[PAR] [TLE] Elmet [SEP] Elmet (Welsh: "Elfed" ) was an area of what later became the West Riding of Yorkshire, and an independent Brittonic kingdom between about the 5th century and early 7th century. [PAR] [TLE] History of Leeds [SEP] Loidis, from which Leeds derives its name, was anciently a forested area of the Celtic kingdom of Elmet.  The settlement certainly existed at the time of the Norman conquest of England and in 1086 was a thriving manor under the overlordship of Ilbert de Lacy.  It gained its first charter from Maurice de Gant in 1207 yet grew but slowly throughout the medieval and Tudor periods.  The town had become part of the Duchy of Lancaster and reverted to the crown in the medieval period, so was a Royalist stronghold at the start of the English Civil War.
[PAR] [TLE] Elmet [ SEP ] Elmet ( Welsh : " Elfed " ) was an area of what later became the West Riding of Yorkshire , and an independent Brittonic kingdom between about the 5th century and early 7th century . [PAR] [TLE] History of Leeds [ SEP ] Loidis , from which Leeds derives its name , was anciently a forested area of the Celtic kingdom of Elmet . The settlement certainly existed at the time of the Norman conquest of England and in 1086 was a thriving manor under the overlordship of Ilbert de Lacy . It gained its first charter from Maurice de Gant in 1207 yet grew but slowly throughout the medieval and Tudor periods . The town had become part of the Duchy of Lancaster and reverted to the crown in the medieval period , so was a Royalist stronghold at the start of the English Civil War .
What did the area which History of Leeds  was anciently a forested area of the Celtic kingdom of later became
What did the area which History of Leeds was anciently a forested area of the Celtic kingdom of later became
the West Riding of Yorkshire
the West Riding of Yorkshire