In 1993 the company produced a special limited edition of the game when 500 sets were produced with all the squares named after Leeds locations.

In a letter written in 1933/34 by Winston Churchill, he thanked Waddingtons for a game of Monopoly that he was sent. He described the game as “most interesting”. Waddingtons were taken over by the US firm of Hasbro in the 1990s. Most of the firm’s archives reside at the West Yorkshire Archives Service and Abbey House.It seems only fitting that Leeds Castle replace the glitzy Mayfair, as an invite to a weekend here was as hotly pursued as the top square on the Monopoly game board.” The Kent Messenger got a spot on the board as a chance card Pupils at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls celebrated with Mr Monopoly himself. Picture: MGGS The contents, board and box are identical to that of Monopoly sets produced from 1987 to 1993 (apart from the Leeds theme). Contents MONOPOLY, the great property trading board game, finds its home in the historical town of Huddersfield: from award-winning Victorian architecture to Iron Age monuments. Monopoly has evolved far beyond the confines of its box, though, expanding into new properties and themes and into completely different forms of entertainment. From its many variants to appeal to the residents of Yorkshire to living the game of Monopoly, here’s how the UK’s favourite board game has evolved into a cultural icon and an ever-appealing brand. Monopoly for the people of Yorkshire

Advance to Stafflex, The Mount School, Huddersfield Lawn Tennis and Squash Club, or even the Harold Wilson Statue - will you owe rent or reap the rewards? Finding four train stations as in the Monopoly original proved a challenge. As did locating Maidstone’s Old Kent Road equivalent. The public suggested Maidstone landmarks and charities to be featured in the new game With crown jewels like Bolton Abbey and Malham Cove we expect to be wonderfully spoiled for choices producing this edition.” Scarborough's famous attractions feature on a new special edition of the classic board game Monopoly. The game Monopoly owes its genesis to an American Quaker woman who believed in the common ownership of land. By 1935 when the Parker Brothers in Philadelphia acquired the rights to the game, it had become the embodiment of capitalist speculation.

This fast paced city is complimented by stunning local countryside, including the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and culture abound with? wide array of restaurants, bars, clubs, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Opera North and Northern Ballet. Explore the fascinating history of the nation’s favourite board game with placement student Chelsea Knight. In between Leeds Castle and Archbishop’s Palace are the great and good of the town, including Maidstone Museum which will replace Oxford Street, the Hazlitt Theatre replacing Coventry Street and Maidstone United's home ground the Gallagher Stadium in place of Piccadilly.

One card sends you on a free guided VIP tour of Leeds Castle, while another hands players lots of Monopoly money as a celebration for Maidstone United Football Club winning the league. Maidstone landed the honour of a customised Monopoly game after seeing off 24 other places across Europe to win the accolade and beating runner-up Chartres in France. The world's favourite family board game brings you another exciting MONOPOLY - Huddersfield Edition The announcement was made in March. At the time, the public was invited to suggest Maidstone landmarks and charities to feature. More than 5,000 suggestions were received. Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Fay Gooch, attended the launch Nominations for the design features closes on 31 August 2023, and it is expected the Yorkshire Dales version will be available to buy from May 2024.And now, this is where we come in as game designers are asking for people from the area to help design the landmarks, playing pieces and customised cards that will be featured in the game. His grandfather also made a small mistake with his research as Marlborough Street should actually be Great Marlborough Street. From Jurassic Park to The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man to Friends, Monopoly has a new board and even some new rules for just about any major entertainment property that you can think of. Monopoly also has a long tradition of adapting its classic layout of properties to suit different locations, with this being true of Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Edition of Monopoly features properties for Tadcaster Brewery, Castle Howard, and Skipton. Now Victor is trawling through another tranche of the firm's archives and his personal papers, he is sorting them out to make sure any important material goes to the right home. Two years ago, Monopoly ranked as the best-selling board game at the UK’s largest online retailer, with the spin-off Monopoly Deal ranking sixth. At the time of writing, a fair bit before the Christmas rush, the standard version of Monopoly held firm in fifth, with Monopoly Deal in seventh and Monopoly Junior in 19th. That said, if all of the editions were counted as one, Monopoly would undoubtedly reign supreme.

A LIMITED edition charity version of the world-famous Monopoly has proved a huge sell-out success for Leeds manufacturers Waddingtons. The 500 sets, using Leeds place names instead of London ones, were all snapped up within two hours of going on sale yesterday, leaving many people disappointed. Long queues had already formed outside the firm’s Rothwell premises when the doors opened at 8.45am. In 1935 Monopoly was first patented in the USA and Waddington's published a British edition based on London streets.This special limited edition based on Leeds was published by John Waddington Ltd., possibly to celebrate the centenary of the City of Leeds in 1993. John Waddington started off as a theatrical printer in Leeds in 1896 and the firm began printing playing cards in 1921. The game "Monopoly" owes its genesis to an American Quaker woman who believed in the common ownership of land. By 1935 when the Parker Bros in Philadelphia acquired the rights to the game, it had become the embodiment of capitalist speculation. The British rights to the game were acquired by the Leeds firm of Waddingtons in 1935 and the slightly bizarre choice of London streets was based on a flying visit to the capital by one of the firm's employees. Since then the game has been customised to many cities and institutions, including this Leeds edition. Waddington's are also reputed to have smuggled silk escape maps to British prisoners of war inside Monopoly sets. Waddingtons were taken over by the US firm of Hasbro in the 1990s.The pencil drawing was found many years later by a man called Charles Darrow, at the home of one of his friends. From this, he then created a game that he named Monopoly, before selling the game on to the publisher Parker Brothers. This game became a success and was played in a large amount of households. When asked in an interview for Germantown Bulletin “how he had managed to invent Monopoly out of thin air – a seeming slight of hand that had brought joy into so many households” he replyed “It’s a freak… Entirely unexpected and illogical”. The original British game is of course based on the city of London, with famous landmarks including Mayfair, Park Lane, Picadilly and Regent Street. It has been suggested that the game was invented by a woman that lived in Washington DC in 1903 called Elizabeth Margie. Elizabeth owned her own house, worked for a living and was not married which was unusual for women at the time. The game that she invented was called the landlords game. The purpose of this game was to educate people on her political views.