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In 1207 the Lord Mayor Maurice De Gant turned Leeds into a small market town. At that time trade and commerce were increasing in England and many new towns were founded.
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1552 brought a Grammar School to Leeds and in 1626 it was incorporated. William Sheafield was the founder and it was to provide feepaying education for the children in the city of Leeds
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Then in 1642 came civil war between king and parliament. Most of the townspeople supported the king and a royalist army occupied Leeds. But in Janurary 1643 parliamentary soldiers captured it.
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The year 1645 was one of severe plague in several towns at the same time one of the towns affected was Leeds.
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In 1694 Leeds gained a piped water supply. People who could afford to have the water supply in their homes did.
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Leeds grew rapidly with many more houses been built and all of a sudden the streets got more dirty.As a result there was a cholera epidemic in Leeds and killed more than 2,000 people in 1849.
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In 1891 Leeds gained an electricity supply and once again those who could afford to have it in their homes did. It also lit up the streets at night.
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In 1904 Leeds University was founded. It was oringinally called the Yorkshire Collage of Science but the called it Leeds University.
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During the Second World War 77 people in Leeds were killed by bombs and 197 buildings were destroyed this could include people homes,schools and work offices.
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Millenium Square opened in 2000 in the middle of Leeds. Many people visit there today and the population of Leeds now is 787,000
