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Description: | 7th January 1963.
This is now a hall of residence for students, part of Leeds University. The nucleus of Lyddon Hall, is Virginia Cottage, erected in 1826 on one of the Lyddon estate building plots. It was the home of Thomas Boyne, a tobacco manufacturer who chose the name 'Virginia', the source of the tobacco plant which had created his wealth. The next owner was Joseph Armistead, a Quaker brush manufacturer, this was in 1844, he extended and altered the building. Dr T. C. Albutt then bought the house in 1872 and later sold it to the Yorkshire College in 1902. The college was the foundation of Leeds University, so the property became part of the campus. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Lyddon Hall Cromer Road | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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