Leeds and Bradford Places

Calverley Church Leeds

Photograph by Edmund WormaldWording on the card reads as follows:T

Kirkstall Abbey. Most probably 1860s

William Child took a series of eight photographs of the Abbey and this is No1 and number 5 in the series. Exterior North West View and Cloister Court. Wording on the cards reads as follows:

This fine ruin situate in the valley of the Aire. 3 1/4 miles from Leeds, is available by the Kirkstall Tramway and the Midland Railway. It was founded by Henri de Laci, Baron of Pontefract, A D, 1152 and surrendered Nov 22 1540.

Prices:- Cabinets and Stereograms, 1s, 10 x 8 2s 6d, 12 x 10 3s 6d.

Commercial Buildings, Leeds

A building which stood at the junction of Boar Lane and Park Row on the site where the Park Plaza currently stands.

Photograph by William Child, Wellington Street, Leeds

Leeds New Infirmary

Photograph by Edmund Wormald, Great George Street, Leeds

Back of card reads as follows:

New Infirmary, Leeds

Situated N.W. of the Town Hall

(Architect Geo. G Scott Esq. R.A., London)

Like many other noble Institutions the Leeds General Infirmary had a very humble origin. Dr Whitaker states that in the year 1767 at Michaelmas a convenient house was hired and opened as an Infirmary for the poor and that on the 1st March 1771 the patients were moved to a special erection. (Now the Old Infirmary) which had subsequently to be enlarged by adding to it one wing in 1782, another in 1786, and finally an attic story in 1792 when the number of beds were increased from twenty seven to ninety nine. The present commodious edifice is built in five pavilions, each having two wards, and will accommodate about 300 patients. The foundation stone was laid on Easter Tuesday 1864 by James Kitson Esq. The cost of the building is about £100,000

Hanson Photographic Atelier

Opposite the New Infirmary Leeds

William Child Photographer, 14 & 66 Wellington Street, Leeds.

The Town Hall, Leeds

Architect, Mr C Broderick

The foundation stone was laid by John Hope Shaw, Esq, August 17th 1853, and the hall was opened on the 7th September 1858, by Her Majesty in person, accompanied by (the late) Prince Consort, and the Princess Alice and Helena, during the Mayoralty of Sir Peter Fairburn, who on that occasion received his title of Knight Bachelor. The edifice covers an area of 250 feet by 205 feet, and its height from the base to the top of the balustrade is 64 feet. The tower is 212 feet high, the Victoria Hall measures 169 feet by 72 feet, and its height is 75 feet. The organ cost £5,000 and the entire building about £120,000. The Lions (by Mr Keyworth, of Hull) were placed in position during 1867, and cost £500.

Hanson, Photographic Atelier

Leeds Town Hall

Photograph of Leeds Town Hall by Edmund Wormald, Great George Street, Leeds

Norman Arch, Adel Church, Leeds

Built in the 12th Century Adel Church is one of the best examples of Norman architecture in the country.

by Hanson

Atelier

Opposite St George's Church

Great George Street, Leeds

Bradford Town Hall

Photograph by Joseph Bottomley.