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A History of Britain Volume 2
A History of Britain Volume 2: 1603 1776 Simon Schama

Commonwealth
Oliver Cromwell 1649 58

Cromwell, Our Chief of Men
Cromwell, Our Chief of Men

Richard Cromwell 1658 59

House of Stuart
Charles II 1660 85

King Charles II
King Charles II

1662


A new Royal Charter granted by Charles II

1664


Parish Church, almes houses, vicarage and free school built by John Harrison, a rich clothing merchant.

1684


Market moves from Leeds bridge to Briggate below Kirkgate. The market in Briggate was the biggest in Yorkshire and really took off when the Tuesday and Saturday Cloth markets moved into Briggate's\ lower end. The wool trade is big business and Leeds becomes a very wealthy town

James II 1685 88

Mary II 1689 1694
William III 1689 1702

1698


  • Bramham Park Leeds built, The home of the Leeds festival from 2003.

A description of Leeds by Celia Fiennes
A description of Leeds by Celia Fiennes

1699


The Aire and Calder Navigation canal built. The River Aire is navigable from Leeds Bridge down to the Ouse and North Sea

Anne 1702 14

17 18th-century


Fletland Mill built in call lane. Magnificently renovated and converted to a hotel "42 The Calls" and Brasserie Restaurant.

1711


Moot Hall rebuilt in the Centre of Briggate. Used as a court house

House of Hanover
George I 1714 27

18th-century


The Wool Industry is the main income provider, but Leeds diversifies into many other industries.

Briggate the main road was wide below Kirkgate, this was where the market was held, and also a pillory and stocks used until 1837. Above Kirkgate buildings were in the centre of the road.

By the end of the century most of the woods to the North of Leeds had been cut down and converted to arable land.

Woodhouse and Little Woodhouse were very small villages

Quarry Hill had Spar Wells

1714


A wealthy cloth merchant has his house and Queens Court built, the court is probably the finest surviving example of the old courts of Leeds. The entire northern side os the court is now Queens Court bar and Loft nightclubon one side and Fibre nightclub near the entrance on the other

1715


The first published history of Leeds Ralph Thoresby, the city's most famous historian, Ducatus Leodiensis

1718


The first newspaper Leeds Mercury newspaper appeared.

1721


Holy Holy Trinity Church built in Boar Lane leeds

1724


A description by Daniel Defoe. Mentions that "Leeds is a large wealthy and populous town. It stands on both sidesof the river Aire, and the whole is joined by a stately and prodigigiously strong Stone Bridge, so large and wide, that formerly the Cloth Market was kept, on the very bridge itself

c1725


The first published map by John Cossins named 'A New and Exact Plan of the Town of Leedes' shows an illustration of Trinity Church

1726


The first public concert takes place in the Assembly Rooms in Kirkgate.

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Monarchs Early - 1216

Edward the Confessor  Harold II.   William I (the Conqueror).   William II .    Henry I .   Stephen. Matilda.   Henry II.   Richard I the Lionheart.   John

Major Events


Viking, Roman and Saxon Eras
Battle of Stanford Bridge 1066
Battle of Hastings 1066
Magna Carta 1215.

Early - 1216 More Information

Monarchs 1216 - 1471

Henry III.   Edward I. II. III.   Richard II.    Henry IV. V. VI

More Information

Monarchs

House Of York


Edward IV. V.   Richard III.

House Of Tudor


Henry VII. VIII.    Edward VI.   Lady Jane Grey.   Mary I.   Elizabeth I the Virgin Queen.

House of Stuart


James I.,   Charles I, Ann

House of Orange


William III of Orange 

House of Hanover


George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 


Edward VII

House of Winsor (Change of Name from German to British


George V, Edward VIII Abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson. George VI, Elizabeth II

Major Events

Roman, Viking & Norman

1461 - 1649

The Armarda 1588. & the Golden Years

Gunpowder Plot 1605

Civil War 1642–48

1625 - 1727

Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector.   Richard Cromwell.   Charles II.    Mary II.   William III.  Anne.   George I

The republic

1727 - 1837

George II. III. IV.   William IV

1837 - 1901

Victoria

Crimean War 1854 56.   Boer War 1899 - 1902

1901 1936

Edward VII.   George V.   Edward VIII

1stWorld War 1914-1918

1936 - 1952

George VI

2ndWorld War 1939 - 1945

1952 - now

Falklands War 1982.
Gulf War on January 9 1996.
Gulf War II week one March 19. 2003.