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Description: | 8th January 1925.
Originally gate house for Kirkstall Abbey, built in 1152-1182. Used as a home by last abbot of Kirkstall John Ripley, then by several local families as a farm or residence until 1925. It was then sold to Leeds City Council and opened as Abbey House Folk Museum in 1927. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Abbey House | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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