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At the beginning of the 20th century Leeds had four theatres, including the Grand, which is featured on the right-hand side of the picture.

The new Vicar of Leeds in 1837, Dr Hook, decided to rebuild the much-altered 16th-century and rather cluttered central church. Unusually, the tower is positioned in the middle of the frontage.

There are no medieval churches in central Leeds, though several date from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Between 1840 and 1885 only one new Wesleyan chapel was opened in Leeds: at Roscoe Place in 1861.

Built on the site of a 9th-century royal manor house, Leeds Castle became a royal fortress on the accession of Edward I.

The Mayor of Leeds, John Barran, the pioneer of mass clothing, bought it at auction in 1871; he then sold it at cost to the Leeds Corporation.

A view of Leeds Mechanics' Institute. This imposing Italianate building, with its lofty round-arched windows, was built by Cuthbert Brodrick in the late 1860s. It later became the Civic Theatre.

Between 1840 and 1885 only one new Wesleyan chapel was opened in Leeds: at Roscoe Place in 1861.

Between 1840 and 1885 only one new Wesleyan chapel was opened in Leeds: at Roscoe Place in 1861.

A view of Leeds Mechanics' Institute. This imposing Italianate building, with its lofty round-arched windows, was built by Cuthbert Brodrick in the late 1860s. It later became the Civic Theatre.

In March 1809 Mary Bateman, a resident of Leeds, was executed at York. Her body was then taken to the earlier General Infirmary at Leeds where it was exhibited at a charge of 3d a head.

Milnes rivalled the Denisons of Leeds as the county's biggest cloth exporter, and in 1778 he married the heiress of another prosperous Leeds textile merchant, Hans Buck.

In March 1809 Mary Bateman, a resident of Leeds, was executed at York. Her body was then taken to the earlier General Infirmary at Leeds where it was exhibited at a charge of 3d a head.

Work on the Leeds & Liverpool began in 1770.

At the time of the opening of the Leeds Town Hall in 1858, an arch commemorating Queen Victoria's visit was erected in north Leeds.

Work on the Leeds & Liverpool began in 1770.

The 127 miles of the Leeds to Liverpool canal took 40 years to complete; the canal reached Gargrave from Bingley and Skipton in 1774, and linked with Leeds three years later.

In March 1809 Mary Bateman, a resident of Leeds, was executed at York. Her body was then taken to the earlier General Infirmary at Leeds where it was exhibited at a charge of 3d a head.

As part of the redevelopment of the central section of Leeds, the Leeds Estates Company embarked on an ambitious scheme to transform the squalor between Vicar Lane and Briggate.

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

Leeds was one of the pioneers of segregated tracks, keeping trams and other vehicles apart.

Leeds was one of the pioneers of segregated tracks, keeping trams and other vehicles apart.

Although the Manchester and Leeds railway opened in 1841, Halifax was bypassed; the nearest station was at Elland.