I think we need to insert something after Leeds is to say what not just where it is not a hill a monument a shopping mall etc I ve had a go producing Leeds pronounced li dz Speaker Icon svg listen is the major settlement within the City of Leeds replacing Leeds pronounced li dz Speaker Icon svg listen is located within the City of Leeds Settlement doesn t seem right as I think it tends to mean somewhere so small as not yet to be a village town city Could we use town Or even old established city The article has to say something and if we agree it now it is less likely to be the target of future edit warring I ve now had another go and am happier with this version Leeds pronounced li dz Speaker Icon svg listen is a city 2 in West Yorkshire England and the major settlement within the City of Leeds 3 metropolitan borough with explanatory footnote about city status What do people think I also think that the lead needs to have something more to show the historic significance of Leeds by the late 19th century it must have been the nth largest town in England where n is pretty small number and this isn t reflected as yet I ll try and find some figures eg populations of towns in 1900