Leeds was, from 1894 to 1912, a

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in the

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of Yorkshire, West Riding,

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. It comprised an area adjacent to, but not including, the City of

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

. It was alternatively known as the Rural District of Leeds (Roundhay and Seacroft).

Creation

The district was formed by the

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as successor to the Leeds Rural Sanitary District. A directly elected rural district council (RDC) replaced the previous rural sanitary authority, which had consisted of the

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guardians for the area. The district comprised the two

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Roundhay Roundhay is a large suburb in north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Roundhay had a population of 22,546 in 2011. It sits in the Roundhay (ward), Roundhay electoral, ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituen ...

and

Seacroft Seacroft is an outer-city suburb/township consisting mainly of council estate housing covering an extensive area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the LS14 LS postcode area, Leeds postcode area, around east of Leeds city cen ...

. The headquarters of the council lay outside the district at the

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Offices, East Parade, in the

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Abolition

On 9 November 1912 the rural district was abolished when the boundaries of County Borough of Leeds were extended and the two parishes became part of the city.Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No.12) Act (2 & 3 Geo.5 c.cxxxviii)

References

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