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Description: | 1903.
View of the original building of the Roman Catholic St. Anne's Cathedral, looking east from Park Row. It was positioned near the site of Leeds Permanent Building Society Headquarters at the Headrow/Cookridge Street junction. The church was designed by local architect John Child and the foundation stone was laid on 12th August, 1837. It opened on 24th October 1838. It replaced the small chapel of St. Mary in Lady Lane, and it was first intended that the new church would have the same name, but it was decided to dedicate it to St. Anne out of gratitude to its principal benefactors, Sarah and Grace Humble. St. Anne was the patroness of their late sister, Anne. In 1842 a new reredos, altar and pulpit designed by Pugin were erected in the church. The reredos survives in the new St. Anne's. The diocese of Leeds was formed in 1878 and St. Anne's became the cathedral of a diocese covering the whole of the West Riding. The first Bishop of Leeds, Robert Cornthwaite, was installed in the episcopal throne at St. Anne's on 28th October 1879. This building was demolished in 1904 and the site later became that of the new Leeds Permanent Building Society. The new St. Anne's Cathedral was rebuilt further along Cookridge Street. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Park Row St. Anne's Cathedral Headrow Cookridge Street cathedral Cookridge | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=90... | Go to resource |
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