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Sir John Barran MP Pioneered the Leeds ready-made clothing industry in the 1850s, introducing the band knife for cutting multiple layers of cloth. In 1887 he added this factory to his others in Park Square. As Mayor he secured the purchase of Roundhay Park for Leeds. 1821-1905
Josephs Well, Chorley, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Yorkshire College These buildings, erected in 1879 with support from the Clothworkers' Company, were the first purpose-built premises of the Yorkshire College (founded in 1874). They comprised the weaving and dyeing sheds and museum of the Textile Department. The College became the University of Leeds in 1904. Architect: Alfred Waterhouse
Yorkshire College, Leeds, United Kingdom
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In this building Professor Irene Manton FRS, electron microscopist, Head of the Department of Botany 1946-69, made fundamental discoveries in cell structure, including 9+2 and Golgi Function.
Botany House, Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds School of Medicine This institution, founded in 1831, was one of the first provincial medical schools in England. The move here from Park Street in 1894 provided the school with its second purpose-built premises. Architect: W. H. Thorp Erected 1891-94
Thoresby Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Honouring the bravery and sacrifice of Solomon Belinsky of Gipton Fire Station who suffered fatal injuries in the line of duty during the Leeds Blitz 15th March 1941
The Old Fire Station, Gipton, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Co-operative Society Was founded in 1847 when workers at Holbeck's Benyon & Co flax-spinning mill initiated the raising of funds in instalments from working-class families to rent a mill on this site. 'The People's Mill' provided them with wholesome, reasonably-priced flour. By 2007 co-operatives had spread worldwide with 700 million members - but Leeds Co-operative Society was still the oldest in existence.
Gatepost at the entrance of Leodis Court (opp. Temple Mill)., Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Grange Formerly the site of a Kirkstall Abbey farm, the house dates from 1752. John Marshall, millionaire flax-spinner, lived here like a country gentleman from 1804-1818. The banker William Beckett bought the estate in 1834, making major alterations in 1858.
The Grange, Beckett Park, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company. Steam road wagons featuring Yorkshire's characteristic transverse-mounted boiler were made here from 1902 until 1937. Later part of the Hestair Group, the firm then specialised in diesel-powered tankers, municipal gulley emptiers and road-sweepers 1900-1971
Off Pepper Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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John Smeaton, FRS Was born and lived at Austhorpe Ledge, Whitkirk, Leeds. He developed scientific methods to harness better the water, wind and steam power essential to the Industrial Revolution. He consulted nationally on the design of mills, harbours, bridges and waterways, including the Aire and Calder Navigation. He was most famous for designing and building the third Eddystone Lighthouse. The creation of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers (1771) gave rise to the professional engineering institutions. 1724-1792
Leeds Lock, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Dewhirst's and Marks & Spencer. This was the warehouse of Isaac Dewhirst, wholesale haberdasher and manufacturer of hosiery, pinafores, underclothing and aprons. Obtaining supplies here, the Polish immigrant pedlar, Michael Marks, met Dewhirst's cashier Tom Spencer. In 1894 they formed the most famous partnership in British retailing.
Harper Street, LS2, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Bramley Rugby League Football Club The Barley Mow Inn ground was the home of Bramley Rugby League Football Club (now Bramley Buffaloes) from 1890 until its move to MacLaren Field in 1965. Bramley played New Zealand All Golds here in 1907 in the Northern Union's first ever tour game. Founded 1879
The Barley Mow Inn, Town Street, Bramley LS13, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Richard Bentley FRS DD born in 4/5 Bentley Square; educated at Wakefield Grammar School and Cambridge; Keeper of The King's Library at St James and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. His brilliant translation and reappraisal of classical texts made him one of England's greatest and most controversial scholars. 1662-1742
Bentley Square, Calverley Rd, Oulton, LS26, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Newton House Earl Cowper built this fine house c.1820 on part of Squire Pastures Farm, a fore-runner of the high class residential development of New Leeds. In 1843 Hutchinson Gresham, pawnbroker, purchased the villa. Joseph Lumley, mustard, cocoa and chicory manufacturer lived here in 1851.
Spencer Place, LS7, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Cookridge Hall. Built on the site of a monastic grance, this was the home of Thomas Kirke, JP, FRS, 1650-1706, writer, musician, astronomer, churchman, benefactor of parish education, creator of Modeley Wood labyrinth. Remodelled 1754-5 by Sir Charles Sheffield of Normanby Hall, Lincolnshire.
Cookridge Lane, LS16, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Permanent House Was built on the newly created Headrow in 1930 as the headquarters of Leeds Permanent Building Society. Its grandeur befitted Leeds' greatest financial institution which from 1848 enable generations to fulfil the dream of buying their own home. Architect: G. W. Atkinson
Browns Restaurant, The Light, The Headrow, Leeds, United Kingdom
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E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd Britain's leading educational suppliers and printers was established in this Georgian merchant's house No.3 Briggate in 1870. Its warehouse and factory was in Blayd's Yard.
3 Briggate, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Richard Oastler 'The Factory King' was born in St Peter's Square. His 1830 letter to the Leeds Mercury about 'Yorkshire Slavery' began the campaign to reduce the working day of factory children to ten hours. The Ten Hours Act of 1847 owed much to his persuasive writing and compelling oratory. 1789 - 1861
The Wardrobe, St Peters Square (by BBC North HQ), Leeds, United Kingdom
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Meanwood Tannery. The monks of Kirkstall Abbey had a water corn mill here in 1230. Milling continued until 1785 when Thomas Martin used the mill for paper-making. In 1857 Samuel Smith built this fine tannery. From 1911 to 1994 it was used as a fellmongery.
Mill Pond Close, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Manor House The medieval manor house stood here on 'Castle Hill'. Its deep moat looped between the river and Boar Lane. Richard Wilson lavishly rebuilt it in 1765 and in 1823 it became Henry Scarborough's hotel. The present-day pub is a surviving extension.
New Station Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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William Hey's House This impressive Georgian townhouse was built for William Hey (1736-1819) one of the founders and later Chief Surgeon of Leeds General Infirmary. For 50 years Hey was in the front rank of British surgeons. Architect: Thomas Johnson Erected 1794-5
2 Albion Pl, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Oakwood Clock Was made in 1904 by Potts and Sons, to the design of Leeming and Leeming as the centrepiece of the new Leeds Market Hall. alterations to the Market led to the inspired decision to erect the clock at Oakwood in 1912.
Roundhay Road, Oakwood, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Edmund Clifton Stoner FRS (1899-1968) The University of Leeds first Professor of Theoretical Physics Cavendish Professor of Physics distinguished for his research on magnetism, atomic structure and astrophysics
E C Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Louis Le Prince The pioneer of cinematography had a workshop on this site where he invented a one-lens camera and a projecting machine. Le Prince produced what are believed to be the world's first moving pictures taken on Leeds Bridge in 1888.
Blenheim Terrace, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Brodrick's Building These fine shops and offices were designed by Cuthbert Brodrick (1822-1905) the architect of Leeds Town Hall, the Corn Exchange and the Mechanics' Institute. They were renovated by Trinity Services in 1988. Erected 1864
Cookridge Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Yorkshire Ladies' Council of Education was founded in 1876 to promote the education of girls and women and occupied this building between 1928-1988, It served as an administrative centre for Council activities and housed The Yorkshire Ladies' Secretarial College.
Blenheim Terrace, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Infirmary The General Infirmary moved here from Infirmary Street in 1869. The building, designed by George Gilbert Scott, incorporated ideas from Florence Nightingale. The plan placed it in the foremost rank of European hospitals.
