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Architect Cuthbert Brodrick won 200 pounds for his design for what would become Leeds Town Hall. | jpimedia
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The city's coat of arms has three stars taken from the coat of arms of Sir Thomas Danby, its first mayor; fleece to symbolise the wool industry and three owls taken from the coat of arms of first Alderman of Leeds Sir John Saville. | jpimedia
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Leeds comic Leigh Francis's character Avid Merrion isn't named after the shopping centre but Laimonis Mierins, his former lecturer at Leeds College of Art. | jpimedia
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The 71-mile-long River Aire passes through Leeds city centre and 38 other settlements on its way to the River Ouse. | other
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Leeds may not have a tram system in place like many UK cities, but the city does have a hidden subway system. Built in 1903, a network of subway tunnels were constructed under York Street. | jpimedia
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Woodhouse Moor is ideal for a walk, but the grounds do hide a rather less idyllic view just below the surface. The large mound on the moor actually hides an abandoned air raid shelter from World War Two. | jpimedia Photo: James Hardisty