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Description: | 13th February 1935.
Abbey Road junction with Abbey Walk, which runs to side of Museum up to Morris Lane. Taken prior to road improvemnets. The Abbey House was originally the gate house for Kirkstall Abbey, it became detached when the turnpike road was built in 1827. From 1584, for 300 yeas it belonged to the Savile family. It became the home of the Butler and Beecroft families, also proprietors of Kirkstall Forge until 1889. It was sold to Leeds City Council in 1925 and opened as a folk museum in 1927. It has recently had extensive restoration work. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Abbey Road Abbey House Museum Abbey Walk | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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