Portland Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Hotel Metropole This fine hotel designed by Chorley, Connon and Chorley is one of the best examples of terracotta work in Leeds. A remarkable feature is the large stone cupola taken from the town's fourth White Cloth Hall (erected in 1868) which formerly occupied this site. Opened 1899
King Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Fletland Mills In 1887 Wright Bros., corn millers, acquired these late 18th and 19th century mills. they produced large quantities of flour and 'horse corn' for the Leeds district. In 1991 the buildings were splendidly converted to a high quality hotel.
The Calls, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Joshua Tetley (1778-1859) In 1822 Joshua Tetley bought William Sykes' brewery business which had stood here since 1792. Joshua's enterprise and fine quality ales created a reputation which for over 150 years has made the name 'Tetleys' synonymous with the City of Leeds.
Hunslet Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Bank Mills This magnificent waterside flax mill and its twin block just upstream were built in 1831-2 for Messrs Hives and Atkinson, former partners of John Marshall the famous Leeds flax spinner. Architect: John Clark
East Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Church Institute The power house behind the advancement of religious and secular education on the principles of the Church of England in Leeds, and the home for a host of Church organisations. The British Deaf Association was founded here on 24 July 1890. Erected 1866-68.
Albion Pl, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Carlton Hill Friends Meeting House Erected in 1868 was the principal Quaker Meeting House in Leeds. In 1921 it became Albrecht & Albrecht's clothing factory, the Quaker meetings removing to the schoolroom block to the rear, where worship continued until 1979. From 1933 to 2004 it was the BBC Studios. Architect: Edward Birchall
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Mansion In 1803 the wealthy insurance broker and later banker Thomas Nicholson bought half of the medieval hunting park - 'The Round Hay'. In 1815, after landscaping the park, he moved into this fine new house attributed to architect Thomas Taylor. The estate was purchased for the people of Leeds in 1871.
Mansion Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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St Aidan's Church Built in 1894 to the designs of R J Johnson and W S Hicks in the Italian Romanesque style. The eastern apse is adorned with fine mosaics depicting scenes from the life of St Aidan by Sir Frank Brangwyn. Unveiled in 1916.
Roundhay Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Town Hall. This greatest of monuments to Victorian municipal government was opened by Queen Victoria on 7 September 1858. Its architect, Cuthbert Brodrick, created a civic palace with courts, council chamber, mayor's parlour, offices, bridewell and concert hall, the whole crowned by a magnificent tower.
Leeds Town Hal, Leeds, United Kingdom
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18 Park Place This house, restored to its former grandeur by MEPC plc in 1988, is situated in one of the most elegant streets of Georgian Leeds. Merchants and gentlemen were attracted here by the then beautiful view of the river and neighbouring hills. Erected 1788.
18 Park Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The crucible of darts. Opened in 1970 Leeds Irish Centre has become the social and cultural heart of the city's Irish Community. Now drawing millions of viewers televised darts was pioneered here in August 1973 when the Centre hosted Yorkshire Television's pub games series 'Indoor League' presented by Fred Trueman.
The Irish Centre, York Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Samuel Ledgard (1874 - 1952) was landlord here 1896 - 1952. The renowned private operator of bus and coach services in Yorkshire, in a remarkable career he was also a farmer, brewer, garage proprietor, quarry owner, haulage contractor and caterer to royalty and the nobility.
Nelson Inn, 210-212 Armley Rd, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Middleton Railway. Began nearby in 1758 to carry coal from Middleton Colliery to Leeds by horse drawn wagon. The world's first commercially successful steam locomotive, designed and built by Matthew Murray and incorporating John Blenkinsop's patented rack wheel, started work here on 24 June 1812.
Station, Moor Road, LS10, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Mount St Marys Convent, Orphanage & School Founded in 1853 by the sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux to serve the Catholic community displaced from Ireland by famine and which came to live on the Bank, an area of severe poverty and deprivation. Architect: William Wardell Built 1858
Mt St Marys Catholic High School, Ellerby Road, LS9, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Mann's Patent Steam Cart & Wagon Company Ltd Steam-powered road vehicles were built here. Previously Mann & Charlesworth Ltd of Dewsbury Road, the company produced unique designs of steam carts, rollers, wagons and tractors. 1899-1929
Pepper Road, Hunslet, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Geoff Hodgson. 1920-2001. Respected and tireless friend and guardian of the Kirkstall community.
Abbey House Museum Gardens, Abbey Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Maurice Ellis FRCS Born in Leeds, this innovative clinician and passionate teacher was a pioneer of Emergency Medicine. He became the first Consultant in Casualty in the United Kingdom at Leeds General Infirmary in 1952, and was founding President of the Casualty Surgeons Association.1905-1977
Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
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St. Paul's House This building was originally a warehouse and cloth-cutting works built for John Barran, the founder of the mass-production, ready-made clothing industry in Leeds. Barran was a Mayor of Leeds and served as its Liberal M.P. from 1876 - 1885 Architect: Thomas Ambler Erected 1878
Park Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Park Square This elegant square formed part of the Wilson family's plan to create a high-class residential estate on the site of the medieval park of the Manor of Leeds. Its residents were merchants, clergy, lawyers and surgeons. Built 1788-1810
Park Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Sir William Bragg (1862-1942) Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Leeds 1909-1916 developed here the first x-ray spectrometer and pioneered the x-ray analysis of crystal structures. Joint nobel laureate for physics in 1915 with his son Sir Lawrence Bragg
Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Live at Leeds The University Refectory is a legendary concert venue. The Who's performance here on 14 February 1970 was recorded and released as 'Live at Leeds', the most celebrated live album of its generation
Leeds University Refectory, Lifton Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Born here Benjamin H. Latrobe 1764-1820 Architect of The White House U.S.A
No 34 Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Adelphi by virtue of its decorative interest merits the title a Tetley Heritage Inn
Adelphi Hotel, 1-5 Hunslet Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds College of Art Founded in 1846, by Leeds Mechanics' and Literary Institution, pioneered the teaching of practical art and design in England and USA. Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth studied here. This building was erected for the college in 1903.
Rossington Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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In memory of Major Harold Brown DSO MC Yorkshire Regt. Born here 4th January 1879. Killed in France 23rd March 1918.
Gatepost, The Hollies, Weetwood Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Assembly Rooms Its handsomely decorated ballroom and card rooms made it one of Yorkshire's finest assembly rooms. Its patrons were the Leeds merchants and the local nobility and gentry. The ground floor formed the northern range of the third White Cloth Hall. Opened 9 June 1777
Assembly Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Lady Betty Hastings of Ledston Hall was a lifelong patron of charities for education, the promotion of Christian knowledge and the relief of poverty. In 1721 when the scheme for building this church was revived, her magnificent donation of £1000 ensured its success. 1682-1739
Boar Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Queen's Arcade Named in honour of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Built in 1888-9 by Armistead and Proctor on the site of the Rose and Crown coaching inn which occupied one of Briggate's medieval burgage plots. Architect: Edward Clark
Queen's Arcade, Leeds, United Kingdom
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City Varieties Music Hall. Harry Lauder, Charlie Chaplin and Harry Houdini performed in this Music Hall built in 1865 for Charles Thornton on the site of the White Swan coaching inn. Famous venue of the "Good Old Days" first broadcast in 1953
City Varieties Music Hall, Swan Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Leeds Club Moved here in 1852. As a prestigious gentlemen's club, it was the meeting place for the town's leading business and professional men. Its lavish classical interior included coffee, smoking and dining rooms, a billiard room, bedrooms and a ballroom. Founded 1849.
3 Albion Place, LS1, Leeds, United Kingdom
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East Bar. This ancient stone marked the eastern boundary of the medieval town of Leeds.
