Drawn by Henry Burns

Benjamin Law and Lydia Sheard were married in this church in 1801.

The old parish church was demolished in 1837.

From the west.

In his welcome to "Leeds Parish Church" the rector says

"The present church was built in 1841 to express the grace and compassion of God at a time when the surrounding area was a huddled mass of squalid housing and money was scarce."

In the 19th century Anglicanism in Leeds was weak. Many people attended the new protestant non-conformist chapels. Charles Land and Ann Dinsdall were members of the Queen's Street Chapel.

Leed's town Hall was opened by Queen Victoria in September 1858. It was the first time a reigning monarch had visited Leeds.

Engraver, T. A. Prior

A Sketch in Boar Lane and Briggate

The building in the center was the Old Corn Exchange

Drawn by N. Whittock

Postmarked 1905

This picture is from the junction of Infimary Street (left) and Park Row(right). The Cloth Hall is the long building on the left. The Court House is the porticoed building at the beginning of Park Row. Neither of these building are still standing. The Cloth Hall is now the site of the General Post Office.

No longer standing

According to Changing Leeds, this photo as taken from the junction of Boar Lane and Park Row circa 1880. It is now the site of the General Post Office

Date unknown

Leeds is filled with arcades and markets. Most of the markets that exist today were built in Victorian times.

This market was opened in 1904.

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County Arcade Leeds

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On Great George Street, the Leeds General Infirmary opened in 1868.

See History of the Leeds General Infirmary

Built in 1863 it is now a shopping center. See Corn Exchange Leeds

Posted 1908

Most of the center of the city of Leeds is Victorian or modern. Here and there can be glimpsed remnants of the older city.

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The bridge on the left crosses the river, the bridge on the right crosed the canal. The large mill is the Bean Ing Mills, the worlds first intergrated woolen factory. The entire textile process, from wool to finished cloth, was carried out in this mill. By 1797 the workforce of this mill was 1,200 and produced 4,000 broadcloths a year.

This area is to the west of the Victoria Bridge.

Looking up river from below the church of St Peter's.

By 1834 a great deal of industrialization had occurred. The air was bad and the water of the river was foul.

The Illustrated London News, August 8, 1868

THE LEEDS ART-EXHIBITION

"We present a view of the general aspect of that department of the national exhibition, now open at Leeds, in the new building of the Royal Infirmary, which contains the Museum of Ornamental Art. A few specimens of the contents of this museum, lent by their owners, will be the subject of forthcoming Illustrations. Three of these appear in this Number. One is the old sword which is said to have belonged to John Hampden. Its guard, handle , and pommel, are beautifully chiseled in steel with scenes from the life of King David: the cross hilt terminates in figures of Fame and Time; and other parts are decorated with nude figures and foliage of minute and exquisite design. This sword is the property of her Majesty the Queen. The Earl of Chesterfield has sent a lofty Chelsea vase, similar to the one preserved in Foundlings Hospital. It has a blue background, ornamented with gold and medallions, upon which are painted birds on one side of the vase and an elaborate scroll design, and there is a scroll on the top of the lid. The other illustration represents a fine silver ewer, designed by Flaxman, and manufactured in 1807. Its handle is in the form of a satyr, whose body is girdled with a wreath of vine leaves and grapes. It was contributed by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell. "