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Description: | 3rd December 1895.
Image shows a sketch made in 1895 of the Old Town's and first Courthouse in Troy Hill, published bt Messrs. Stead & Sons. Many of the affairs of Morley's government were conducted here including the first sitting of the Morley Court on 24th April 1893. It transferred to the new Town Hall on 1st July 1895. The first Local Board, made up of twelve members began meeting here in 1862 when the Board was formed. The date of the building is uncertain although it is known to have been a dwelling house until 1720, when it was leased and converted to a school by Earl of Dartmouth, William Walter. It remained as a school for 140 years in accordance with the Earl of Dartmouth's desire that 'the youth of that place should be taught reading, writing and good manners'.
Photograph from David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Old Town School Courthouse Troy Hill Dartmouth | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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