Kirkgate, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Grammar School Was founded in 1552 by William Sheafield, chantry priest, Leeds Parish Church. It occupied this building from 1859 to 1997. Famous pupils include: John Smeaton, engineer; G. Studdert Kennedy, 'Woodbine Willie' chaplain; John Ireland, composer; Field Marshal Lord Nicholson of Roundhay. Architect: Edward Barry
Moorland Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Kirkstall Brewery. Though established in 1833, these magnificent brewery buildings date from the 1860s and 70s. In the late Victorian era the Kirkstall Brewery Company exported large quantities of beer to Australia by barge and its own steamships
Kirkstall, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The original contractors for the building were Mr Addy of Leeds and Messrs Butler & Co. Leeds. For the iron roof the contractors for the refurbishment in 1990 were Laing (Yorkshire).
Corn Exchange, Cloth Hall Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
White Cloth Hall This superbly restored gateway belonged to the magnificent quadrangular market hall which underpinned the prosperity of Georgian Leeds. Merchants and 1300 West Riding clothiers met here on Tuesdays and Saturdays to trade in undyed 'white' woollen cloth. Built 1775-76
Cloth Hall Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Marks and Spencer plc The clock mounted on the frontage of this store commemorates the centenary of the birth of Simon Marks, later Lord Marks of Broughton, who was born in Trafalgar Street Leeds on July 9th 1888. Lord Marks was chairman of Marks and Spencer from 1916 until his death in 1964. Simon Marks' father, Michael, founded the company in 1884 when he opened his first stall in Leeds Kirkgate Market.
Marks & Spencer, Briggate, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Temple Mill. The magnificent but highly functional flax spinning mill to your left was erected by John Marshall, founder of the Leeds Flax Industry. Joseph Bonomi modelled it and this office building (added in 1843) on the Egyptian temple at Edfu. Erected 1838-40
Marshall Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Holbeck Working Men's Club originally established in 1871, these purpose-built premises officially opened on Easter Monday 1878. Built at a cost of £1,1172, the club included rooms for refreshment, billiards and bagatelle and a lecture hall for 300 people. No other working men's club has been in continuous operation for so long.
Holbeck Working Men's Club, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Original home of the 'Leeds Cup', oldest trophy in professional golf worldwide. Presented to the Professional Golf Association on its formation 1901 by Alderman Penrose Lord Mayor of Leeds and President of Leeds Golf Club . To be competed for annually by professional golfers. The first competition was held in 1902 at Leeds Golf Club.
Leeds Golf Club, Elmete Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
'Frankie' 1955-2010. Amateur comedian and homeless man. Spent his nights here 2005-2009.
Crown Point Bridge (North side, on bank of River Aire), Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Leeds Odd Fellows The 33 lodges of the Leeds District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society were administered from here 1910-1979. They offered workers and their families mutual financial protection in times of illness, unemployment and bereavement. Facilities here included meeting rooms, a ballroom and a club. Founded 1826
Queen Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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My Sex Our Dance - DV8 Physical Theatre Founded in 1986, DV8 Physical Theatre challenges audiences as it explores themes of gender, sexuality, religion and politics. Their performance of "My Sex Our Dance" provided a powerful response to prejudice surrounding AIDS and the infamous Section 28. DV8 rehearsed here in 1987. #RainbowPlaques
St Peters Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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BBC Music Day 2017 #BBC North East & Cumbria 4
The birthplace of Angela Morley (Born Walter "Wally" Scott) 1924-2009 Emmy Award winning composer and conductor for radio, television and film.
331 Kirkstall Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Frank Kidson MA 1855-1926 Musical antiquarian and folk-song collector lived here 1904-1926
5 Hamilton Avenue, LS7, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Yorkshire Penny Bank This famous bank, later known as Yorkshire Bank, was founded at Leeds in 1856. These flamboyant premises, designed by G. B. Bulmer, were opened in 1894. The first purpose-built Leeds General Infirmary (1771) formerly stood on this site.
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Leonora Cohen JP OBE Leading suffragette famous for smashing a showcase in the Jewel House at the Tower of London and for her hunger strike at Armley Gaol in 1913 Lived here 1923-36 1873-1978
2 Claremont Villas, Clarendon Road, LS3, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Cardigan Arms by virtue of its historic interest merits the title a Joshua Tetley Heritage Inn
364 Kirkstall Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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North-Eastern Railway Viaduct This 1500 yard viaduct, including the New Station (now known as City Station) built over the river and canal, is one of the great feats of Victorian civil engineering. It linked railway termini on opposite sides of Leeds. Erected 1866-69
Swinegate, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Charles Barker Howdill. This prominent Leeds architect of Primitive Methodist chapels, travel photographer who ventured to the Balkans, and renowned slide show lecturer lived here. In 1901, he exhibited some of the first colour images seen at the Royal Photographic Society. 1863-1941
14 Hanover Square. LS3 1AP, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Canal Gardens These ornamental gardens were formed from a walled kitchen garden built c.1816 for Thomas Nicholson of Roundhay Park. Inheriting the estate in 1833, his stepbrother Stephen added the canal, 350 by 34 feet, spanned by two rustic bridges and terminating in an arbour.
Canal Gardens, on archway leading to Tropical World, LS8, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Bardon Hill Stables. This former stables and coach house was built in 1873-5. In 1902 it was lavishly rebuilt by Thomas Winn for Bardon Hill's new occupant the millionaire race-horse owner Joseph Pickersgill, bookmaker to Edward VII when Prince of Wales. It was renovated and converted to luxury apartments in 2002.
Weetwood Lane, LS16, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Samuel Smiles (1812-1905) the great propagandist of Victorian values through his books, 'Self-Help', 'Character', 'Thrift' and 'Duty', inspired by his lectures to Leeds working men in 1845. He worked in Leeds 1838-58 as a newspaper editor, doctor and then railway secretary.
Leeds Institute, Millennium Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Rising Sun by virtue of its historic interest merits the title a Joshua Tetley Heritage Inn.
290, Kirkstall Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Leeds Arts Club. A highly influential forum for the avant-garde in politics, philosophy, art and literature met here from 1908. Ground-breaking exhibitions included the 1913 Post-Impressionist show and Cubist and Futurist Art in 1914. Famous Speakers included G. B. Shaw and W. B. Yeats. 1903-1923
8, Blenheim Terrace, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Kirkgate Market In 1826 the Leeds vicarage and croft were purchased to create a fruit, vegetable and cattle market. An elegant Crystal Palace-style covered market was erected in 1857, followed in 1904 by today's magnificent market hall designed by Leeming and Leeming.
Kirkgate market, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Tower Works. Built for Harding & Son, makers of pins, cards and combs for the textile industry. Its smallest chimney (Thomas Shaw 1864) was modelled on the Lamberti Tower in Verona, the largest (William Bakewell 1899) on Giotto's Campanile in Florence. 1864-1981
Globe Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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William Turton Corn and hay merchant here at Turton's Wharf and Warehouse rebuilt 1876. He pioneered horse drawn tramways across northern England. From 1866 he ran omnibuses in Leeds, becoming a founding director, then chairman, of Leeds Tramways Company 1872-1895. Councillor and Poor Law Guardian. 1825-1900
64, The Calls, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Methodist Pioneers The first purpose-built Methodist chapel in Leeds, the 'Old Boggart House' was erected here on Boggart Close in 1750-51. A public meeting here on 6 October 1813 led to the formation of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society which was highly influential in Methodism becoming a world church.
Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Chapel Allerton Hall. The Georgian home of the Tottie family, woollen cloth merchants, and then distinguished botanist R. A. Salisbury 1782-1799. The Nicholsons, later of Roundhay Park, lived here 1799-1815. From c.1845 to 1901, much extended, it was the home of the pioneer ready-made clothing industry and Leeds politician John Barran.
junction of King George Avenue and Gledhow Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds School Board erected this fine headquarters and examination centre in 1878-81. First elected by the ratepayers of Leeds in 1870, the board built sufficient schools to ensure that for the first time every child in Leeds received an elementary education. Architect: George Corson
Calverley Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Hippin Door. This place is Hippin Door, so named on estate maps pre-dating the building of Hustler's Row in 1849/50. Hippin is an old Northern dialect word for stepping and refers to the stepping stones formerly at the site of the footbridge. The ford remains and was used for droving stock on Hippin Lane. From this gatepost access to a small field and sheep enclosure on the site of the shed was gained. No doubt the ford was also gated for droving, hence the Hippin Door name. Some time between the 1930s to early 50s Jack Bumby with the estate's permission roofed from the wall across to the side of the privy block (now gone) servicing 1-4 Hustlers Row. The building served as a practice space for Jack's dance band 'The Futurists'. The band members were local and included Florence Tomkins of 15 Hustlers Row. Shed reconstructed 2006-12 by Michael, No. 4.
Hustlers Gate, Meanwood Park, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Smithfield Ironworks Built as the Smithfield Hotel in the 1860s to serve Leeds Cattle Market opposite, it later became the imposing frontage of Thomas Green & Son Ltd. Green's made steam and motor rollers, traction engines, steam trams, railway locomotives and grass cutting equipment.
North Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The West Bar. The bar stone marking the western boundary of the built-up area of the medieval town of Leeds stood here. Scarcely a single building lay in the old manorial park to the west of this point before 1758
Boar Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Salem Chapel. Opened by the Independents in 1791 is the city centre's oldest surviving chapel. Its distinctive ministries of the Revds Parsons, Hudswell, Smith and Wrigley, and Guntrip sustained a vibrant chapel life; closure only came in 2001. Leeds United FC was founded here in 1919.
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The South Bar The gate defending the southern entrance to the medieval town of Leeds stood here.
Southern end of Leeds Bridge, LS10, Leeds, United Kingdom
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William T. Astbury FRS lived here from 1928 to 1961. His brilliant research at the University of Leeds deduced the chemical composition of hair and wool fibres by X-ray diffraction. In 1938 his team was the first to predict a molecular structure for DNA, which contains the hereditary instuctions present in all living organisms. 1898-1961
kirkstall Lane, Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds & County Liberal Club From Parliamentary and municipal reform in the 1830s to 1894 the Liberal Party dominated politics in Leeds. This splendid club in Welsh terracotta opened in 1891. Crowds were addresses from its balcony 'on occasions of political excitement'. Chorley & Connon Architects
Quebecs Hotel, Quebec Street, LS1, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Golden Acre Park. Opened in 1932 as a large amusement park complete with a dance hall, ponies, a miniature railway, motor launches, a water-chute and a monorail. In 1938 the venture failed. The site was acquired by Leeds City Council in 1945.
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John Deakin Heaton (1817-80) Eminent physician lived at Claremont, a Georgian merchant's villa, from 1856-80. He was a prime mover in the campaign for Leeds Town Hall, and played major roles in the development of Leeds General Infirmary and the Yorkshire College, later the University of Leeds.
Claremont, 23 Clarendon Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Union Workhouse opened in 1861 at a cost of £32,00 to accommodate 800 paupers. In 1944 it became part of St James's Hospital, and in 1995-97 it was splendidly refurbished as the Thackray Medical Museum. Architects: Perkin & Backhouse
Beckett Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds General Cemetery. Alarmed by the insanitary and overcrowded state of the Parish Church graveyard and body snatching, the Leeds elite bought £25 shares in the Leeds General Cemetery Company. It acquired St. George's Fields and created this fine private cemetery, where many Leeds worthies lie. Architect: John Clark. Opened 1835
Gatehouse, St Georges Field, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Civic Hall Was erected 1930-33 by the unemployed building workers of Leeds. Its magnificent accommodation includes Lord Mayor's ceremonial rooms, Council Chamber, committee rooms and offices. It was built to serve the 'ever-expanding municipal functions and duties' of Leeds City Council. Architect: Vincent Harris
Millennium Square, Portland Crescent, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Sir Berkeley Moynihan (1865-1936) Inspirational teacher and pioneer in abdominal surgery had his consulting rooms here from 1893-1930. He introduced the wearing of rubber gloves, and prized 'caressing the tissues' rather than speed in surgery. President of the Royal College of Surgeons 1926-31. Ennobled 1929
33 Park Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Moortown Golf Club was the venue for the 1929 Ryder Cup match between the USA and Great Britain. This was the first occasion that the match was played on British soil. The home side was successful, winning 7 matches to 5.
Moortown Golf Club, Harrogate Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Olympia Works. Robert Blackburn, aviator pioneer, built aircraft here including over 100 BE2C army and navy biplanes and the famous Kangeroo, Swift and Sopwith Baby planes. He test flew the BE2Cs on Soldiers' Field and from there, in 1919, operated passenger flights to London and Amsterdam. 1914-1932
Tescos, Roundhay, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Arthur Ransome author of Swallows and Amazons was born here on 18 January 1884
6 Ash Grove, Hyde Park, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Sir Leonard Hutton cricketer (1916-90) was born here. He played for Pudsey St Lawrence, Yorkshire and England: and holds the record for the highest individual score England v Australia, 364, at the Oval Cricket Ground, August 1938. Captain of England 1952-55.
Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Adelaide Neilson renowned international tragic actress was born nearby in St. Peter's Square. "Her Juliet was perfect ; her Isabella had marvellous earnestness and beauty". 1848-1880
Outside main entrance to West Yorkshire Playhouse, Quarry Hill, LS2 7UP, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Here fell PC Ian Broadhurst 26 December 2003
junction of Dib Lane and Grange Park Avenue, Leeds, United Kingdom
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In 1847 at a meeting on these premises the "Band of Hope" movement was formed. It's title being suggested by the Reverend Jabez Tunnicliffe a prominent Leeds temperance worker
17-19 Bridge End, Leeds, United Kingdom
Leeds Burial Ground. Huge population growth led Leeds Town Council to pioneer the English municipal cemetery here at Beckett Street. Anglicans and Dissenters had their own chapels and halves of the cemetery. The 27,000 graves, including many 'guinea graves,' contain 180,000 interments. Opened 1845.
Beckett Street Cemetery, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Charity School The chapel of Harrison's Almshouses, which formerly occupied this site, was converted for use by the Charity School in 1726. When the present building was erected in 1815, the institution clothed 80 poor girls in blue and trained them for domestic service. Founded 1705
Mark Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Victoria Quarter was begun in 1900 with the opening of Frank Matcham's splendid Country and Cross Arcades. Enhanced in 1990 by covering Queen Victoria Street, the site was formerly medieval yards, Georgian shambles and slaughterhouses.
Victoria Quarter, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Ellen Heaton (1816-94) lived in 6 Woodhouse Square from 1859-94. She was an influential Pre-Raphaelite art patron and an active campaigner for women's rights, education, health, environmental issues and anti-vivisection. Her friend, the poet Christina Rossetti, stayed here.
Swarthmore Education Centre, 6 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Sir Charles Wilson. Lived here at Brandsby Lodge 1902-27. Through sheer force of personality, from 1907 for over 20 years he led Leeds City Council, though his Conservative party was in the minority. A municipal imperialist, who famously declared "I am Leeds" he wanted Leeds' fiefdom to extend from the Pennines to the sea. 1859-1930.
The Northern School of Contempory Dance, Chapeltown Road, LS7 4BH., Leeds, United Kingdom
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Isabella Ford. Lived here1865-1922. She founded the Leeds Tailoresses Union and gained a national reputation as a trade union organiser. She spoke widely on socialism and women's suffrage. During the First World War, her Quaker background led to her campaign fervently for peace and disarmament. 1855-1924.
3 Adel Grange Close, LS16 8HX, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Ivy Benson. Saxophonist, clarinettist and bandleader lived here 1919-1922. For over four decades from 1940 she led her famous "all-girls" dance band, performing in prestige venues at home and abroad. Her appointment as the BBC's Resident Dance Band in1943 confirmed her significant contribution to women's equality. 1914-1993.
