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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Leeds History
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


In 1816 Leeds became importantly linked to which Port by Canal ?

 

Hull
Bristol
Liverpool
Manchester

 In 1801 there were 20 mills in Leeds, by 1840 there were

 

105
45
205
85
Ilbert de Laci was given Leeds, Holbeck & Woodhouse by

 

William I
Edward the Confessor
Richard I
Henry I

 A railway was opened in 1839 that connected Leeds with where ?

 

Manchester
Hull
London
Birmingham
Leeds became a city in

 

1993
1793
1693
1893

 The area was a small farming village until about

 

1080
580
80 AD
880
Many of the fine Victorian in Leeds City centre were designed by

 

John Nash
George Bamber
John Barry
Cuthbert Broderick

 One of the world's largest woollen mills was at

 

Armley Mills
Burley Mills
Park Mills
Skopos Mills
Which raw local product was used to make cloth ?

 

Calico
Flax
Cotton
Wool

 By around 1275 the region was the centre for which industry ?

 

Timber
Farming
Coal
Cloth


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