A History of Britain Volume 2: 1603 1776 Simon Schama
Commonwealth
Oliver Cromwell 1649 58
Cromwell, Our Chief of Men
Richard Cromwell 1658 59
House of Stuart
Charles II 1660 85
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
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.
Monarchs 1216 - 1471
Henry III. Edward I. II. III. Richard II. Henry IV. V. VI
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
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
The Armarda 1588. & the Golden Years
Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector. Richard Cromwell. Charles II. Mary II. William III. Anne. George I
The republic
George II. III. IV. William IV
Victoria
Crimean War 1854 56. Boer War 1899 - 1902
Edward VII. George V. Edward VIII
1stWorld War 1914-1918
George VI
2ndWorld War 1939 - 1945
Falklands War 1982.
Gulf War on January 9 1996.
Gulf War II week one March 19. 2003.