The largest city in Yorkshire and currently the fourth largest in the UK also happens to originate back to the 15th century.
With its history spanning thousands of years, Leeds has built up a popular reputation with tourists and Yorkshire locals alike.
We have looked through our archives to find some retro photos showing what Leeds looked like in the early 20th century.
Do you recognise anyone in any of these pictures?
1. City of Leeds, 1910
A view of the city of Leeds and the town hall in October 1910.
2. Leeds Corn Exchange, 1900
The Corn Exchange was established in 1863, just 37 years before this picture was taken.
3. Leeds workmen, 1913
Workmen playing games and drinking by the light of candles and oil lights during the Leeds Municipal Workers' strike in March 1913
4. Leeds City Square, 1921
The City Square in July 1921. A steam engine is being used by road-menders.
5. The statue of the Black Prince, 1921
The statue of the Black Prince (Edward, Prince of Wales), in Leeds city centre in July 1921.
6. New Briggate, 1921
A view of New Briggate in central Leeds in July 1921
7. Boar Lane, 1921
Trams on the move through Boar Lane in July 1921.
8. Watering flowers, 1933
A worker is shown watering the orchids and growing in pots in a greenhouse at a farm in Rawdon in October 1933.
9. Javelin throwing, 1936
Students at the Carnegie Physical Training College throwing the javelin
10. Leeds rugby players, 1936
Leeds players leaving the field covered with mud after a Leeds v Acton & Willesden rugby league match at Park Royal. Leeds were the Rugby League Cup holders in April 1936.
11. PE class, 1936
Mr Wilson, the physical training instructor, looks on while a group of trainee instructors exercise on the bars at the Carnegie Physical Training College in the mid-1930s
12. Road safety, 1936
Schoolchildren at Beckett Street School during a road safety lesson in the summer of 1936.
13. Queen Victoria statue, 1937
The Queen Victoria Statue was uprooted from Victoria Square in central Leeds in January 1937, where it has stood for over 30 years. It was then transported by a lorry to a new site on Woodhouse Moor.
14. Leeds child actor, 1938
A portrait of three-year-old Diane Hunter during the dress rehearsal of 'Babes In The Wood' at the Empire in December 1938. She was the youngest member of an all-child cast performing in aid of other children less fortunate.
15. Maternity volunteers, 1939
A photo of volunteers training to care for babies born in an emergency and receive instruction in the use of an incubator at Leeds Maternity Hospital in April 1939.
16. Motorised Penny Farthing, 1955
A motorised Penny Farthing, customised by Rowland Winn, a garage owner from Leeds operating it in 1955.