What county is Leeds in? please

[tropicalj]

I know this sounds stupid and i am when it comes to places in england allthough i am learning
i am looking for charles fredrick richardson born in 1888 leeds

is there a good map site that will help us foreigners out
regards jenn

[AnneMc]

Hi Jenn:
leeds is in the county of Yorkshire.  I don;t know any good map sites but I am sure someone on the roots chat will know of some.
Anne

[Tati]

Hi Jenn,

Genuki is always helpful when you need info about a place. Just google genuki+placename

Tanja  

[tropicalj]

thanks  very much for that regards jenn

[Nessie]

I would have said Leeds West Yorkshire, but I think there is also a Leeds in Kent

[Nessie]

Hope this is the Frederick you are looking for and it will answer the question

RG12/3689/106/8
4 Providence Buildings Leeds West Yorkshire

Edward Richardson head age 44 leather dresser
Sarah Elizabeth wife age 33
Annie Eliza dau age 12
Sophia dau age 8
William Henry son age 6
Thomas Edward son age 4
Charles Frederick son age 4
All born Leeds
There was a boarder but afraid couldn't read the writing.

[tropicalj]

thanks nessie
charles fredricks parents were sarah and william
so this is probaly not them
but thanks
was that from 1891 census byt the way
regards to you jenn

[JAP]

Hi jenn,

I hope you picked up on the reference to Genuki?

http://www.genuki.org.uk/

It includes a vast amount of genealogical information including county and parish maps.

As Tanja advised just put the words genuki and leeds into a search engine like Google, and hey presto.

It's always my first port of call - regardless of whether I'm looking for a fairly ordinary place or something more obscure.

Incidentally, there's the birth of a Charles Frederick RICHARDSON, Jun qtr 1889, Leeds on FreeBMD at:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
When you click on the place name on FreeBMD it takes you to a brief description including the fact that it is in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and then has a link to Genuki for more information.

All the best,

JAP

[liverpool annie]

On this site - England Ireland Scotland Wales - all have general boards - they list towns and cities in each county - so if you don't have a map ............... !! It's handy!

Annie