Over the past few weeks we’ve been posting a few more articles than usual, all tied to our exhibition Leodis: 400 Years of Leeds in the Leeds Libraries Collections. The exhibition can be seen in our City Library until November 11. In this post our focus is on selections from our local and special collections…
Category: Leeds History
Leeds400 – Written Memories and Diaries
Over the next few weeks we’ll be posting a few more articles than usual, all tied to our exhibition Leodis: 400 Years of Leeds in the Leeds Libraries Collections. The exhibition can be seen in our City Library until November 11. This week, our focus is on written diaries and memories. Memoranda Book (c.1712-1750) The…
Leeds400: The Histories of the History
Over the next few weeks we’ll be posting a few more articles than usual, all tied to our exhibition Leodis: 400 Years of Leeds in the Leeds Libraries Collections. The exhibition can be seen in our City Library until November 11. This week, our focus is on early written histories of the town and later…
Treasure Handling Session – Geography and History
As part of the Trivial Pursuits project, which has been put in place to celebrate Leeds 400, the library put on a series of ‘Treasures Showcases’ for each of the Trivial Pursuit categories. In August, the themes were Geography and History and items from our Special Collections department were taken out to be displayed and…
Leeds 400 library events and activities
To coincide with our new exhibition, Leodis: 400 years of Leeds in the Leeds Libraries Collection, which runs from Wednesday 16 September – Wednesday 11 November, Leeds Libraries are hosting a wide variety of workshops and events. All events are free but must be booked in advance. Maud Hummerston: the Storyteller of Leeds, Thursday 17…
LEODIS: 400 Years of Leeds
Discover 400 years of Leeds’ history through the inspiring collections of Leeds Libraries – from 17th century manuscripts to football fanzines, via rare maps, photographs, film footage, memoirs, newspapers, pamphlets, and, of course, books. Explore some of the city’s richest treasures and learn more about how Leeds Libraries have preserved historically significant archives for past,…
The Murky History of the Kingdom of Elmet – Part Two
This week we welcome back Wren Rowan to complete their article on the Kingdom of Elmet. Read part one before beginning this article. So what do we know of the people of Elmet? And how do we know it? After over 3 centuries of Roman rule, most of the people in Britain could be fairly…
The Charter of 1626 and Leeds in the seventeenth century
This week on the Secret Library we mark the 400th anniversary of the Leeds Charter of 1626 with a new research guide covering resources at our Central Library for exploring this important century… On July 13 Leeds will celebrate 400 years since the signing of the town’s first Charter in 1626 – a historically significant…
