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Postcard view of City Square and Park Row. To the left is the old Courthouse, built in 1813. It was later used as a Post Office when the courts were transferred to the new Town Hall. It was demolished in 1901. Park Row is in the centre, with the spire of St Annes Cathedral, on what was then called Guildford Street (now The Headrow) in the background . Priestley Hall is on the left, with the Mill Hill Chapel grounds in front. The statue at the junction with Park Row (left) is that of Sir Robert Peel. After his death in 1850, money was raised by public subscription to fund a memorial. Sculptor William Behnes produced this bronze, the first large scale piece to be cast in one piece in Britain. It was the first Peel memorial to be erected, this was August 1852. It was later resited to the front of the Town Hall then in 1937 to Woodhouse Moor, at the corner of Hyde Park and Woodhouse Lane. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Park Row City Square | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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