’ is often called the Single-Seat Monoplane. At that time, it could only fly an individual per flight.

Leeds excels in areas such as music, sports, arts, and politics. As a result, there are several things that it's known for. From being the pioneer of X-ray technology to bestselling authors, a world without the city it wouldn't be an ideal place.