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John Leland or Leyland (13 September, c. 1503 – 18 April 1552) was an English poet and antiquary. Leland has been described as "the father of English local...

John Leland may refer to: John Leland (antiquary) (c. 1503–1552), English antiquary John Leland (Baptist) (1754–1841), United States Baptist minister...

Hayne Leland, economist Henry M. Leland, automotive pioneer and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln brands John Leland (antiquary), English antiquary John Leland...

Braose, 2nd Baron Braose. By the 1530s the Market was described by John Leland (antiquary) as follows: "Swansey...a market town and chief place of Gower lande"...

college's alumni include heads of government (Jan Smuts of South Africa and John Kotelawala of Sri Lanka), as well as several parliamentarians from various...

Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, politician (born 1509) 18 April – John Leland, antiquary and historian (born 1502) 10 June – Alexander Barclay, poet (born...

An antiquarian or antiquary (from Latin antiquarius 'pertaining to ancient times') is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More...

ruins commonly called the "castell of the rhae" in the times of John Leland (antiquary) (d. 1552); the place was favoured by the royalty of Mercia and...

The Leland Trail is a 28-mile (45.1 km) footpath in Somerset, England. It was named after the antiquary John Leland, and runs from King Alfred's Tower...

woman to write professionally. Leland believed he was descended from John Leland, among other illustrious antiquaries. Leland claimed to have been influenced...

Wells Cathedral. pp. 34–36. ISBN 0-902321-11-0. Leland, John (1768). Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary Published from the Original MS in the Bodleian...

sides for men to stonde under yn tyme of Reyne Leland, John (1538), The itinerary of John Leland the antiquary, vol. 1 In the 16th to 18th centuries the baths...

Hearnius, July 1678 – 10 June 1735) was an English diarist and prolific antiquary, particularly remembered for his published editions of many medieval English...

B.T. Batsford Limited. ISBN 978-0713420777. The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary. Mr. Thomas Hearne M. A. 1768. Finch Smith, Roger (1987). Roadside...

Toronto. He has written about the history of Glastonbury Abbey, Tudor antiquary John Leland, sixteenth-century book culture, the foundation and early history...

p. 11. ISBN 0853233144. Leland, John (1744–45) [c. 1540]. Thomas, Thomas (ed.). "The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary: In Nine Volumes". Oxford...

represented in the city's coat of arms to this day. In 1542, the antiquary John Leland visited Plymouth and recorded that: "On a rokky hill hard by it...

in Halifax, West Yorkshire, is the speculation of a 16th-century antiquary, John Leland,: 176–177  which was discredited by William Camden: Halifax means...

Benedictine community remembered in prayer. Three years later, when the antiquary John Leland visited the site in 1542 the Abbey was already a thing of the past...

the University of Paris. At St Paul's, he befriended the future antiquary John Leland and later acted as one of his benefactors. He served as Member of...