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View shows the yard of the Coloured (or Mixed) Cloth Hall occupying a site now taken up by City Square and the former General Post Office. The hall was built in 1756-7 and opened in 1758; prior to this, cloth had been sold on the outdoor markets, first on Leeds Bridge then later on Briggate. The building of this and also the White Cloth Halls established Leeds' position as a major centre for the sale of cloth and the wealthy cloth merchants continued to prosper until around the mid-19th century, when the production of clothes began to be taken over by factories, whose increased demand for cloth led to them purchasing straight from the mills, thus cutting out the merchants. The Coloured Cloth Hall started to decline in use and was closed in 1889; then demolished the following year. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | City Square yard Coloured Cloth Hall Mixed Cloth Hall | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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