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| | GENUKI: Leeds Parish information from White's 1837. |
 | | In 1745, between Wallflat and Briggate, a Roman urn was found containing a British celt; and in digging a cellar behind the old shambles which stood in Briggate, an ancient pavement, strongly cemented, was discovered. |
 | | During the Crusades or Holy Wars, many privileges and immunities were granted to the Knights Templars, of whom there was a large, wealthy, and iniquitous community at Temple Newsam, who had bestowed upon them land, messuages, and tenements in Leeds, which they annexed as members to their manor of Whitkirk,. |
 | | In 1089, Ralph Paganel gave this church to Holy Trinity Priory, at York but after the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII granted the great tithes of the parish to the Dean and Chapter of Christ church, Oxford, who are still the appropriators. |
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