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Leyland is a town in the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England. Lying approximately six miles (10 km) south of the city of Preston, Leyland has a population of around 40,000.[citation needed] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
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The PR postcode area, also known as the Preston postcode area[1], is a group of postal districts around Chorley, Leyland, Preston and Southport in England. ...
The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ...
Lancashire Constabulary is the police force responsible for policing the county of Lancashire in the North West of England. ...
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The Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the Shire county of Lancashire, England. ...
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South Ribble is a local government district and borough in Lancashire, England. ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ...
Geography and administration
Divisions and suburbs Worden Park is a large area of parkland situated in the middle of Leyland. ...
Moss Side is a suburb community on the western side of Leyland in Lancashire, England. ...
Farington is a small village to the immediate north of Leyland in Lancashire in the United Kingdom. ...
Midge Hall is a small village on the outskirts of Leyland in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, United Kingdom. ...
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Earnshaw Bridge is an area on the northern outskirts of Leyland, Lancashire. ...
History
Etymology It is unclear if Leyland means "flat" or "untilled land".
General history The town is famous primarily for the bus and truck manufacturer Leyland Motors, which between the 1950s and 1970s expanded and grew to own several British motor manufacturers, including BMC, Standard-Triumph, and Rover, culminating in the massive British Leyland (BL). Leyland Motors is a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries and buses. ...
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Rover was a British automobile manufacturer and later a marque based at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham. ...
The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ...
Although BL was progressively broken up in the 1980s, a series of mergers and buy-outs has seen the truck-making side of the firm survive and the truck building industry is still a primary employer in the town. In 1998 the American firm PACCAR took control of Leyland Trucks, and moved production of Foden (a brand already owned by the company) to Leyland from its original base in Sandbach in Cheshire. Leyland Trucks, the British truck manufacturer, emerged from the bankruptcy of DAF NV as the result of a management buy-out. ...
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1930 Foden Steam lorry 1959 Foden S20 dropside 1967 Foden S36 flatbed Foden Trucks is a truck manufacturer. ...
Sandbach a market town in Cheshire, North West England. ...
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Leyland is also home to one of the UK's leading maintenance and utility companies, Enterprise Plc, also one of the leading employers in the town.
Leyland was part of the Central Lancashire New Town designated in 1970, along with Chorley and Preston. Central Lancashire was a designated new town in England. ...
Chorley Library Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, England, south of Preston and at the foot of the West Pennine Moors. ...
Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ...
Leyland railway station is on the West Coast Main Line, the very placement of which moved the civic centre of the town briefly, including Leyland Police Station and a marker adjacent to the old Leyland Motors Spurrier works declares the halfway point on the railway journey between Glasgow and London, some 198 miles in either direction. Leyland Railway Station was formerly Golden Hill, the name of the street and area in which the station is based, but was re-named Leyland soon after opening. ...
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Leyland Police Station was originally located on Townsgate in Leyland, in 1882 a new police station was built on Golden Hill. ...
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John Fishwick & Son serve the towns public transport needs. They also connect the town to Chorley and Preston. John Fishwick & Sons is a bus company based in Leyland, Lancashire. ...
Chorley Library Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, England, south of Preston and at the foot of the West Pennine Moors. ...
Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ...
Landmarks Notable features include St Andrew's Parish Church, built around 1200 and a stone cross thought to date back to Saxon times.
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Present day
 The Leyland Cross with Tesco's car park behind Leyland has undergone a series of redevelopments, with a series of retailers moving into the area, on both sides of the town. This has seen the demolition of old factories, and their replacement by retail facilities. For example, the old BTR Factory was knocked down to make way for attractive new studio apartments and housing in 2004, with a Morrisons store and Homebase added in June 2006. Image File history File linksMetadata Leyland_Cross. ...
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Morrisons store in Morecambe, Lancashire Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc (LSE: MRW) is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. ...
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Leyland is the home to Wellfield Business & Enterprise College, which is the first ever school in the UK to have a wind turbine on their grounds. The school also received a 5 Star Ofsted report in 1998, 2000 and 2005. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Also, Leyland is the home of Runshaw College which received the best Ofsted report for any further education college in the UK in 2005. Runshaw College is a further and higher education college based in Leyland, Lancashire in the United Kingdom. ...
The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) is a non-ministerial United Kingdom government department, established on 1st September 1992. ...
Economically, Leyland is comparable with many other West Lancashire towns of its size such as Southport, Lytham St Annes, Ormskirk and Hesketh Bank but the rate of change Leyland is experiencing at the moment suggests that Leyland will become wealthier than Ormskirk in the year 2010, although it still falls far behind its neighbour Chorley according to research undertaken by Runshaw College. For other uses, see Southport (disambiguation). ...
Lytham St Annes is a town in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. ...
Ormskirk is a market town in North West England, situated thirteen miles north of Liverpool and fifteen miles south of Preston. ...
Hesketh Bank is a small agricultural village in Lancashire. ...
Ormskirk is a market town in North West England, situated thirteen miles north of Liverpool and fifteen miles south of Preston. ...
Chorley Library Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, England, south of Preston and at the foot of the West Pennine Moors. ...
Runshaw College is a further and higher education college based in Leyland, Lancashire in the United Kingdom. ...
Schwan Food Company has had its UK base on the Moss Side Industrial Estate near the former Leyland Trucks vehicle test track, known as Schwan's Consumer Brands, since 1989, where it makes the Chicago Town brand of frozen food for distribution throughout Europe, employing around 350 people. Schwans is a food company specalizing in frozen foods. ...
Moss Side is a suburb community on the western side of Leyland in Lancashire, England. ...
See also Leyland flatbed Leyland Motors was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries and buses. ...
Leyland Police Station was originally located on Townsgate in Leyland, in 1882 a new police station was built on Golden Hill. ...
Leyland Railway Station was formerly Golden Hill, the name of the street and area in which the station is based, but was re-named Leyland soon after opening. ...
References
- Hunt, D., (1990), The History of Leyland and District, Carnegie Press, ISBN 0-948789-48-4
- Hunt, D. and Waring, W. (1995), The Archive Photograph Series: Leyland, Chalford Publishing Company, ISBN 0752403486
- Smith, J., (2003), Then and Now: Leyland, Tempus Publishing, ISBN 0-7524-2672-9
External links - South Ribble Borough Council
- Leyland Lancashire - A Community website
- This is Leyland
- Leyland Online - Community news and information
- Enterprise Plc[1]
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