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Description: | 1982.
Pen and ink drawing by John Garnett showing Booth's Yard, formerly Hammerton Fold, looking from Lowtown. These are very old buildings of historical interest which had fallen into a dilapidated state. In the early 1980s extensive work was carried out on the Grade II listed buildings to fully restore and convert them for the use of shops and businesses. A small, individual shopping centre was created in the centre of Pudsey that included a wine bar and restaurant called World's End which opened in 1983. The properties date from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries. The listed buildings include the shops fronting Lowntown, numbers 20, 22 and 24. Number 22 was occupied by grocer, James Booth from c1867 and he eventually came to own much of the property in Booth's Yard, using it for warehousing etc. Hammerton Fold became known as Booth's yard around 1914. This was the year James Cecil Booth took over the business on the death of his father. Image and information courtesy of John Garnett. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Hammerton Fold listed. James Booth Lowtown Booth's Yard | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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