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Kirkgate, Leeds

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was constructed at the city centre end of the street, while a railway line was built, spanning the middle of the street. In 1984, a police officer, John Speed, was shot and killed on the street, and there is a memorial in his memory.
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website notes that the street became run-down, but by the 2020s became "a more calm street which has recently been reinvigorated by exciting local businesses".
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The Annals of York, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Doncaster, Barnsley, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Keighley, and Other Places in the County of York
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The street originated in the Mediaeval period, leading from the centre of the settlement to the parish church. The Anglo-Saxon
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was founded at the Crown Inn on the street, although the building was demolished in 1935. In the 19th century, the
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The city's first hospital was established in a house on the street in 1767. In 1790, the
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Notable buildings on the north-east side of Kirkgate include the
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was constructed on the street. Other early buildings included a
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was found when the church was replaced by the current
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Index


/ˈkɜːrɡət/
Leeds
Leeds Cross
Leeds Minster
Domesday Book
First White Cloth Hall
chantry
Ancient Order of Foresters
Kirkgate Market

Briggate
Commercial Street
Vicar Lane
grade I listed
Kirkgate Market
grade II* listed
First White Cloth Hall
grade I listed
Leeds Minster
Wells, John C.
ISBN
978-1-4058-8118-0


"Nostalgia on Tuesday: Story of a street"
ISBN
9781445654553
ISBN
1445656450

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