59 Cemetery Rd. Leeds 11., Leeds, United Kingdom
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Albert Goldthorpe was Leeds' first sporting superstar. A supreme goal-kicker and talismanic captain of Hunslet Rugby Club, he made over 700 appearances during 21 seasons. His crowning glory was leading the team to the first ever "grand slam" of all four Rugby League trophies in 1907/08. 1871-1943.
John Charles Centre for Sport, Middleton Grove, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Stocks Hill, Bramley. This historic pump and trough are the last reminders of Bramley Village Green which was surrounded by medieval cottages and yards. The Green featured the stocks, pillory and an 8ft pillar which commemorated the holding of Leeds Market here during the plague of 1644-45.
Stocks Hill, Town Street, Bramley, Leeds, United Kingdom
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LADY RYDER OF WARSAW. Sue Ryder grew up here. a committed Christian, in 1953 she established the Sue Ryder Foundation, the international charity devoted to the relief of suffering, rendering service to those in need and giving affection to the unloved, regardless of age, race or creed. 1924-2000.
Scarcroft Grange LS14 3HJ, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Gledhow Hall. in 1764 the cloth merchant Jeremiah Dixon bough the estate and hall whose remodelling soon after is attributed to John Carr. Later illustrious residents included: 1817-26 Sir John Beckett, banker, Twice Mayor of Leeds, and 1884-1911 Sir James Kitson, industrialist, MP, first Lord Mayor of Leeds.
Junction of Lidgett Lane and Gledhow Lane. LS8 1PG, Leeds, United Kingdom
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BBC Radio in Leeds. In 1924 Lord Reith opened the Leeds-Bradford radio station. It broadcast national programmes and local talks on history, farming and humour, celebrity interviews, Children's Corner and religious services. The station closed in 1931 but local radio returned on 24th June 1968 with the launch of BBC Radio Leeds.
Foyer, BBC, St. Peter's Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Elmete Hall. This fine villa, with its 65-acre estate providing spectacular views over Leeds was built in 1865 for James Kitson the wealthy steam locomotive manufacturer. Extended in brick in 1885, for over two decades from 1957 it was a school for the deaf. Architects: Dobson and Chorley. Renovated 2007.
Elmete Lane LS8 2LJ, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Weetwood Hall. Rebuilt by Daniel Foxcroft in 1625, his family owned this former Kirkstall Abbey estate for over a century. Later owners and tenants included members of the wealthy Denison, Oates, Marshall and Beckett families. The Printer Alf Cooke lived here 1889-1902. It was a University of Leeds women's hall of residence 1919-1991.
Otley Road, LS16 5PS, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Gertrude Maretta Paul. Born in St. Kitts, she came to England in 1956. She taught at Cowper Street School and in 1976 she was appointed here (then called Elmhurst Middle School) as the city's first black head teacher. She was one of the founders of the West Indian Carnival and a Commissioner for Racial Equality. 1934-1992
Bracken Edge Primary School, Newton Garth, LS7 4HE, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Gipton Board School. This magnificent building erected by Leeds School Board in 1897 to provide an elementary education for boys and girls up to the age of 14. Later known as Harehills Middle School, it was closed in 1986 but in 2008 was refurbished as "Shine", a centre for business, arts and the community. Architect: W. S. Braithwaite.
Harehills Road. LS8 5HS., Leeds, United Kingdom
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Crown Point Printing Works. Alf Cooke (1842-1902) began printing in 1886. He developed great skills in colour lithography producing art reproductions and portraits of the famous. In 1885 he was awarded a Royal Warrant. Following a fire, these works were entirely rebuilt in 1885 as "the largest, healthiest printing works in the world." Architect: Thomas Ambler.
Leeds City College Hunslet Road, LS10 1JY., Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Revd Charles Jenkinson. Vicar of Holbeck, transplanted his congregation here in 1937-38, having become a Leeds City Councillor in 1930 to drive through a massive and highly controversial programme of inner city slum clearance. He replaced the slums with the world famous Quarry Hill Flats and greenfield Council housing estates at Middleton, Belle Isle, Gipton, Halton and Seacroft. 1887-1949
St John & St Barnabas Church LS10 3DN, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Headingley Rugby Ground. Has been in constant use since 1890, the first game being Leeds v Manningham on 20th September. It was the venue for the first Challenge Cup Final, Batley v St. Helens, on 24th April 1897. The first ever Test Match between the Northern Union and New Zealand All Golds was played here on 25th January 1908.
St Michael's Lane, Leeds 6., Leeds, United Kingdom
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House of Faith. This house reflects the ever changing community of Chapeltown. Built soon after 1860 for residents of the affluent middle class suburb, in 1924 it became a Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, and from 1952 to 1960 the Sinai Reform Synagogue. From 1961 to 1974, as the Jinnah Mosque, it was the first mosque in Leeds.
21 Leopold St, LS7 4DA, Leeds, United Kingdom
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ORT Technical Engineering School. An ORT school was established in Berlin in 1937 to provide a technical education for Jewish boys excluded from state schools. fleeing the Nazis, in 1939 the school was relocated to Leeds. Most of the 106 boys lived here, while continuing their training at workshops in Roseville Avenue. 1940-42
New Horizons Community School, Newton Hill Road, LS7 4JE, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Civic Trust was founded on 25th October 1965 as a voluntary organisation devoted to conserving the Heritage of the City of Leeds and promoting the improvement of its built-environment and amenities. Charles H. Crabtree, the Leeds printing press manufacturer, and his family endowed it with the magnificent gift of £50,000.
17-19 Wharf Street. LS2 7EQ, Leeds, United Kingdom
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John Fowler. The Wiltshire-born Quaker engineer erected his Steam Plough Works here in 1861. Some of its buildings still stand opposite on Leathley Road. He developed the first practical method of mechanical ploughing using a cable system powered by steam engines. The system was exported worldwide. 1826-1864.
Costco Car Park. LS10 1BG, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Majestic Cinema. Brought luxury and fantasy to everyday life when it opened in June 1922. Its fan-shaped auditorium, complete with classical dome and Parthenon-style frieze, seated 2,800 cinema-goers. Music was added to the pleasures of film by the Grand Organ, the Majestic Symphony Orchestra and dinner dances in its sumptuous restaurant. Architect: Pascal J. Stienlet.
City Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Hepper House. Was built in 1863 as auction rooms and offices for John Hepper and Sons, the premier auctioneers and estate agents in 19th and 20th Century Leeds. Its architect, George Corson, lavished its frontage and vestibule with an eclectic mix of Romanesque and Byzantine, French and English Gothic styles.
17a East Parade, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Hunslet Engine Company Was the longest-lived firm in this dynamic area, building over one-third of the 19,000 locomotives produced in Leeds for passenger and freight trains, factories, docks, mines, tunnelling and plantations throughout the world. 1864-1995
125 Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Midland Engine Works. J & H McLaren produced steam rollers, traction and ploughing engines on this site until 1938. From 1926 they were Britain's first volume maker of high-speed diesel engines, transferring to the Airedale Works, Hunslet Road in 1946. Their products were exported worldwide. 1876-1959
Equinox Design Ltd, 100 Jack Lane, Hunslet, LS10, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House. This magnificent theatre opened in 1878 its transformative renovation in 2005-2008 included the creation of the Howard Assembly Room as an inspiring performance venue. Stars who have appeared here include: Henry Irving Sarah Bernhardt, Marie Lloyd, Laurence Olivier, Julie Andrews, Margot Fonteyn, Frankie Vaughan, John Tomlinson and Josephine Barstow. In 1978 it became the home of Opera North. Architects: George Corson and James Watson.
