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Description: | 6th April 1908
View of Cornhill, a narrow alley which was off the High Street. This is thought to be one of the oldest inhabited areas of Leeds. Large numbers of back-to-back houses were built in the late 1700s, with no provision for sanitation. By the mid 1800s it was declared to be an unhealthy area, wells in the district being polluted by sewage, giving rise to periodic epidemics of disease. Property of domestic and commercial use can be seen here. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Quarry Hill Cornhill | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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