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    • Collections
      • The E.R. EDDISON Collection
      • The FRANK KIDSON Collection
      • The GASCOIGNE Collection
      • The GOTT Bequest
      • The GRIMSHAW Collection
      • The HENRY Collection
      • The LEEDS ANTIQUARIAN Collection
        • The ALF MATTISON Collection
        • The JOHN LUCAS Collection
          • Manuscript of John Lucas’ Memoranda Book (c.1712-1750)
        • The RALPH THORESBY Collection
          • Vicaria Leodiensis (1724)
        • The THOMAS WILSON Collection
          • Chartularium Kirkstallense (c.1740)
          • Liber Judiciarius: Dooms-Day Book for the County of York (1748)
          • The Annotated Ducatus Leodiensis (c.1745)
          • The First and Second Decree of the Committee of Pious-Uses in Leedes
        • The WILLIAM BOYNE COLLECTION
          • Boyne’s GRANGERISED HISTORY OF LEEDS
      • The LEEDS BEER STORIES Collection
      • The LEODIS Image Archive
      • The POLITICAL CARTOONS Collection
        • Introduction
        • The 1868 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION for Leeds
        • The 1874 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION for Leeds
        • The 1876 PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION for Leeds
        • The 1880 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION for Leeds
      • The SANDERSON Collection
      • The WILLIE RILEY Collection
      • The WING Collection (English Civil War Tracts)
    • Treasures
      • INCUNABULA (pre-1501 books)
        • The Nuremburg Chronicle (1497)
      • Leeds Pottery DRAWING AND PATTERN BOOKS
      • The BOOK OF HOURS (c. 1480)
      • The CISTERCIAN MISSAL (1516)
      • The GLEDHOW HALL HOSPITAL SCRAPBOOK (1915-1919)
      • The SAXTON ATLAS (1579)
  • Leeds Central Library: Temporary Closure
  • Local History
    • A History of the Leeds Circus
    • Events
    • Leeds Heritage Trails
      • Power and Protest Heritage Trail
    • Local History Researcher Offer
    • People of Leeds
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Local History

A selection of pages and posts exploring the history of Leeds and Yorkshire. Click a link below to find out more. 

A History of the Leeds Circus

People of Leeds

Leeds Heritage Trails

Local History Researcher Offer

Events

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