46 New Briggate LS1 6NZ, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Atkinson Grimshaw Landscape painter lived here 1866-70
56 Cliff Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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William Congreve. 1670-1729 Restoration Dramatist was born at Bardsey Grange 24th January 1670.
Cornmill Lane, LS17 9EQ, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Great Synagogue In 1860 the first purpose-built Synagogue in Yorkshire since the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290 was erected here. Until 1983 it served the Jewish community, which had settled in the Leylands (between North Street and Regent Street) in the 19th century.
Belgrave Street LS2 8DD, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Cliff Tannery. These magnificently renovated buildings, now known as Sugarwell Court, were built by Edward Kitchen as the Cliff Tannery and Leather Works. As a premier member of the large Victorian Leeds leather industry, it specialised in East India kips and Cape and Sydney butts. Erected 1866.
Sugarwell Court, Meanwood Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Potternewton Mansion. This neat, neo-classical house, formerly Harehills Grove, was built c 1817 for James Brown woollen merchant. From 1861 to 1900 it was the home of the Jowitt family, it now belongs to Park Lane College.
Harehills Lane LS7 5HB, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Burmantofts Pottery. Coal mining and brick making began here in 1842. From 1880,using the site's fireclay, Wilcock & Co made terracotta and glazed coloured Burmantofts Faience for flower pot stands, ornaments and decorative bricks and tiles used all over the world. 1842-1957
Gargrave Court LS9 7ED, Leeds, United Kingdom
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First Leeds Synagogue This plaque was erected to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the first Leeds synagogue in 1846 in a converted house near this site in Back Rockingham Street
Merrion Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Montague Burton. "The Tailor of Taste" Making good quality, made-to-measure suits for a week's wages, Burton created a mass market. This Hudson Road headquarters, begun in 1921, was by 1925, the largest clothing factory in the world, eventually employing 10,500 people.
Hudson Road, LS9 7DN, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Polari Nish the chat and pin back you aunt nells! Spoken in the theatre, navy and by the criminal underworld, incorporating Italianate words, rhyming slang, and Romany, 'Polari' became a secret vocabulary used by the LGBT+ community, until the 19702, to cackle over a bevvy and to avoid the rozzers!
City Varieties, Swan Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
Michael Marks co-founder of Marks & Spencer, fled the pogroms in Poland in 1882. The company was founded here 1894
Kirkgate Market, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Louis Le Prince. Louis Aime August Le Prince came to Leeds in 1866 where he experimented in cinematography. In 1888 he patented a one-lens camera with which he filmed Leeds Bridge from this British Waterways building. These were probably the world's first successful moving pictures.
adjacent to the Leeds Bridge, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Tom Maguire 1866-1895 pioneer socialist & Trade Unionist was born, lived and died in this area of Leeds
Leeds Bus Station, York Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Central Station Wagon Hoist. This steam-powered railway wagon hoist was one of a pair that stood on each side of the viaduct leading to the station goods warehouse. They raised and lowered wagons between the viaduct and the goods yard below. Built for the Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western Railways in the 1850s, the hoists remained in use until the 1950s
Wellington Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Sir Clifford Allbutt 1836-1925. One of the most widely consulted physicians of his era lived here 1872-81. He was Physician at Leeds General Infirmary 1864-84 and later Regius Professor of Physic at Cambridge. He is best known for inventing the short-stemmed clinical thermometer and revising 'The System of Medicine', the doctor's bible.
Lyddon Hall, University of Leeds, Virginia Rd, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Denison Hall The grandest house ever built in central Leeds was erected in 101 days for John Wilkinson upon inheriting the fortune of his uncle, the cloth merchant, Robert Denison. Its parkland setting reflected his desire for the country gentleman's lifestyle for which he soon abandoned Leeds. Built 1786
Hanover Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Dr Alister MacKenzie The great golf course architect lived here 1907-1929. His first designs were the courses at Alwoodley (1907) and Moortown (1909). His greatest achievements include Royal Melbourne (1926), Cypress Point, California (1928) and, most famous of all with Bobby Jones, Augusta National (1933-34). 1870 - 1934
The Corner House Club, 266 Lidgett Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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A.S.L.E. & F. The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen was founded in 1880. Because of the convenience and importance of Leeds as a railway centre, the Society established its first registered office here at the Commercial Inn, Sweet Street in 1881.
Commercial Inn, Sweet Street, Holbeck, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Hedley Verity, Yorkshire and England cricketer was born here. 1905-1943
Welton Grove, Leeds, United Kingdom
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"A very gallant gentleman". To commemorate Captain Lawrence E. G. Oates a member of Capt. Scott's expedition to the South Pole 1910-1912 a frequent visitor to Meanwoodside, the Oates family home. Died 17th March 1912
Meanwood Park, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Coloured Cloth Hall Leeds' most splendid Georgian cloth hall, built in 1758, stood on this site. Projecting to the centre of City Square, its massive quandrangular structure housed 1770 stalls for clothiers selling dyed woollen cloth at the Tuesday and Saturday markets.
Infirmary Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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J. R. R. Tolkien CBE academic and author lived here between 1924 and 1925. While Reader, later Professor, at the University of Leeds 1920-1925, he collaborated on a new edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tolkien went on to write The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. 1892-1973
2 Darnley Road, West Park, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Headingley Hall. The medieval manor house of Headingley almost certainly stood here. The Hall was rebuilt in the 17th century and 1831-6. Residents included John Killingbeck, Mayor of Leeds 1677, George Hayward, Land Agent of the Earl of Cardigan, and his son George J. W. Hayward, born here 1839, intrepid explorer in Central Asia.
Headingley Hall, Shire Oak Road, LS6, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Albert Louis Johanneson. Born and raised in South Africa, he found a new life in England. A mesmerising left winger, he made 200 appearances for Leeds United from 1961 to 1969 scoring 67 goals, playing an integral role in helping the club win promotion to the First Division in 1964. In 1965, he became the first black African to play in an F.A. Cup Final. 1940-1995
The East Stand, Low Fields Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The North Bar. This Bar Stone marks the Northern boundary of the built up area of the medieval town of Leeds
The Old Red Bus Station, Vicar Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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THE NEW SYNAGOGUE. This fine building was the first synagogue (1932-1985) of the United Hebrew Congregation formed in 1932. Designed by J. Stanley Wright in a style with a Byzantine flourish, it became the most popular synagogue in Leeds.
Northern School of Contempory Dance, Chapeltown Road, LS7 4BH, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Whitkirk Manor House. The courts of the Manors of Whitkirk and Temple Newsam met here. John Wesley reputedly preached in the Garden. Houses in the Manor of Whitkirk were distinguished by a Templar Cross.
Colton Road. LS15 9AA, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Martin and Synge. This gateway once led to the laboratories of Wool Industries Research Association where Archer Martin and Richard Synge developed partition chromotography and for which they were awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Headingley Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The New Penny. This late Victorian public house was formerly known as the Hope and Anchor. Since 1953 it has provided a safe venue for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* community both before and following the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Renamed The New Penny in 1975, it is one of the longest continually running LGB&T* venues in the UK.
The Calls, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Thomas Edmund Harvey, 1875-1955, Leeds born and bred and a profoundly committed Quaker, he was a politician, social reformer, British Museum curator, Warden of Toynbee Hall and a Quaker historian. When Liberal MP for Leeds West (1910-18) he successfully campaigned for the rights of conscientious objectors during the First World War. Lived here 1923-1955
Rydal House, 5 Grosvenor Terrace, Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Queens Court. This historic courtyard occupies one of the 60 burgage plots which abutted Briggate in the Middle Ages. It is fronted by an eight-bayed woollen cloth merchant's house (built c.1714) and contains the merchant's cloth finishing shops and warehouses.
passage between Call Lane and Briggate, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Victoria Hotel was built in 1865 to serve people attending the Assize Courts newly held at Leeds Town Hall. Its stylish accommodation then comprised spacious dining rooms and bars, a billiard room and large meeting room, private sitting rooms and 28 bedrooms.
