Leeds Collection (page 2)

Leeds Castle, Kent, home of the Wykeham-Martin family, c1880. Originally built in 1119 by Henry I, Leeds Castle was transformed by Henry VIII into a palace for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon

Christ Church and Coal Staith, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1829. Artist: T Owen
Christ Church and Coal Staith, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1829. An early steam locomotive hauls a train of coal wagons across a bridge, observed by onlookers

The Great White Cloud, Leeds. c1910. Artist: Joseph Pennell
The Great White Cloud, Leeds. c1910. From The Studio Volume 49. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1910]

Temple Newsam, home of the Meynell-Ingram family, c1880. The house is a Tudor-Jacobean mansion which stands in gardens laid out by Capability Brown

Declaring the result of the poll during the general election, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1880

Great hall in Messrs Marshalls flax mill, Leeds, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, Yorkshire, c1920s. The Cistercian monastery was built between 1152 and 1182. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd

Norman Porch, Adel Church, Leeds, c1920s. The grade I listed 12th-century building of Adel St John the Baptist Church is one of the best examples of Norman architecture in Britain

Mr Gladstone at Leeds, late 19th century. The Banquet in the old Cloth Hall. William Ewart Gladstone MP (1809-1898), British Liberal Prime Minister

Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1896. The Cistercian monastery was built between 1152 and 1182

The Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828. Artist: J Shury
The Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828. View showing shipping, warehousing and smoking chimneys in the background. From History of the County of Yorks

Raising the maypole on May Day in Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire

Interior of the Cloth Hall, Leeds, 1814. Artist: George Walker of Seacroft
Interior of the Cloth Hall, Leeds, 1814. This building was one of the great centres for the sale of woollen cloth. Merchants are bargaining over bolts/pieces of fabric

View of Leeds, Yorkshire, early 19th century. The economy of Leeds was based on the wool industry. The citys prosperity was greatly increased in the Industrial Revolution by the construction of

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