EPW043169 ENGLAND (1933). Leeds Civic Hall, Leeds, 1933

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Title [EPW043169] Leeds Civic Hall, Leeds, 1933
Reference EPW043169
Date September-1933
Link
Place name LEEDS
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 429818, 434104
Longitude / Latitude -1.547206268764, 53.802166196883
National Grid Reference SE298341

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Leeds Mechanics' Institution for Science Art and Literature. In 1825, four years after the Edinburgh School of Arts opened (considered to be the first Mechanics' Institute), the Leeds Mechanics' Institute was set up in a house in Park Row. The building in this photograph was the Institute's third home. “At the start of the 1860s, the architect Cuthbert Brodrick, who also designed the nearby Town Hall, was commissioned to design a new building in Cookridge Street (now Millennium Square), which took five years to build and cost £20,000… At the centre of this French Second Empire style building was a lecture hall seating 1,500 people, with a balcony supported on cast iron columns. Around this were arranged on two floors the library, reading room, classrooms, laboratory, art studio and various other facilities, including a dining room. The Institute became Leeds College of Art in 1903 and the interior has been much altered through the 20th century, with the lecture hall used as a theatre. It is listed Grade II* and now houses the city’s museum, with the central circular lecture theatre converted into exhibition space.” (Historic England 2017 p 7-8)

Kentishman
Saturday 16th of December 2023 02:45:06 PM
Willow Terrace Road, leading to what was to become the south side of Leeds University.

Michael H
Thursday 22nd of October 2015 12:37:19 PM
St.Johns Church.

Brick Collector
Thursday 10th of September 2015 10:39:35 PM
Melbourne Brewery.

Brick Collector
Thursday 10th of September 2015 10:36:56 PM
Gibraltar Barracks ? picture on Leodis.net http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200439_21336001 I have found a reference to Gibraltar Barracks in the diary of Ernest J Dockray published by his grandson http://dockraydiary.wordpress.com/tag/northern-signal-company/ He mentions 3 weeks training here when joining the army in 1915.

spugs
Sunday 7th of December 2014 11:57:05 AM
Matron's entrance, Leeds General Infirmary

Sandtoft
Wednesday 12th of December 2012 09:11:33 PM
St George's Church and Crypt, Leeds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George's_Church,_Leeds

Sandtoft
Wednesday 12th of December 2012 08:56:41 PM
Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) Main entrance

Sandtoft
Wednesday 12th of December 2012 08:52:35 PM
The George (pub) Great George Street

Sandtoft
Wednesday 12th of December 2012 08:51:23 PM
(Old) Leeds Dental Hospital

Sandtoft
Wednesday 12th of December 2012 08:50:05 PM
(Old) Medical school, Leeds

Sandtoft
Wednesday 12th of December 2012 08:49:04 PM
Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology.

Sandtoft
Wednesday 12th of December 2012 08:47:14 PM
Park Street Fire Station

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Friday 13th of July 2012 08:28:30 PM

User Comment Contributions

I think I found the Gibraltar Barracks on this image, used for training during WW1

spugs
Sunday 7th of December 2014 12:46:52 PM
The above photograph is much earlier than the 1993 posted.

The railwayman
Wednesday 31st of October 2012 10:19:28 AM
Thanks for spotting this, it's a typing error in the title I think. We'll arrange to make the necessary changes and the updated title with correct date will appear here in due course. The entry in the date field (September 1933) is of course correct.



Yours, Katy

Britain from Above Cataloguing Team Leader

Katy Whitaker
Wednesday 31st of October 2012 10:19:28 AM
The above photograph is much earlier than the 1993 posted.

The railwayman
Tuesday 23rd of October 2012 05:21:33 PM
Leeds Central Fire Station established in 1883 at a cost of some £5,000

MeFairn
Sunday 15th of July 2012 11:23:22 AM
Misdated should be 1933

BJF
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 02:02:13 PM