Oxford Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Aire and Calder Navigation Before the railway age, the making navigable of the River Aire importantly made Leeds an inland port connected directly to Hull. Cheap water carriage was vital for the successful export of the cloth marketed and finished in the town. Opened 1700
Navigation Warehouse, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Bank of England The Bank of England opened a branch in Leeds in 1827 These premises, entered from South Parade, were designed by Phillip Hardwick and erected 1862-64. The Bank remained on this site until moving to King Street in 1971.
Park Row, Leeds, United Kingdom
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St. Michael's College. Opened in 1909, this Gothic Revival building was the first Catholic grammar school for boys in Leeds. Established by the Jesuits, its role was to enable the predominantly working-class Catholic community in The West Riding to raise its social status and material wellbeing. Architect: Fr. Benedict Williamson S. J.
CQ The Court, Clarendon Quarter, St John’s Road, Hyde Park, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Benjamin Gott. The rise of this pioneering Leeds Industrialist was meteoric. At the age of 30 he built the world's woollen mill. Vast in scale, its 1000 workers made superfine cloth, army cloth and blankets exported worldwide. Using his wealth to buy this estate, he had its grounds landscaped by Humphry Repton. The house whose remodelling in neo-Grecian style is attributed to Sir Robert Smirke, was filled with paintings, sculpture and books. 1762- 1840
Gotts Park Golf Club, Armley Ridge Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Agnes Logan Stewart. Between 1872-1880 this religious educational and social benefactor established an orphanage and two schools in this area with her own money. Her legacy to support the education of East Leeds children enabled the building of Agnes Stewart Church of England High School in 1965 on this site. 1820-1886
Bridge Community Church, Rider Street, LS9 7BQ, Leeds, United Kingdom
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William Gascoigne pioneer of modern precision astronomy, inventor of the telescopic sight and the telescope micrometer lived at New Hall on this site. He lost his life in the English Civil War at the age of 32. c.1612-1644
Town Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Catherine Mawer. The stone carvings on this building include work by this master sculptor and astute businesswoman, who successfully ran the family stoneyard on Great George Street. Her work includes the Corinthian capitals and ornamental roof turrets on Leeds Town Hall. She also carved the listed Mawer memorial in Woodhouse. 1803-1877
48 Albion Street LS1 6AB, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Marshall's Mill. Mechanical improvements developed by his employee Matthew Murray enabled Leeds industrialist John Marshall (1765-1845) to pioneer mass produced flax spinning on this site from 1790. His 2000 strong workforce, mainly women and children, used machines powered by the Hol Beck and a Boulton and Watt steam engine.
Marshall Street LS11 9YJ, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Central Higher Grade School This imposing school was erected by Leeds School Board as the town's first local authority secondary school. Renamed City of Leeds School in 1928, it merged with Thoresby High School in 1972, and moved to a new site in 1994. Opened 1889
Great George Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Wortley Grammar School was founded in 1677 by the bequest of Samuel Sunderland to teach boys English or Latin. It occupied this new schoolroom from 1814 to 1909 when the school closed. Notable pupils included mathematician and judge, C. J. Hargreave, banker and Leeds Mayor, Henry Oxley, and brickworks owner, Joseph Cliff
Lower Wortley Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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George Edwin Ellison. 82,000 Leeds men and women served in the First World War, many departing from the city's railway stations. Over 10,000 never returned. They included George Edwin Ellison from Richmond Hill- a miner, husband and father. He was tragically killed just 90 minutes before the final armistice ceasefire on 11th November 1918: the last British person to die in action.
Leeds City Railway Station, City Square., Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Mawer Group. The fine carvings adorning this building are examples of the work of these skilled and prolific Leeds-based Victorian architectural sculptors. They provided decorative stonework for many important secular, religious and civic buildings and structures. Leeds Town Hall and Trent Bridge are two of their most noted commissions. Sculptor: William Ingle
30 Park Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
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R. A. H. Livett OBE. This house represents one of the thousands masterminded by this pioneering Leeds Director of Housing and later City Architect. Inspired by the latest European designs, he championed modernist council housing for the people of Leeds. His other schemes include Quarry Hill, the Halton Moor Estate and Saxton Gardens. 1898-1959
73 Wykebeck Valley Road, Gipton, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Leeds Rifles. A volunteer corps raised by resolution of Leeds Town Council in 1859 when the Government feared the French might invade Britain. This headquarters, Carlton Barracks, was built in 1887 and remained the home of the Leeds Rifles until disbandment in 1969.
Carlton Barracks, Carlton Hill, LS7, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Jim Bullock OBE The youngest of twelve children lived here in Bowers Row pit village. He left school at thirteen and went down the pit as a pony driver, rising through the mining hierarchy to become National President of the British Association of Colliery Management. 1903-1995
Bowers Row Chapel, Great Preston, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Keith Waterhouse. Born in nearby Low Road, his childhood love of reading led him to become a celebrated journalist, novelist, playwright and satirist. He began as a reporter with the Yorkshire Evening Post before pursuing a distinguished Fleet Street career. His creations include Billy Liar and the sitcom Queenie's Castle filmed on Quarry Hill. 1929-2009
Waterloo Street, Hunslet LS10 2NS, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Jackie Hill. Sister, daughter, housemate, friend, fiancé, gentle and caring person, lovely kind girl, endearingly silly sense of humour, funny, clever, English student, Sunday School teacher, probation service volunteer, brought only goodness to the world, she was everything people wanted their daughter to be. Silver Girl.
Alma Road, Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Barnbow Royal Ordnance Factory was built 1939-40 to make armaments for the Second World War. Employing at its peak 3000 workers including 2000 women, it produced around 9000 guns - 6 and 25 pounders, 3.7 inch anti-aircraft guns, 40mm Bofors and 17 pounders for Sherman tanks. Between 1945 and closure in 1999, over 4000 Centurion, Chieftain and Challenger tanks were built here.
Austhorpe Lane Leeds 15, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Celebrating the Birth of Rugby League RLF 120 years 1895-2015 On this site on 21st September 1895, Leeds played their first home game under the rules of Rugby League (then known as the Northern Union) Leeds v Brighouse
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Fanny Passavant. Was appointed librarian of the Yorkshire College in 1884 and became the first librarian of the University of Leeds on its establishment in 1904. The library was originally located here and underwent considerable expansion under her direction, containing 80,000 volumes when she retired in 1919. 1849-1944
University Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Leeds Library A proprietary subscription library founded in 1768 with Joseph Priestley as Secretary. Since 1808 it has occupied these purpose-built premises designed by Thomas Johnson. The first-floor reading room and Thomas Ambler's 'New Room' extension are amongst the architectural wonders of Leeds.
18 Commercial Street, LS1, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Railway Roundhouse was built in 1847 to accommodate 20 locomotives or the Leeds & Thirsk Railway. The adjacent crescent-shaped repair shop, forges and fitting shops were used to build and maintain locomotives until 1904. No comparable group of railway buildings now survives in this country. Designed by Thomas Grainger.
The Roundhouse, Wellington Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Near this spot in 1699 was erected the first Quaker Meeting House in Leeds
Asda House, Aire Riverside path., Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Trades Club. Erected in 1934-36 as the Jewish Institute, from 1974 until 1994 this handsomely appointed Art Deco building was the headquarters of Leeds Trades Council. Housing trade union offices meeting rooms and extensive social facilities, including a lounge and concert hall, it was the vibrant hub of the trade union movement in Leeds. Architect: G Alan Burnett
Leeds Media Centre. LS7 3HZ, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Fairbairn House Originally known as Woodsley House, this monumental villa was built in 1840 for Sir Peter Fairbairn, the textile engineering magnate, and Mayor of Leeds 1858-59. Queen Victoria stayed here in 1858 when she came to open the Town Hall.
