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. In this post our focus is on the history of Leeds Libraries and the…
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Leeds 400: Art and Creativity
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. In this post, our focus is on Art and Creativity. In Leeds City Library…
Leeds 400: Collections
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 ‘Collections.’ In Leeds City Library we have of…
Haunted Places of Leeds
Today we have a post from Library and Digital Assistant, Rashpal who has spent much time researching stories of haunted places around the city culminating in our new guide to some spooky Leeds locations. A link to the online version can be found at the end of this post or in our Research Guides section…
Local history from the bottom up
Heritage volunteer Tony Harcup introduces the library’s latest research guide and recalls a local newspaper that reported social history as it was being made. When the documentary Rebellion [Buy tickets for Rebellion | BFI London Film Festival 2026] premiered recently at the London Film Festival, it was thanks in part to the existence of archive…
Leeds 400 – People, Places, Plants
Today’s blog post is by guest contributor Harriet Hicks. Harriet Hicks is scientific writer and archive enthusiast from London who now lives locally. She has volunteered with the Dead Plants Society since January 2026. It has been 400 years since Leeds town charter was first signed in July 1626, and the city has been the…
Treasures Handling Session – Sports, Leisure, Science and Nature
To mark Leeds 400 this summer, one of the activities taking place across Leeds has been a city-wide game of Trivial Pursuit with questions all about Leeds. Drawing inspiration from this, we held a series of treasures showcase events themed around the six Trivial Pursuit categories. This week, Joey talks us through items he highlighted…
Official Visits to Leeds
This week we welcome back Heritage Volunteer Andy who has returned to share his research of council papers, this time in search of official visits to Leeds. Hi. My name’s Andy Armstrong and I have taken on the task of sifting through 200 years of Leeds CC papers held by the library to bring some…
