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Leeming Bar And Old Factory
Leeming is the name of several places in the world, including: *Leeming, Western Australia * Leeming, North Yorkshire, England * Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire **location of RAF Leeming * Leeming, West Yorkshire, England Leeming is also the surname of several well-known people, including: *Carol Leeming, a British singer and songwriter. *David Leeming, Canadian politician * David Adams Leeming, American philologist *Jan Leeming (born 1942), a British TV presenter and newsreader * J. J. Leeming, a British road traffic engineer *John F. Leeming John Fishwick Leeming (8 January 1896 – 3 July 1965) was an English entrepreneur, businessman, early aviator, co-founder of the Lancashire Aero Club, gardener and author. Early life and family John was born in Chorlton Lancashire i ..., co-founder of the Lancashire Aero Club and author of children's books * Marjorie Leeming (1903–1987), Canadian tennis player, badminton player and teacher {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeming, Western Australia
Leeming is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is divided between the three local government areas of the City of Melville, the City of Cockburn (south) and the City of Canning (north-east). It is located approximately south of the Perth central business district and east of Fremantle. History The area was previously part of Jandakot and was predominantly agricultural until the 1970s, having been laid out by surveyor George Waters Leeming (1857–1902) in 1886. Three roadsKing Road, Leeming Road (the southern boundary) and Beasley Roadaccessed the area. In 1971, the suburb of Leeming was gazetted, although construction did not commence until approximately 1976, possibly as early as 1975. It was built in stages, with the area between Findlay Road and Gracechurch Crescent being built first, while the east, west and south were built in that order over the next ten years. Many of the streets were named after original landowners in the agricultural district. Geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeming, North Yorkshire
Leeming is a village in North Yorkshire, England. Geography Leeming lies a mile east of the current A1(M) motorway, A1(M) road, south of the larger village of Leeming Bar and north of the small hamlet of Londonderry, North Yorkshire, Londonderry. Nearby is the RAF base of RAF Leeming. Before the opening of the £1 million bypass in October 1961, the A1 passed through the village following the path of Dere Street, parallel and close to the main runway of the airfield. Climate History The name derives from the river-name, which turned settlement-name. The etymology may be linked with Common Brittonic, British *lemanio "elm-tree", but there are other possibilities. An archaeological survey undertaken on Kelsall Villa (a Roman site near to Leeming Bar) describes it as deriving from the river with ''Leming'' meaning bright stream. In April 2008, the nearby base's remaining Panavia Tornado, Tornado F3 squadron (No. 25 Squadron RAF, 25 Sqn) was disbanded. The base has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