Clarendon Road, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal Warehouse In 1777 this robust stone building was constructed as a terminal warehouse for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Started in 1770, the canal was finally completed in 1816 at a cost of £1,200,000 - nearly five times the original estimate.
Canal Wharf, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Celebrating the Birth of Rugby League RLF 120 years 1895-2015 On this site on 21st September 1895, Leeds played their first home game under the rules of Rugby League (then known as the Northern Union) Leeds v Brighouse
49 St Michael's Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Selig Brodetsky. Lived here whilst Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Leeds (1924-1948), becoming President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1949. A campaigner for a Jewish homeland, he was President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews (1940-1949). 1888-1954.
5 Grosvenor Road, LS6 2DZ, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Percy 'Don' Robins. Founded St George's Crypt in 1930, creating a refuge for the city's homeless, providing food, a bed, clothing, practical help, and medical care. This ex-RAF serviceman and Anglican priest always committed himself to be "where the battle is hottest, and the work is hardest." 1900-1948
St George's Church, Great George Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Whitelocks Occupying a medieval Briggate burgage plot, it was first licensed as the Turk's Head in 1715. Rebuilt by the Whitelock family in the 1880s, it later extended into the row of Georgian working men's cottages. John Betjeman described it as 'the very heart of Leeds'
Briggate, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Esther Simpson OBE. This graduate of the University of Leeds was born in nearby Little London to immigrant parents. She was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Academic Assistance Council in 1933. Through her work in the decades that followed, the hundreds of refugee scholars she saved from persecution and death included sixteen future Nobel Laureates. 1903-1996
Lyddon Terrace, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Ralph Thoresby FRS (1658-1725) The historian of Leeds had his home and museum here.
15 Kirkgate, Leeds, United Kingdom
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David Oluwale A British citizen, he came to Leeds from Nigeria in 1949 in search of a better life. Hounded to his death near Leeds Bridge, two policemen were imprisoned for their crimes. 'The river tried to carry you away, but you remain with us in Leeds' Caryl Phillips c1930-1969
Leeds Bridge, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Mary Gawthorpe socialist and suffragette lived here 1905-1907. Born in Woodhouse, she struggled to achieve financial independence as a school teacher. Inspired by Christabel Pankhurst, she was imprisoned in Holloway for her protests at the House of Commons and elsewhere. She was a Women's Social and Political Union organiser and sat on its national committee. 1881-1973
Warrel's Mount, Bramley, Leeds, United Kingdom
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June Hancock. As a childhood resident of 30 Salisbury View she was one of countless Armley residents and workers who died of asbestos exposure from the former JW Roberts Factory. Her landmark legal case helped to bring justice for many other people who were environmentally exposed to asbestos. “No matter how small you are, you can fight and no matter how big you are, you can lose.” 1936-1997
30 Salisbury View, Armley, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Steph's Packed Lunch brought live daytime television to the city on 14th September 2020. Hosted by Steph McGovern, a proud Northerner passionate about helping real people tell their stories, the production employs many local people offering some their first role in TV. The show provides a commitment to broadcasting in Yorkshire, with a focus in inclusivity and diversity.
Leeds Dock, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Mill Hill Chapel This elegant Gothic building, designed by Bowman and Crowther in 1848, replaced the original 17th century chapel. Its congregation - formerly Presbyterian, now Unitarian - dates from 1672. Joseph Priestley LLD FRS discoverer of oxygen, was minister here 1767-1773.
Park Row, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Mill Hill Chapel. Following a change in the law, marriage between same-sex couples was made legal in 2014. Mill Hill Chapel became the first place of worship in Leeds city centre to conduct religious marriages between same-sex couples.
Park Row, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Kenneth Armitage CBE sculptor. Born in Roundhay, he attended Leeds College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art, London. International recognition followed his selection for the 1952 Venice Biennale. 'Both Arms', 2000, Bronze, was inaugurated by Nelson Mandela in 2001. 1916-2002
Millennium Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Cottage Road Cinema. Opened as the Headingley Picture House on 29 July 1912 by film pioneers Owen Brooks and George Reginald Smith. It occupies a converted motor garage built in 1908 for the owner of nearby Castle Grove. It is the oldest continually operating cinema in Leeds.
Cottage Road Cinema, Far Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Alice Martha Bacon. Yorkshire's first woman MP representing Leeds North East then Leeds South East from 1945 to 1970, held her constituency surgeries in this building. As a minister, she introduced comprehensive education and, as a social reformer, she championed abolition of the death penalty, decriminalisation of homosexuality and legalisation of abortion. 1909-1993
Corn Exchange, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Leeds Corn Exchange. This magnificent building was designed for Leeds Corporation by Cuthbert Brodrick. Its ingenious roof gave an even northern light for the careful inspection of grain by merchants and factors from all over England and Scotland who occupied its 59 offices and 170 stands on its trading floor. Trade continued strongly until the 1950s but, as it declined, a new use was needed. Imaginatively re-modelled it re-opened in 1990 as a unique speciality shopping centre. Erected 1861-63.
Corn Exchange (inside entrance), Call Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Dr Edith Mary Pechey. Yorkshire's first woman doctor had her consulting rooms here (1877-1883). A member of the "Edinburgh Seven" she was one of the earliest female university students, and the third woman registered as a doctor in Britain. She opened a free dispensary in Holbeck, staffed entirely by women, and established the pioneering Cama Hospital, Mumbai, offering medical training for Indian women. 1845-1908
Park Square, Leeds, United Kingdom
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George Newell 1841-1917 buried in The Workhouse [full inscription unknown]
Trash Hall, Thornton, Yorkshire, Leeds, United Kingdom
Bramley Baths built in 1904 in response to the cholera outbreak, this fine Grade II listed building is the last functioning bath house in Leeds. In continuous use since opening, generations has washed, learned to swim, danced and used the Russian steam baths within this important community building.
Bramley Baths, Leeds, United Kingdom
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This post box has been painted gold by Royal Mail to celebrate Alistair Brownlee Gold Medal winner London 2012 Olympic Games Triathlon: Men's
Horsforth New Road Side, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Northern Star The national newspaper of the Chartist movement was established in Leeds and printed near here from 1837 to 1844 This radical journal campaigned for the rights of the country's growing working class population.
Leeds Central Arcade, Briggate, Leeds, United Kingdom
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John Harrison 1579-1656 St. John's, one of England's most remarkable churches, was built by this celebrated benefactor in 1634. A cloth merchant and co-founder of Leeds Corporation, he further endowed the town with almshouses, a new grammar school and a market cross.
New Briggate, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Joseph Aspdin (1778-1855). Portland Cement, one of mankind's most important manufactured materials, was patented by Joseph Aspdin, a Leeds bricklayer, on 21 October 1824. Aspdin lived in this yard (then called Slip Inn Yard) and first sold his cement in Angel Inn Yard
somewhere Yard, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Burley Bar Stone This stone, now housed inside the main entrance of Leeds Building Society, marked the medieval boundary between the manorial borough, or town, of Leeds and Leeds Main Riding, the surrounding agricultural land. First recorded 1726
The Headrow, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Kemplays Academy This fine house, built in 1720 for Matthew Wilson, is shown on John Cossins's Plan of Leeds in 1725. In 1817 Richard Kemplay purchased the property to house his 'Academy for Young Gentlemen'.
St John's Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The Philosophical Hall. The imposing home of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society stood here until 1966. Erected in 1821 it became the centre of scientific and cultural life in Leeds, housing a fine museum conveyed to the City in 1921.
HSBC Bank, Park Row, Leeds, United Kingdom
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