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Back in 1982 while studying in Leeds, I rented cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/teethwhitening.html from a letting agents in Leeds . While going through the tenancy details and giving my place of birth in Leeds, the letting agent said: “Did you know that natives from Leeds are called Loiners? You're actually a Loiner.”

I had never heard the the term “Loiner” used as a description and wondered where the word originated from. The letting agent did not really know. So I looked up the meaning and discovered that in A.D. 627, it is documented that Kings will build a country seat in a country called Loidis. This district comprised two villages called Ledsham and Ledston, and the joining of these names is the root of the word Ledes (used in the 1086 Domesday Survey) that became Loidis. The Domesday Survey was commissioned by William the Conqueror to evaluate the ownership of resources and land in England at that time.

Another explanation from the 19^th century is that the word Loidis derived from the word Loins or Low Inns in Briggate and anyone living within the sound range of Bells from Briggate was called a Loiner. Others are convinced it's the Leeds accent that gave rise to the word Loiner,because people from Leeds pronounce the word lane as loin.