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Author: Edward Parsons
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Published: 1834
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Susan Wrathmell
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780300107364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTable of contents: Leeds is a city with a rich commercial tradition and fine buildings to match. Its prosperity, founded on the wool trade, is reflected in the seventeenth-century church of St John, with its magnificent Jacobean woodcarving and furnishings, while the town's eighteenth-century expansion produced elegant Georgian parades and squares with homes for wealthy merchants. They now stand cheek-by-jowl with solid, proud warehouses and offices of the railway age in a wonderful variety of styles ranging from elegant neo-Grecian to Gothic, Moorish and Egyptian.
Author: Derek Fraser
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2019-03-29
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 1526123118
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book provides a comprehensive history of the third-largest Jewish community in Britain and fills an acknowledged gap in both Jewish and urban historiography. Bringing together the latest research and building on earlier local studies, the book provides an analysis of the special features which shaped the community in Leeds. Organised in three sections, Context, Chronology and Contours, the book demonstrates how Jews have influenced the city and how the city has influenced the community. A small community was transformed by the late Victorian influx of poor migrants from the Russian Empire and within two generations had become successfully integrated into the city’s social and economic structure. More than a dozen authors contribute to this definitive history and the editor provides both an introductory and concluding overview which brings the story up to the present day. The book will be of interest to both historians and general readers.
Author: Andrew Turton
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2015-01-27
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0750963158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe golden age of coaching came between 1815 and 1840 as great road improvements occurred allowing trams, carts and buggies to be towed by horses comfortably. As companies vied for market share, one man stood out above the rest. William Turton made his money as a Hay and Corn Merchant but is better known as a founder and long-time chairman of Leeds Tramways Company and with the Busby brothers, founder and director of horse tramways in ten of the largest cities of northern England. It is an exciting mixture of biography, social history and city politics.
Author: James Wardell
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Published: 1846
Total Pages: 360
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Published: 1860
Total Pages: 806
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rachel Bellerby
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2015-10-30
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1473874017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplore the lives of your ancestors in the 'city of 1,000 trades' in this family and local history guide, dedicated to the city of Leeds. Learn how to find out more about the streets where your ancestors lived, where they would have gone to school and church and chapel, how they'd have spent their leisure time, what life would have been like for immigrants in the city, and discover more about the different trades in which your family members were involved.Leeds is home to many different archives and collections, from records of major companies such as Joshua Tetley & Sons, Burtons Tailors and Marks & Spencers, to street plans, photo collections and records of theatres and football clubs. Rachel Bellerby's handbook shows you how to get started with your research, building up an intriguing and colourful record of the city that your ancestors called home. It is an essential guide for anyone living in Leeds or with family connections to the city.
Author: Phil Caplan
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2017-03-17
Total Pages: 133
ISBN-13: 0750983868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Leeds Rhinos Miscellany - a book like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legends. If you want to know the record crowd for a home game, the record appearance holder or longest-serving player, look no further; this is the book you've been waiting for. From record try-scorers to record defeats - it's all here. Full of humour, quotes, anecdotes and more.
Author: Laurie Milner
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 1990-12-31
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0850523354
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Author: Leeds Pals Volunteer Researchers
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2018-11-19
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 0750990171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany men and boys from Leeds enlisted as volunteer soldiers at the outset of the First World War as part of the national phenomenon of 'Pals' that sprang up across the Britain. The Leeds Pals, who made up the 15th Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own) West Yorkshire Regiment (the City Battalion), trained in rugged Colsterdale and at Ripon, guarded the Suez Canal and were changed irrevocably by their experiences during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 when, on the first day, the battalion was devastated. Who were these men? How did their experiences resonate in Leeds? What impact did they have on the city itself? Using unpublished archive sources and original research, this book adds to our knowledge of the Leeds Pals through case studies and historical overview, revealing how the city treated this one battalion at the expense of others.
