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15/05/2014

Who's who in Leeds

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First Name	Middle Names	Surname	Date Information	Display Slot	Academics and Educators	Architects and Builders	Country Estates and Landowners	Artists	Campaigners	Clothing and Fashion Industry	Collectors Curators and Librarians	Comedy and Variety	Community	Crafts and Design	Crime and Justice	Born outside England	Food and Drink	Good Deeds and Benefactors	Industry and manufacturing	Lived to 100 years	Mayors and Local Government	Medicine	members of Parliament	Music	Newspaper Editors and Journalists	Pioneers	Religion	Science, Engineering & Innovation	Sport	Television and Radio	Theatre and Cinema	Merchants, Bankers and Retailers	Transport	Women	War and Military	Writers	Biography
Cartimandua		Brigantes (Queen of)	active 43-69AD	2	X		X																											X	X		Queen of the Iron-Age tribe called the Brigantes, who lived across northern England. Although their capital was at Aldborough (North Yorkshire), there is evidence of Iron Age sites across Leeds. Cartimandua supported the Romans.
Ceretic		Elmet (King of)	c560-617AD	10	X		X																												X		Ceretic was the last King of Elmet. He was killed defending Elmet against the invading Northumbrians led by King Edwin.
Edwin		Northumbria (King of)	c.586-633	1			X											X									X								X		In his Ecclesiastical History of the English People Bede states that King Edwin of Northumbria occupied the Kingdom of Elmet and erected a church located in "...regione quae vocatur Loidis", the region known as Loidis (Leeds).
Penda		Mercia (King of)	died 655 AD	1			X																												X		Penda, king of Mercia, burnt down the city of Campodunum, possibly Leeds. Penda was killed in 655 at the Battle of Winwaed, possibly at the site of Whinmoor, Leeds. Stained glass window in Leeds Church commemorates the Northumbrian victory over pagan Penda.