Leyland
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Articles beginning Leyland include:
- LeylandAllianceLeylandAllianceLeylandAlliance is an American company that specializes in developing dense communities, in new urbanism style.-Developments:This company, based in New York, has designed communities in towns and cities such as Norfolk, Virginia, Warwick, New York, and are in partnership with University of...
, an American company - Leyland BandLeyland BandThe Leyland Band is a brass band based in Lancashire in the UK.-History:The Leyland Band was established in 1946 in the heart of industrial Lancashire as the Leyland Motors Band, taking its name from the world famous truck and bus company...
, a British band - Leyland BrothersLeyland BrothersMike and Mal Leyland , also known as The Leyland Brothers, were Australian explorers and documentary film-makers, best known for their popular television show, Ask the Leyland Brothers...
, two Australian explorers - Leyland CypressLeyland CypressThe Leyland Cypress, × Cupressocyparis leylandii , often referred to as just Leylandii, is a fast-growing evergreen tree much used in horticulture, primarily for hedges and screens. Even on sites of relatively poor culture, plants have been known to grow to heights of 15 metres in 16 years...
, a tree - Leyland (hundred)Leyland (hundred)The Leyland hundred, or Leylandshire, was a hundred of the English county of Lancashire. It covered the parishes of Brindle, Chorley, Croston, Eccleston, Hoole, Leyland, Penwortham, Rufford, Standish and Tarleton....
, an English hundred - Leyland Line, a shipping company
- Leyland, LancashireLeyland, LancashireLeyland is a town in the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England, approximately six miles south of the city of Preston.Throughout the 20th and 21st century, the community has seen a large growth in industry, population and farming, due to the establishment of Leyland Motors, housing...
, an English town- Leyland police stationLeyland police stationLeyland Police Station was originally located on Towngate in Leyland, Lancashire. In 1882 a new police station was built on Golden Hill.The police station was built around 100 yards from the newly constructed Leyland railway station, on the West Coast Mainline, for the convenience of the officials...
- Leyland railway stationLeyland railway stationLeyland railway station serves the town of Leyland in Lancashire, England. It 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...
- Leyland police station
- Leyland numberLeyland numberIn number theory, a Leyland number is a number of the form xy + yx, where x and y are integers greater than 1. The first few Leyland numbers are...
, a set of numbers named after Paul Leyland
Automotive manufacturers
- Leyland Motors, a defunct vehicle manufacturer based in Leyland, Lancashire
- British Leyland, a defunct vehicle manufacturer
- Leyland BusLeyland BusLeyland Bus was a British bus manufacturer. It emerged from the Rover Group as a management buyout of the bus business...
, a defunct bus manufacturer - Leyland DAFLeyland DAFLeyland DAF was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in the United Kingdom, and a division of DAF NV. In 1993 DAF NV became insolvent and Leyland DAF went into receivership.-History:...
, a defunct commerical vehicle manufacturer - LDV Group, a defunct van manufacturer based in Ward End, Birmingham
- Leyland TrucksLeyland TrucksLeyland Trucks is the UK's leading medium & heavy duty truck manufacturer and is based in the town of Leyland, Lancashire. It emerged from the bankruptcy of DAF NV as the result of a management buy-out in 1993, and was acquired by PACCAR in 1998, of which it is now a subsidiary...
, a medium and heavy duty truck manufacturer based in Leyland - Leyland EightLeyland EightThe Leyland Eight was a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923. The car was designed by the chief engineer of Leyland Motors, J.G. Parry-Thomas and his assistant Reid Railton, and was intended to be the finest car available...
, a luxury car - Leyland P76Leyland P76The Leyland P76 is a large car that was produced by Leyland Australia, the Australian subsidiary of British Leyland. Featuring what was described at the time as the "standard Australian wheelbase of 111 inches", it was intended to provide the company with a genuine rival to large local models like...
, a car - Ashok LeylandAshok LeylandAshok Leyland is a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Chennai, India. Founded in 1948, the company is one of India's leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles, such as trucks and buses, as well as emergency and military vehicles. Operating six plants, Ashok Leyland also makes...
, an Indian company
Surname
- Frederick Richards LeylandFrederick Richards LeylandFrederick Richards Leyland was a Liverpool shipowner and art collector.-Career:Leyland served as an apprentice in the firm of John Bibby, Sons & Co, where he rose to become a partner. In 1867 he took on the tenancy of Speke Hall, Liverpool and in 1869 bought a house in London at 49 Princes Gate...
- Jim LeylandJim LeylandJames Richard "Jim" Leyland is a Major League Baseball manager, currently with the Detroit Tigers.He led the Florida Marlins to a World Series championship in 1997, and previously won three straight division titles with the Pittsburgh Pirates...
(born 1944), American baseball manager - Maurice LeylandMaurice LeylandMaurice Leyland , christened 'Morris Leyland', was an English cricketer who played 41 Test matches between 1928 and 1938 and proved himself one of the best left-handers of his generation....
- Paul LeylandPaul LeylandPaul Leyland is a British number theorist who has studied integer factorization and primality testing.He has contributed to the factorization of RSA-129, RSA-140, and RSA-155, as well as potential factorial primes as large as 400! + 1. He has also studied Cunningham numbers, Cullen numbers, Woodall...
- Mike and Mal LeylandLeyland BrothersMike and Mal Leyland , also known as The Leyland Brothers, were Australian explorers and documentary film-makers, best known for their popular television show, Ask the Leyland Brothers...