Leyland may refer to:
Places
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Leyland, Lancashire
Leyland () is a town in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, six miles (10 km) south of Preston. The population was 35,578 at the 2011 Census.
The name of the town is Anglo-Saxon, meaning "untilled land".
History
English Leyland was an a ...
, an English town
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Leyland Hundred
The Leyland Hundred (also known as Leylandshire) is a historic subdivision of the English county of Lancashire. It covered the parishes of Brindle, Chorley, Croston, Eccleston, Hoole, Leyland, Penwortham, Rufford, Standish and Tarleton. ...
, an hundred of Lancashire, England
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Leyland, Alberta, a community in Canada
Companies
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Leyland Line
The Leyland Line was a British shipping transport line founded in 1873 by Frederick Richards Leyland after his apprenticeship in the firm of John Bibby, Sons & Co. After Frederick Leyland's death, the company was taken over by Sir John Ellerm ...
, a shipping company
Automotive manufacturers
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Leyland Motors
Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. The company diversified into car manufacturing with its acquisitions of Triumph and Rover in 1960 and ...
, a defunct vehicle manufacturer based in Leyland, Lancashire
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Ashok Leyland, an Indian company
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British Leyland
British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings. It was partl ...
, a defunct vehicle manufacturer
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Leyland Bus
Leyland Bus was a British bus and train manufacturer. It emerged from the Rover Group (formerly ''British Leyland'') as a management buyout of the bus business. It was subsequently acquired by Volvo Buses in 1988 and the Leyland name disappe ...
, a defunct bus manufacturer
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List of Leyland buses
This is a list of all known passenger chassis and integral bus vehicles manufactured by Leyland Motors and Leyland Bus from 1919 until closure.
1919 - 1925
* A1, A5, A7, A9, A11, A13 - 1920-1926
* B - 1919-1920
* C, C1, C5, C7, C9 - 1919-1926 ...
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Leyland DAF
Leyland DAF was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Leyland, United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of DAF NV. In February 1993, Leyland DAF was placed into receivership.
History
Leyland DAF was formed in February 1987, when the ...
, a defunct commercial vehicle manufacturer
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Leyland Trucks
Leyland Trucks is a medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacturer based in Leyland, Lancashire, England. It can trace its origins back to the original Leyland Motors, which was founded in 1896, and subsequently evolved into British Leyland. Aft ...
, a medium and heavy duty truck manufacturer based in Leyland
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Leyland Eight, a luxury car
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Leyland P76
The 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 ...
, a car
People
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Carl Sonny Leyland (born 1965), English pianist
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Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892), English shipowner
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Jim Leyland
James Richard Leyland (born December 15, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He serves as a special assistant to the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Leyland led the Florida Marlins to the ...
(born 1944), American baseball manager
* Joseph Bentley Leyland (1811-1851), English sculptor
* Kellie-Ann Leyland (born 1986), British footballer
* Mal Leyland (born 1945), Australian explorer and film-maker
* Maurice Leyland (1900-1967), English cricketer
* Mike Leyland (1941-2009), Australian explorer and film-maker
* Paul Leyland, British mathematician
* Paul Leyland (rugby league) (born 1986), English rugby league player
* Winston Leyland (born 1940), British-American author
Other
* Leyland Band, a British band
* Leyland cypress, a tree
* Leyland number, a set of numbers named after Paul Leyland
See also
* Leeland (disambiguation)
* Leland (disambiguation)
* Leyland Titan (disambiguation)
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